HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1527        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1224

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jonathan Hecht

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act creating a special commission on institutional long term care.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/20/2011

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/3/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

2/3/2011

John F. Keenan

 

2/3/2011

Carlos Henriquez

5th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

2/4/2011

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/4/2011

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/4/2011

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/4/2011

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

2/4/2011

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/4/2011

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk

2/4/2011

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

2/4/2011

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/24/2011

Stanley C. Rosenberg

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/1/2011

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

2/1/2011

William N. Brownsberger

 

2/1/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1527        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1224

By Mr. Hecht of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1224) of Jonathan Hecht and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to institutional long term care facilities.  Health Care Financing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act creating a special commission on institutional long term care.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, there shall be a special commission established to examine the Commonwealth’s institutional long term care system, which shall evaluate options and prepare policy recommendations regarding potential savings to the commonwealth achieved by reducing the number of MassHealth licensed nursing home beds; develop recommendations as to the criteria to be used to determine which beds are de-licensed; and consider incentives to reduce the number of nursing home beds, convert said beds to other uses, or otherwise more efficiently utilize institutional long term care facilities in the Commonwealth.

The commission shall consist of 15 members, 1 of whom shall be the secretary of health and human services or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the secretary of elder affairs or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the director of the office of Medicaid or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the Attorney General or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the State Auditor or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the house chair of the joint committee on elder affairs or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the senate chair of the joint committee on elder affairs or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the senate chair of the joint committee on health care financing or a designee, 1 of whom shall be the house chair of the joint committee on health care financing or a designee, 1 of whom shall be a member of the PCA quality home care workforce council, and 5 persons to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Public Health, 1 of whom shall be a representative of 1199SEIU, 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, 1 of whom shall be a representative of AARP, and 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Association.

The commission shall meet within 30 days of passage of this Act, and not less than quarterly thereafter, and shall release final recommendations no later than one year from passage of this Act.