HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2684        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3105

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

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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 relative to nursing facility reporting.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/21/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2684        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3105

By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3105) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr. and James J. Dwyer relative to the collection and reporting of certain nursing facility resident care information.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 138 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to nursing facility reporting.

 

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.  Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 14A the following section:-

Section 14B.  The division shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for a single form to be used by the division and the United States Department of Health and Human Services to collect resident care information, including but not limited to, case-mix information as defined by the division to be used for resident reimbursement.