SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1173
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James E. Timilty
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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 ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters..
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PETITION OF:
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James E. Timilty |
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Daniel A. Wolf |
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Katherine M. Clark | Fifth Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1173
By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1173) of James E. Timilty, Daniel A. Wolf and Katherine M. Clark for legislation relative to ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters. Public Health. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 904 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 ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the determination of need review required to establish a single specialty ambulatory surgery center shall not be delegated to the commissioner of the department of public health but shall be subject to the same review as multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers.