SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1270        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1179

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel A. Wolf

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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 the pronouncement of death in a rest home..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Daniel A. Wolf

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1270        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1179

By Mr. Wolf, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1179) of Daniel A. Wolf for legislation relative to the pronouncement of death in a rest home.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 881 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 the pronouncement of death in a rest home..

 

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.  Section 9 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “home” , in line 22, the following words:-   or licensed rest home; and

SECTION 2.  Said section 9 of said chapter 46, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 23, the words “a nursing” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-   at such nursing or rest home; and

SECTION 3.  Said section 9 of said chapter 46, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 25, the words “or nursing home” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-   , nursing home or licensed rest home.”