HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1826        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1911

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tackey Chan

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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 to limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts health care workforce.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/17/2013

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

1/31/2013

Michael D. Brady

9th Plymouth

1/30/2013

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

1/29/2013

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

1/31/2013

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

1/31/2013

Robert F. Fennell

10th Essex

2/1/2013

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2013

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/1/2013

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2013

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/30/2013

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2013

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/31/2013

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2013

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

2/1/2013

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/30/2013

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/25/2013

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

2/1/2013

Carlo Basile

1st Suffolk

 

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

 

Carlos Henriquez

5th Suffolk

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1826        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1911

By Mr. Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1911) of Tackey Chan and others for legislation to prohibit certain grants, incentive payments and other supplemental reimbursements to hospitals outsourcing certain health care delivery jobs.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act to limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts health care workforce.

 

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 51 of Chapter 111 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting prior to the words “The department of public health shall promulgate rules and regulations” the following:

No hospital licensed pursuant to this section that outsources health care delivery jobs that could otherwise be preformed by the current health care workforce to a workforce based or employed outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be eligible for grants, incentive payments or other such supplemental reimbursement from the Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund, the Health Care Payment Reform Fund, the e-Health Institute Fund,” or the "Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund.”  In consultation with the department of labor and workforce development and the Office of Medicaid, the department of public health shall establish rules and regulations defining “outsources jobs” and as otherwise necessary for implementation of this provision.