HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2997        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1628

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy J. Toomey, 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 medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/29/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/16/2015

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/21/2015

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/16/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/16/2015

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/28/2015

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/16/2015

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/16/2015

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/16/2015

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/16/2015

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/16/2015

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/16/2015

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/16/2015

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/16/2015

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/16/2015

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

1/16/2015

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

1/16/2015

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

1/16/2015

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/16/2015

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/16/2015

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/16/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/16/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2997        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1628

By Mr. Toomey of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1628) of Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., and others relative to the criteria for the release of terminally ill inmates to alternative locations of confinement.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1359 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates.

 

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 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 117A, the following new section:-

"Section 117B. The Commissioner of the Department of Correction or a Sheriff may petition a Court of original jurisdiction for an Order permitting the transfer of a terminally ill or permanently incapacitated inmate, as certified by the physician or director of medical care at the correctional facility, to receive medically appropriate care at an alternative location, which shall include  a hospital, nursing facility, hospice program or other setting where the inmate may receive hospice services from an entity licensed pursuant to section 57D of chapter 111, or residential care facility, provided that the transfer is not inconsistent with public safety. The Commissioner or Sheriff shall monitor all individuals transferred under this section and order the return of the inmate to the correctional facility if at any time the physician or director of medical services subsequently determines that the inmate does not have a terminal or permanently incapacitating medical condition, or that care outside the correctional facility is not medically appropriate."