SENATE DOCKET, NO. 214        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 600

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Thomas P. Kennedy

_________________

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 payment for long term care workers CORIs.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 214        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 600

By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 600) of Thomas P. Kennedy for legislation to provide financial relief to long term care facilitiesrequired to obtain criminal offender record informationfor potential employees.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 526 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

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

_______________

 

An Act relative to payment for long term care workers CORIs.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 172E of chapter 6 of the General Laws as most recently amended by section 25 of chapter 256 of the acts of 2010, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following last sentence: A long term care facility seeking criminal offender record information shall only be charged one fee assessable under section 172A for any individual, notwithstanding that (a) the individual may have had more than one last name (for example maiden name and married name) or (b) more than one request for criminal offender record information is submitted by the long term care facility for each last name used by the individual.