HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1181        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1127

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

F. Jay Barrows

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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 ensure access to necessary hospital services.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/18/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/20/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1181        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1127

By Mr. Barrows of Mansfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1127) of F. Jay Barrows and others relative to hospitals providing cardiac catheterization services.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1887 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act to ensure access to necessary hospital services.

 

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

Section 51 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:-

Any licensed hospital that provides cardiac catheterization services, with an annual patient volume of at least 300 diagnostic procedures each calendar year by multiple physicians, or 150 procedures each calendar year by a sole physician, shall be deemed to comply with the volume requirements set forth by the Department and shall not be subject to any enforcement action by the Department solely due to volume levels.