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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Donald H. Wong

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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 governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/18/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/28/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/24/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/24/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/30/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/25/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3348        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

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By Mr. Wong of Saugus, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2017) of Donald H. Wong and others for legislation to further regulate emergency or non-emergent medical transport services.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service.

 

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

Chapter 111C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new section:-

Section 26. Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation, rule or law to the contrary, any not for profit acute care hospital system or service, or provider licensed under Chapter 111 of the General Laws, shall comply with Chapter 111C, Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2003 and Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2000, respectively, in order to administer and operate an emergency or non-emergent medical transport service, so-called, in the Commonwealth; provided, that if any such not for profit hospital system or service that is licensed under Chapter 111 of the General Laws is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a municipality, such not for profit hospital system or service shall contribute a minimum of 33% of the gross ambulance receipts toward the cost of such municipality’s fire based service for the purposes of enhancing such city or town’s public safety infrastructure and fire based services; provided further, that if a not for profit hospital system or service licensed under Chapter 111 of the General Laws  is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a municipality, not for profit hospital system or service shall pay no less than 50% of the cost to operate the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), so-called, in order to support the dispatching of 911 services in such municipality; provided further, that any acute care hospital operating an emergency or non-emergent medical transport service prior to this law shall comply with the provisions of this act.

The Department of Public Health shall promulgate regulations to administer the provisions of this section not later than 30 days after the enactment of this law.