SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1687 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 725
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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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 reducing hospital readmission.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1687 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 725
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 725) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative reducing hospital readmission. Health Care Financing. |
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 relative reducing hospital readmission.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the readmission reduction benchmark under chapter 6D of the General Laws shall be a 20 per cent reduction of readmission rates, as measured by the health policy commission in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, between those rates observed in the year 2017 and those rates observed in the year 2020, provided further that any hospital that experiences 25 percent or more of its readmission from any skilled nursing facility licensed pursuant to 105 cmr 153 shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with such facility relative to protocols for reducing hospital readmission, which shall be submitted to the department of public health.