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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.1591 194th (Current)

An Act relative to stroke data reporting

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1591) of Michael O. Moore and James B. Eldridge for legislation relative to stroke data reporting. Public Health.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Michael O. Moore
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
This legislation builds off of years of legislative efforts to improve the system of care regarding how stroke patients are transported to certain facilities. In the FY2024 state budget, a provision was included that requires DPH to “tier” hospitals based on stroke treatment capability and requires DPH to issue pre-hospital protocols for patients to be directly transported to comprehensive stroke centers, bypassing any closer community hospitals. There are only a handful of such comprehensive stroke centers in the commonwealth. The language, which is several decades old, does not include any of the other 2019 DPH recommendations to ensure proper assessment on stroke severity. This bill would require DPH to collect and report data that will be used to make improvements in the system to better efficiency and save more lives.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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