SENATE DOCKET, NO. 881        FILED ON: 1/15/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael O. Moore

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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 to stroke data reporting.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 881        FILED ON: 1/15/2025

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1433 OF 2023-2024.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to stroke data reporting.

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

Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 126 of the acts of 2022, is hereby amended in section 51L, by inserting after subsection (c), the following subsection:-

(d) The department shall make an annual report of its doings under this section, including, but not limited to: (i) the current state of pre-hospital care protocols and point-of-entry plans to ensure stroke patients are transported to the most appropriate facility; (ii) an overview of the work done by the task force established in subsection (c); (iii) the number of suspected stroke patients transported directly to a designated stroke facility and the time required to arrive; (iv) the number of suspected stroke patients transported to a hospital then discharged to a designated stroke facility and the time required to arrive. Said report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on public health and the joint committee on health care financing.