Amendment #28 to H4617

Residents of Nursing Homes Enrollment

Mr. Golden of Lowell moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION ____. Chapter 118E of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following at the end of Section 9D(c):

“There shall be no voluntary enrollment of residents of nursing homes into the program through the use of an automatic or passive enrollment procedure. Residents of nursing homes shall be voluntarily enrolled into the program only through the use of an active enrollment procedure.”