Amendment #39, as changed to H4888

Essential Services Language

Mr. McGonagle of Everett moves to amend the bill, as amended, by adding the following section:-

Section XX. (a) Notwithstanding section 51G of chapter 111 or any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, no acute care hospital, as defined by section 25B of said chapter 111, shall close or discontinue any essential health service, as defined in 105 CMR 130.020, for the remainder of the governor’s March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency or any subsequent declaration of a state of emergency in response the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

(b) This section shall not apply to the temporary discontinuation or closure of an essential health service by an acute care hospital when such discontinuation or closure is consistent with any rule, requirement, or procedure authorized under the governor’s declaration.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #39, as changed to H4888

Essential Services Language