Amendment ID: S2502-9

Amendment 9

Dialysis Center Waiver Extension

Ms. Lovely moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following sections:--

SECTION 166. Notwithstanding section 53 of chapter 111 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, and consistent with the commissioner of public health’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-03 issued on January 14, 2022, out-of-hospital dialysis units licensed pursuant to section 51A of said chapter 111 shall not be required to have on site sufficient personnel to ensure a ratio of at least 1 direct patient care staff member to every 3 patients, as long as the unit has sufficient direct care staff, who are trained in dialysis care, available to meet the needs of the patients undergoing dialysis.

SECTION 167. Section 166 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 168. Section 166 shall take effect as of November 10, 2023.

SECTION 169. Section 167 shall take effect on July 1, 2024.