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H1385 • 2025

An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals

An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals

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Sponsor
John J. Lawn, Jr.
Last action
2026-07-09
Official status
Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals

An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1385) of John J.
  • Lawn, Jr., relative to expanding the moral obligation bond program to include acute care hospitals.
  • Health Care Financing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-09 House

    Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026

  2. 2025-05-22 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 11:00 AM-03:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals
By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1385) of John J. Lawn, Jr., relative to expanding the moral obligation bond program to include acute care hospitals. Health Care Financing.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1385

SECTION 1. Paragraph (n 1/2) of section 5 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1968, as inserted by chapter 288 of the acts of 2010, is hereby amended by striking out the words “community hospitals” and inserting in place thereof the following:- “acute care hospitals”.

SECTION 2. Subsection (g) of section 10 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1968, as inserted by section 21 of chapter 9 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by striking out the words “community hospital” in each instance in which they appear, and inserting in place thereof the following:- “acute care hospital”.

SECTION 3. Subsection (g) of section 10 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1968, as inserted by section 21 of chapter 9 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by striking out the words “community hospitals” in each instance in which they appear, and inserting in place thereof the following:-- “acute care hospitals”.

SECTION 4. Subsection (g) of section 10 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1968, as inserted by section 21 of chapter 9 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by striking paragraph (12) in its entirety.

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