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H2408 • 2025

An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies

An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies

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Sponsor
Paul J. Donato
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies

An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2408) of Paul J.
  • Donato and others relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies.
  • Public Health.

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. 2026-03-19 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026

  2. 2025-12-08 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-10-29 House

    Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  4. 2025-09-11 House

    Reporting date extended to Tuesday, October 21, 2025

  5. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 06/23/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Health

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies
By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2408) of Paul J. Donato and others relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies. Public Health.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2408

SECTION 1: Section 72Y of Chapter 111of the general laws is amended in the first paragraph by inserting after the word “hospital”, for the first time, the following:-

"home health agencies as defined in chapter fifty-one K of chapter one hundred and eleven, hospice agencies as defined in chapter fifty-seven D of chapter one hundred and eleven;"

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