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H2476 • 2025

An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program

An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program

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Sponsor
John J. Lawn, Jr.
Last action
2025-10-29
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program

An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2476) of John J.
  • Lawn, Jr.
  • for legislation to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program.

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  • 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. 2025-10-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-09-11 House

    Reporting date extended to Tuesday, October 21, 2025

  3. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/25/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Health

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program
By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2476) of John J. Lawn, Jr. for legislation to finance the Betsy Lehman Center’s statewide provider health care safety education pilot program. Public Health.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2476

Notwithstanding any general or special rule to the contrary, the treasurer shall transfer a total of $1,500,000 from the Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund established in section 35M of chapter 10 of the General Laws to the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, to support implementation of the roadmap to health care safety for Massachusetts, including a pilot program of electronic health record safety event monitoring and a statewide program of health care safety education.

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