An Act requiring hospital to maintain services

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An Act requiring hospital to maintain services

An Act requiring hospital to maintain services By Representative Sousa of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

• An Act requiring hospital to maintain services By Representative Sousa of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
• 2543) of Priscila S.
• Sousa for legislation to increase the accountability of hospitals that interrupt or divert required services.
• Public Health.

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Official Summary Text

An Act requiring hospital to maintain services
By Representative Sousa of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2543) of Priscila S. Sousa for legislation to increase the accountability of hospitals that interrupt or divert required services. Public Health.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2543

Section 51 of chapter 111 is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph, the following new sentence:-

“If any licensed facility is unable to provide the services required by said license, requiring the diversion or temporary pause in service of patients on three or more occasions in an calendar year, the Department shall immediately convene a public hearing in the community served by said facility and shall, at the Department’s sole discretion, consider corrective actions, including but not limited to revocation of said facility’s license.”

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