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H761 • 2025

An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund

An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund

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Sponsor
Manny Cruz
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5310 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund

An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 761) of Manny Cruz relative to the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund.
  • Elder Affairs.

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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. 2026-03-30 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5310 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-09-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Aging and Independence

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Elder Affairs

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act to strengthen the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund
By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 761) of Manny Cruz relative to the long-term care workforce and capital trust fund. Elder Affairs.

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Bill H.761

SECTION 1. Subsection (c ) of section 35TTT of chapter 10 of the general laws, as most recently amended by chapter 197 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended at the end thereof the following:

“Members of said advisory committee, who are not state employees, shall be deemed “special state employees,” pursuant to the provisions of chapter 268a of the general laws as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition.”

SECTION 2. Said subsection (e) of said section 35TTT of chapter 10, as amended by chapter 197 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by inserting after the word, “facilities,” the following words, “provided, however, that eligibility for any such no interest or forgivable capital loan shall be limited to not-for-profit entities; and by inserting in the same subsection, after the words “regional entities, the following: “ and (D) for the construction of free-standing small house nursing homes serving less than fourteen residents, and operated in collaboration with home and community-based supports and services.”

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