Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2156 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4070 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2156
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to enhancing statewide hospital capacity coordination.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/20/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4070 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2156
18	18	By Representative Driscoll of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2156) of
19	19	William J. Driscoll, Jr., relative to enhancing statewide hospital capacity coordination. Public
20	20	Health.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
22	22	_______________
23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act relative to enhancing statewide hospital capacity coordination.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department
30	30	2of public health (“the department”) shall create a real-time, statewide, Hospital Capacity
31	31	3Coordination Dashboard. To support these efforts, the department of public health shall
32	32	4collaborate with healthcare providers with clinical, emergency management, and hospital
33	33	5operations expertise and members of the legislature. This dashboard shall be a real-time,
34	34	6electronic tool to, at a minimum, gather, report, and facilitate data related to managing hospital
35	35	7capacity, capability, and available beds in hospitals across the Commonwealth in the event of a
36	36	8public health emergency or other surge in patient need.
37	37	9 Said data should ensure and understanding of relevant individual hospital, regional, and
38	38	10statewide bed availability. The department may also include other data points as deemed relevant
39	39	11to the purpose of monitoring local, regional, and statewide hospital capacity and capability,
40	40	12situational awareness, and facilitation of patient load balancing efforts. 2 of 2
41	41	13 SECTION 2. The department, the executive office of technology services, and the
42	42	14executive office of health and human services shall provide the staffing and funding for this
43	43	15dashboard and the operational costs for the final Hospital Capacity Coordination Dashboard,
44	44	16subject to future appropriation by the legislature explicitly for this purpose.
45	45	17 SECTION 3. Upon completion of the electronic Hospital Capacity Coordination
46	46	18Dashboard tool and any corresponding governance or use guideline documents, a healthcare
47	47	19coalition, representing medical providers broadly, shall assume control of the Dashboard, and
48	48	20manage the operations of this tool, and be given administrative control of the tool, including the
49	49	21data produced for and by the Hospital Capacity Coordination Dashboard.
50	50	22 SECTION 4. Within 1 year following the effective date of this act, the department shall
51	51	23complete the electronic tool.