Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3618 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1561 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3618
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Mark J. Cusack
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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 stroke system of care.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mark J. Cusack5th Norfolk1/18/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/31/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/31/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/1/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/1/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/2/2023Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/2/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/2/2023Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex2/8/2023Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk2/14/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/14/2023Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk2/15/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/23/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester3/1/2023Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk3/20/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1561 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3618
18	18	By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3618) of
19	19	Mark J. Cusack and others relative to establishing a statewide standard prehospital care protocol
20	20	related to the assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients. Public Health.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
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26	26	An Act relative to stroke system of care.
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 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not later than 180 days after
30	30	2the effective date of this act, the department of public health shall promulgate regulations that
31	31	3create: (i) a statewide standard prehospital care protocol related to the assessment, treatment and
32	32	4transport of stroke patients by emergency medical services providers to a hospital designated by
33	33	5the department to care for stroke patients; provided, however, that the protocol shall be based on
34	34	6national evidence-based guidelines for transport of stroke patients, consider transport that crosses
35	35	7state lines and include plans for the triage and transport of suspected stroke patients including,
36	36	8but not limited to, those who may have an emergent large vessel occlusion, to an appropriate
37	37	9facility within a specified timeframe following the onset of symptoms and additional criteria to
38	38	10determine which level of care is the most appropriate destination; provided further, that the
39	39	11department shall develop said protocol in consultation with the expert stroke advisory taskforce
40	40	12established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51L of chapter 111 of the General Laws; and (ii)
41	41	13recommended national evidence-based quality and utilization measure sets for stroke care for use 2 of 2
42	42	14by the center for health information and analysis pursuant to section 14 of chapter 12C of the
43	43	15General Laws; provided, however, that the department shall consider measures in current use in
44	44	16national quality improvement programs including, but not limited to, the Centers for Medicare
45	45	17and Medicaid Services, the National Quality Forum, the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke
46	46	18Program or other nationally-recognized data platforms.