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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5031 |
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| 3 | 3 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 4 | 4 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 29, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Public Health, to whom were referred the petition |
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| 7 | 7 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2143) of Peter Capano and others that |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Department of Public Health create a process for state receivership for |
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| 9 | 9 | | certain hospitals or free-standing clinics that provides essential health |
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| 10 | 10 | | services; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2177) of Denise C. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Garlick relative to written consent for HLTV 111 tests; the petition |
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| 12 | 12 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2248) of Alice Hanlon Peisch for |
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| 13 | 13 | | legislation to reduce lead poisoning in children; the petition (accompanied |
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| 14 | 14 | | by bill, House, No. 3618) of Mark J. Cusack and others relative to |
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| 15 | 15 | | establishing a statewide standard prehospital care protocol related to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients; and the petition |
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| 17 | 17 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4230) of Natalie M. Higgins and others |
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| 18 | 18 | | relative to essential services in hospitals, reports recommending that the |
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| 19 | 19 | | accompanying order (House, No. 5031) ought to be adopted. |
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| 20 | 20 | | For the committee, |
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| 21 | 21 | | MARJORIE C. DECKER. 2 of 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5031 |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | House of Representatives, August 29, 2024. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Public Health be authorized to sit during a recess of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 2143, 2177, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 32248, 3618 and 4230, relative to hospital closures, stroke treatment, written consent and other |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4related matters. |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8on or before December 31, 2024. |
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