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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 753 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1359 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sal N. DiDomenico |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act regarding the pediatric palliative care program. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and SuffolkJason M. LewisFifth Middlesex1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 753 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1359 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1359) of Sal N. DiDomenico |
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| 19 | 19 | | and Jason M. Lewis for legislation relative to the pediatric palliative care program. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1409 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act regarding the pediatric palliative care program. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1: Section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the following words:- “subject to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3appropriation”. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 SECTION 2: Section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure “19” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6the following figure:- “22”. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 SECTION 3: Section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the following words:- "The program |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9established by this section shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10enforceable entitlement to the services described in this section and nothing stated in this section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11shall be construed as giving rise to such enforceable legal rights or such enforceable |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12entitlement", and inserting in place thereof the following words:-” All eligible children shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13have access to these services. The department shall report caseload information and spending |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14projections quarterly to the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees”. |
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