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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 255 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1403 |
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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 | | Joan B. Lovely |
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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 governing the operation of ambulance services by not-for-profit hospital systems or |
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| 13 | 13 | | services. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joan B. LovelySecond Essex 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 255 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1403 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1403) of Joan B. Lovely for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Public Health. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1473 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act governing the operation of ambulance services by not-for-profit hospital systems or |
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| 30 | 30 | | services. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation, rule or law to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2contrary, any not-for-profit acute care hospital system or service or provider licensed under |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3Chapter 111 of the General Laws shall comply with Chapter 111C, Chapter 154 of the Acts of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 42003 and Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2000, respectively, in order to administer and operate an |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5emergency or non-emergent medical transport service, so-called, in the Commonwealth; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6provided, that if any such not-for-profit hospital system or service licensed under said Chapter |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7111 is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a municipality, such not-for-profit hospital system |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8or service shall contribute a minimum of 33% of the gross ambulance receipts toward the cost of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9such municipality’s fire-based service in order to enhance the public-safety infrastructure and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10fire-based services of a municipality; provided further, that if a not-for-profit hospital system or 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11service licensed under said Chapter 111 is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a municipality, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12the not-for-profit hospital system or service shall pay no less than 50% of the cost to operate the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), so-called, in order to support the dispatching of 911 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14services in such municipality; provided further, that any acute care hospital operating an |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15emergency or non-emergent medical transport service prior to this law shall comply with the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16provisions of this act. The department of public health shall promulgate regulations to administer |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17the provisions of this section not later than 30 days after the enactment of this law. |
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