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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3457 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1353 |
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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 | | Antonio F. D. Cabral |
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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 |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolve: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resolve establishing a report to analyze long hospital stays. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol1/17/2025Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/21/2025Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol2/4/2025Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol2/12/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3457 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1353 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1353) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others that the Health Policy Commission study acute care |
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| 21 | 21 | | hospital stays that exceed 60 days. Health Care Financing. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | Resolve establishing a report to analyze long hospital stays. |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Resolved, (a) The health policy commission, in consultation with the center for health |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2information and analysis, the department of public health, the division of health insurance, and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3the division of medical assistance, shall conduct an analysis and issue a report on acute care |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4hospital stays that exceed 60 days. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 (b) The report shall analyze the quantity, cost, and root causes of long acute care hospital |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6stays, including, but not limited to: (i) aggregate, de-identified information on the patients that |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7have long-term hospital stays including the medical conditions and diagnoses resulting in said |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8hospital stays, the insurance coverage of said patients and other demographic information; (ii) |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9barriers to reimbursement and insurance coverage due to immigration status; (iii) the average |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10length of such stays; (iv) barriers that prevent such patients from care in the appropriate setting; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11(v) efforts by hospitals to safely and efficiently discharge or transfer said patients to clinically- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12appropriate post-acute settings of care; (vi) the adequacy of existing funding sources and any |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13recommended additional funding sources available to reimburse hospitals for bad debt associated 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14with such stays; and (vii) any recommendations to ensure patients receive the most appropriate |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15level of care for their clinical needs. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 (c) The report and any legislative recommendations shall be submitted to the chairs of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17joint committee on health care financing, the house and senate committees on ways and means |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18not later than 180 days from the effective date of this act. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19 (d) This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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