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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1391 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2382 |
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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 | | Tackey Chan |
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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 relative to office-based surgical centers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/14/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/27/2025Meghan K. Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/27/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester1/31/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1391 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2382 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2382) of Tackey |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chan and others relative to office-based surgical centers. Public Health. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to office-based surgical centers. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 51N of chapter 111, as inserted by chapter 343 of the Acts of 2024, is hereby |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2amended by striking out the definition of “Office-based surgical center,”, and inserting in place |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3thereof the following definition:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 “Office-based surgical center”, an office, group of offices, a facility or any portion |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5thereof owned, leased or operated by 1 or more practitioners engaged in a solo or group practice, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6however organized, whether conducted for profit or not for profit, which is advertised, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7announced, established or maintained for the purpose of providing office-based surgical services; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8provided, however, that “office-based surgical center” shall not include: (i) a hospital licensed |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9under section 51 or by the federal government; (ii) an ambulatory surgical center as defined |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10pursuant to section 25B and licensed under said section 51; or (iii) a surgical center performing |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11services in accordance with section 12M of chapter 112. The term “office-based surgical center” |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12shall not apply to the practice of dentistry or oral and maxillofacial surgery by an individual 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13licensed by the board of registration in dentistry in accordance with the provisions of chapter |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14112.” |
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