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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2325 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2408
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul J. Donato
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/16/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/3/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester3/6/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/6/2025Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk3/6/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex3/11/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2325 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2408
By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2408) of
Paul J. Donato and others relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies. Public
Health.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1: Section 72Y of Chapter 111of the general laws is amended in the first
2paragraph by inserting after the word “hospital”, for the first time, the following:-
3 "home health agencies as defined in chapter fifty-one K of chapter one hundred and
4eleven, hospice agencies as defined in chapter fifty-seven D of chapter one hundred and eleven;"