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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3794 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2543
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Priscila S. Sousa
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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 requiring hospital to maintain services.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3794 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2543
By Representative Sousa of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2543) of
Priscila S. Sousa for legislation to increase the accountability of hospitals that interrupt or divert
required services. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2275 OF 2023-2024.]
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 requiring hospital to maintain services.
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 51 of chapter 111 is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph,
2the following new sentence:-
3 “If any licensed facility is unable to provide the services required by said license,
4requiring the diversion or temporary pause in service of patients on three or more occasions in an
5calendar year, the Department shall immediately convene a public hearing in the community
6served by said facility and shall, at the Department’s sole discretion, consider corrective actions,
7including but not limited to revocation of said facility’s license.”