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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2328 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 766
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 acute hospital and nursing home governance.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/16/2025John Francis Moran9th Suffolk3/6/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2328 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 766
By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 766) of Paul
J. Donato and John Francis Moran relative to acute hospital and nursing home governance.
Elder Affairs.
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 acute hospital and nursing home governance.
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 51 of chapter 111, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is
2hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-
3 All acute-care hospitals as defined in section twenty-five B, shall have a registered nurse
4holding a current unencumbered license from the board of registration in nursing as a sitting and
5voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing the organization’s strategic
6plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.
7 SECTION 2. Section 71 of said chapter 111, is hereby amended by adding at the end
8thereof the following new paragraph:-
9 All nursing homes shall have a registered nurse holding a current unencumbered license
10from the board of registration in nursing as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity
11responsible for developing the organization’s strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and
12programs.