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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1363 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 773 |
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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 | | Sally P. Kerans |
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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 transparent name changes in nursing facilities. |
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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:Sally P. Kerans13th Essex1/14/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1363 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 773 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 773) of Sally |
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| 19 | 19 | | P. Kerans relative to transparent name changes in nursing facilities. Elder Affairs. |
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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 transparent name changes in nursing facilities. |
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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 1. Notwithstanding any other general or special law or regulation, whenever |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2there is a change of name of any skilled nursing facility or assisted living residence, regardless of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3any related ownership change, the safety record of the facility under its previous name shall be |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4transferred and credited to the facility under its new name. The department shall list the new and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5previous name of said facility, including any safety or disciplinary record, on the official website |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6of said department and shall direct the facility to post the same information on the facility web |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7site and any other social media platform managed by said facility in order to promote |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8transparency and public information. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 SECTION 2. Any skilled nursing facility or assisted living residence that fails to meet the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10requirements of section 12 of this act relative to notification of change of name, or fails to meet |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11the requirements for change of ownership pursuant to the provisions of chapter 197 of the acts of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 122024 or department regulations shall be subject to such penalties as the department may direct |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13through promulgation of enforcement regulations. |
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