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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1041 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1622 |
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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 | | Michael F. Rush |
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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 |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolve: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resolve establishing a Norwood Hospital working group. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael F. RushNorfolk and Suffolk 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1041 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1622 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 1622) of Michael F. Rush that |
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| 20 | 20 | | provisions be made to for a working group (including members of the General Court) relative to |
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| 21 | 21 | | Norwood Hospital. Public Health. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | Resolve establishing a Norwood Hospital working group. |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Resolved, the secretary of health and human services shall convene a working group to |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2study and make recommendations to establish and operate an acute care hospital in the town of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3Norwood. The working group shall: (i) study the scope of care provided by Norwood Hospital as |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4previously operated by Steward Health Care prior to June 28 of 2020; (ii) solicit input from |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5stakeholders as well as experts in construction, hospital operation, and public health; (iii) issue |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6recommendations with the goal of creating an acute care hospital in the town of Norwood which |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7to provide comparable service to that in Norwood prior to June 28 of 2020. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 The secretary shall or their designee shall serve on the working group as its chair and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9shall appoint the following members to the working group: the commissioner of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10Massachusetts department of public health or their designee; the representative of the 12th |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11Norfolk district in the Massachusetts house of representatives or their designee; the senator |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12representing the Norfolk and Suffolk district in the Massachusetts senate or their designee; the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13representative of Massachusetts’s 8th congressional district in the United States house of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14representatives or their designee; 1 member who shall represent the Massachusetts Nurses 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15Association; 1 member who shall represent Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts; the chief |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16of the fire department in the town of Norwood or their designee; the chief of the police |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17department in the town of Norwood or their designee; and the chair of the Norwood select board. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18 The working group shall first convene no later than 30 days after the final passage of this |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19act and shall issue a report of its findings and any recommendation with the clerks of the house |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on public health, and the joint committee |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21on ways and means not later than 120 days after its initial meeting. |
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