MA H1851

Bill

To ensure access to necessary hospital services

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to hospitals providing cardiac catheterization services. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill seeks to ensure access to necessary hospital services by amending the existing law to allow licensed hospitals that provide cardiac catheterization services with a minimum annual patient volume of 300 diagnostic procedures by multiple physicians or 150 procedures by a sole physician to be deemed as complying with the volume requirements set by the Department of Public Health and not be subject to enforcement action solely due to volume levels.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (5)

Jay Barrows (R), Kim Ferguson (R), Matt Muratore (R), Mike Soter (R), Timothy Whelan (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4449 (on 02/24/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1851

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1851
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1851.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1139	Relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1190	To promote healthy sole community provider and critical access hospitals	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H4449	Public health matters	Reported, in part, by H1886	Replaced by
S1342	Further regulating hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S1347	Relative to pre-hospital services analysis	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S672	Relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Read and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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MA H1851

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