MA S673

Bill

MA S673

Protecting Massachusetts hospitals and health systems

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
07/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to protect Massachusetts hospitals and health systems. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect Massachusetts hospitals and health systems in several ways: 1. It requires hospitals to report on the impact of new laws and regulations on their workforce, including changes to staffing, wages, and labor costs. This data will help policymakers understand the challenges hospitals face. 2. It establishes the Community Hospital and Health Center Reinvestment Trust Fund to provide annual financial support to eligible hospitals and community health centers, based on factors like Medicaid volume, commercial volume, and relative price compared to the statewide average. 3. It mandates the creation of health care workforce planning committees at hospitals, with representatives from different employee groups, to develop comprehensive care team plans to ensure safe staffing and quality care. 4. It prohibits mandatory overtime for hospital staff except in emergency situations, and limits consecutive hours worked to 16 in a 24-hour period. 5. It allows the state's Insurance Commissioner to presumptively disapprove contracted payment rates to hospitals that fall below 90% of the carrier's statewide average commercial relative price, to ensure fair reimbursement. Overall, this bill aims to support Massachusetts hospitals and their workers in navigating the changing healthcare landscape and ensuring high-quality, well-staffed patient care.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (21)

Brian Ashe (D), Michael Brady (D), Mike Connolly (D), Julian Cyr (D), Marcos Devers (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Feeney (D), Michael Finn (D), Carlos González (D), Mary Keefe (D), John Lawn (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Mike Moore (D), Matt Muratore (R), Tram Nguyen (D), Becca Rausch (D), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D), James Welch (D),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 07/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S673

(17 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S673
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S673.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1172	Ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1927	Relative to hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H332	Providing security to consumers for purchases from certain vendors	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H3974	Making technical corrective changes to the cape cod and islands water protection fund tax assessments	Accompanied a new draft, see H4073	Similar To
H849	Resolve to protect and preserve family camping in Massachusetts	Accompanied S449	Similar To
S1340	Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S1936	Promoting net neutrality and consumer protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2552	Similar To
S2294	To end child marriage in Massachusetts	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S2313	Updating overtime protections to protect the Commonwealth's middle class workers	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2338	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]	Similar To
S2341	To update the Massachusetts rideshare program	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2388	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2409	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S495	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Accompanied a new draft, see S2388	Similar To
S520	Relative to recycling	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S893	To provide landowners title protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S968	To protect the privacy of 911 callers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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