MA S1214

Bill

To create an emergency nursing home task force

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to create an emergency nursing home task force. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill creates an emergency nursing home task force to review the financial stability of nursing homes in Massachusetts in order to ensure the provision of quality resident care and quality jobs. The task force will consist of various state officials and representatives from the nursing home industry and advocacy groups. The task force will evaluate options and make policy recommendations to improve the MassHealth reimbursement system for nursing homes, address nursing home workforce issues, consider minimum staffing requirements, and explore potential efficiencies and incentives for reconfiguring the nursing home system. The task force is required to file a report with its recommendations within one year of the bill's effective date, and the House and Senate committees on post audit and oversight will conduct a performance audit of the long-term care delivery system based on the task force's findings.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (31)

Brian Ashe (D), John Barrett (D), Joseph Boncore (D), Harriette Chandler (D), Mike Connolly (D), Brendan Crighton (D), Marcos Devers (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Feeney (D), Barry Finegold (D), Mike Finn (D), Cindy Friedman (D), Sean Garballey (D), Carlos González (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Hannah Kane (R), Mary Keefe (D), John Lawn (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Eric Lesser (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Mike Moore (D), Matt Muratore (R), Patrick O'Connor (R), Marc Pacheco (D), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D), Dean Tran (R), James Welch (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2547 (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1214

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1214
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1214.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1166	Relative to establishing a health safety net task force	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1912	Relative to sexual assault counselor task force	Accompanied a new draft, see H4446	Similar To
H2822	Increasing service quality penalty against electric and gas companies	Accompanied a study order, see H4405	Similar To
H3851	Establishing an interagency PFAS task force	New draft substituted, see H4256	Similar To
H4256	Establishing an interagency PFAS task force	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
H510	Establishing an educational mandate task force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S1141	Relative to best practices for sober homes	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1832	Relative to Native American tribal recognition	Accompanied a study order, see S2569	Similar To
S2023	Establishing a food tourism task force	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2284	Establishing an interagency PFAS task force	Accompanied H3851	Similar To
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2547	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health issues.	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S341	Relative to the creation of a Educational Unfunded Mandate Task Force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S791	Establishing a task force on elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing	Accompanied a study order, see S2527	Similar To

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