Bill Text: MA H1064 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establish a computerized physician order entry fund within the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-30 - Accompanied a study order, see H05006 [H1064 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1064-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel E. Bosley
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establish a computerized physician order entry community hospital fund.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Daniel E. Bosley |
1st Berkshire |
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Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to establish a computerized physician order entry community
hospital fund.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, 50 per cent of the surplus, if any, contained in the health safety net fund established in section 36 of chapter 118G, shall be transferred to a computerized physician order entry, referred to in this section as “CPOE”, community hospital fund to be administered by the division of health care finance and policy. The division shall develop grant award criteria for the purpose of funding physician CPOE education and training activities in the community hospital setting. Grant applicants shall file CPOE implementation plans with the division detailing their project and estimated expenses.
