Bill Text: MA H1072 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of home health service rate cuts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-30 - Accompanied a study order, see H05006 [H1072 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1072-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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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 ORDERING A STUDY OF HOME HEALTH SERVICE RATE CUTS.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Sean Garballey |
23rd Middlesex |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
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Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
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Mark V. Falzone |
9th Essex |
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Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
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Marie P. St. Fleur |
5th Suffolk |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Mary E. Grant |
6th Essex |
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Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
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Christopher G. Fallon |
33rd Middlesex |
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Benjamin Swan |
11th Hampden |
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Stephen Stat Smith |
28th Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr. |
16th Middlesex |
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Rosemary Sandlin |
3rd Hampden |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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William M. Straus |
10th Bristol |
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Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Willie Mae Allen |
6th Suffolk |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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A. Stephen Tobin |
2nd Norfolk |
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Kevin J. Murphy |
18th Middlesex |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act ORDERING A STUDY OF HOME HEALTH SERVICE RATE CUTS.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, by no later than July 31, 2009, the executive office of health and human services shall procure a full review of the decrease in rate of payment for skilled health services rendered to home health patients that was effective December 1, 2008. Said study shall analyze: 1. Background data, including cost analysis that supports the rate cut; 2. The effect of the rate cut on patients receiving care and agencies that administer that care; 3. The cost and duration for home health visits lasting 60 or more consecutive days and; 4. The short-term versus long-term cost-effectiveness of this amendment.
SECTION 2 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special study commission to review the findings of the report commissioned in Section 1 of this Act. Said commission shall be comprised of the House and Senate Chairs of the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs or their designees, the House and Senate Chairs of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing or their designees, the Chair for the House Committee on Ways & Means or their designee, the Senate Chair on Ways & Means or their designee, the Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Finance & Policy or their designee and one representative selected by each of the following: The Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons. Further, at least one representative in addition to the commission members specified in this act will be a visiting nurse from a certified home health agency.
SECTION 3 Said commission shall convene within 10 days after submission of said study to the Legislature in order to review said findings; and further, shall meet monthly with the intention of incorporating findings into a recommendation for the Legislature. Said Commission shall submit said recommendations by no later than October 1st, 2009.
