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MA H2363

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bruce Ayers

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Department of Public Health must commission a study examining direct admission of patients from community behavioral health centers to inpatient psychiatric hospitals
  • Study will assess feasibility of creating incentives for psychiatric hospitals to accept these direct admissions, bypassing emergency department visits
  • Report with findings and implementation recommendations due to the House, Senate clerks, and Joint Committee on Public Health by January 1, 2027
  • Sponsored by Representative Bruce J. Ayers (1st Norfolk), filed January 14, 2025
  • Similar legislation was previously filed in the 2023-2024 session (House No. 3604)

Legislative Description

Directing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of incentivizing inpatient psychiatric hospitals to admit patients directly from community behavioral health centers

Last Action

Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

10/16/2025

Committee Referrals

Health Care Financing10/16/2025
Public Health2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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