SENATE DOCKET, NO. 984 FILED ON: 1/8/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 881
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
O'Leary, Robert (SEN)
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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 relative to the pronouncement of death in a rest home.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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O'Leary, Robert (SEN)
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Cape and Islands
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Cleon H. Turner
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1st Barnstable
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Patricia D. Jehlen
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Second Middlesex
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Sarah K. Peake
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4th Barnstable
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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Susan C. Tucker
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Second Essex and Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01319 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the pronouncement of death in a rest home.
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. Section 9 of chapter 46 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word
“
hospice
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, in line 25, the following words:-
, rest home.