SENATE DOCKET, NO. 879 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1108
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel A. Wolf
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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:
An Act to limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts Health Care Workforce.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Daniel A. Wolf | Cape and Islands |
Kenneth J. Donnelly | Fourth Middlesex |
Cleon H. Turner | 1st Barnstable |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
James T. Welch | Hampden |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
Thomas P. Conroy | 13th Middlesex |
Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk |
John F. Keenan | Norfolk and Plymouth |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 879 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1108
By Mr. Wolf, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1108) of Daniel A. Wolf, Kenneth J. Donnelly, Cleon H. Turner, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation to limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts Health Care Workforce. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts Health Care Workforce.
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 51 of Chapter 111 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting prior to the words “The department of public health shall promulgate rules and regulations” the following:
No hospital licensed pursuant to this section that outsources health care delivery jobs that could otherwise be performed by the current workforce to a workforce based or employed outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be eligible for grants, incentive payments or other such supplemental reimbursement from the Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund, the Health Care Payment Reform Fund, the e-Health Institute Fund,” or the "Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund.” In consultation with the department of labor and workforce development and the Office of Medicaid, the department of public health shall establish rules and regulations defining “outsources jobs” and as otherwise necessary for implementation of this provision.
