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MA Gen L ch 111 § 67c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 67c - Programs and Payment of Expenses for Care of Premature and Other High Risk Infants; Procedures for Hospital Discharge and Follow Up Care; Reporting on Causes and Incidence of Re-Hospitalizations

Section 67C. (a) The department of public health shall provide programs for the prevention, care, and follow-up of premature and other designated high risk infants and establish criteria for services to be provided. The expenses for the transportation of said infants to hospitals equipped to care for them and the expenses of initial hospitalization shall be paid by the department where such costs are not reimbursed by a third party payer. Said payments shall be made in accordance with rates established by the executive office of health and human services. Said payments shall be made only at the request of the parents or guardians of said infants to the department. The department shall apply financial eligibility guidelines to said programs and expenses.  (b) The department shall, in consultation with the department's multidisciplinary perinatal advisory committee, develop standardized procedures for hospital discharge and follow-up care for premature infants and shall ensure that standardized and coordinated processes are followed as premature infants leave the hospital from a well baby nursery, step down or transitional nursery or neonatal intensive care unit and transition to follow-up care by a health care or homecare provider.  (c) The department and its advisory committee shall utilize national evidence-based guidance, including, but not limited to, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Project or the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's national initiative for children's healthcare quality to establish hospital discharge follow-up care processes.  (d) The department shall utilize existing perinatal databases, such as the pregnancy to early life longitudinal database to develop a statewide report on the causes and incidence of re-hospitalizations of infants that were born premature and who are within their first 6 months of life. The department's perinatal advisory committee shall use such report in developing their standardized procedures.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 67e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 67e - Children Born With Congenital Anomaly, Birth Defect, Birth Injury or an Intellectual Disability; Reports

Section 67E. (a) Within 30 days after the diagnosis in the commonwealth of a congenital anomaly, birth defect or birth injury which may lead to an incapacity or disability, the physician making the diagnosis shall report the anomaly, defect or injury to the department on a form to be furnished by the department. The commissioner shall require the submission of such information on reported cases up to the age of 3 years as he considers necessary and appropriate for the prevention and early detection of such anomalies, defects and injuries. Authorized officials or agents of the department may abstract and record information that is required for reporting from the medical records of children under the age of 3 years and their parents. Before abstracting or recording any additional information from an individual's medical records, department officials shall obtain the approval of a duly constituted institutional review board that reviews and approves, and thereafter annually re-approves, a research protocol submitted to it by the department. The research protocol shall specify how such records shall be reviewed, how information from them shall be abstracted and reported, the exact information to be recorded, and how the information will be used, maintained and kept confidential. The department shall collect no more information than it considers necessary and appropriate in order to conduct epidemiological surveys and to develop appropriate preventative treatment and control measures.  (b) The contents of such reports, records and information shall be solely for the use of the department and such reports, records and information shall not be open to public inspection or constitute a public record. The commissioner may make such reports, records or information contained therein available to a researcher performing medical and scientific studies for the purpose of the reduction of morbidity and mortality in the commonwealth, so long as the commissioner and a duly constituted institutional review board first approves that study.  (c) Nothing in this section shall compel any individual to submit to medical or department examination, testing or supervision.  (d) The department shall make rules and regulations to implement this section.  (e) Within 30 days after the date of birth of any child with an intellectual disability, or within 30 days after any child has been diagnosed as having an intellectual disability, the physician making the diagnosis shall report, with the approval of the parents, the mental retardation to the department of developmental services for the purpose of having the department inform such parents of existing information and support services. The contents of this report shall be solely for the use as described in this subsection and shall not be open to public inspection or constitute a public record.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 67g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 67g - Audiometric Testing of Children; Costs

Section 67G. Every person in control of a child who has reached age four shall cause such child to be given a complete pure tone test using conventional audiometric tests at such public schools and by such pediatric audiologists or school testers as are approved and designated by the commissioner. The costs for such examinations shall be borne by the commonwealth. In the event such a child fails such pure tone tests, the tester or pediatric audiologist shall advise the parent or legal guardian to consult the otologist of his choice who is in private practice. If upon examination such otologist recommends further tests, the diagnostic services of the approved hospital centers referred to in section sixty-seven F shall be made available to such children at a cost to be borne by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 67h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 67h - Literature on Hearing Impairments

Section 67H. The literature required by section sixty-seven F shall describe the following high risk conditions:—(1) Before birth (a) Family history of deafness as indicated by one or more deaf or hard of hearing children in family; (b) Maternal thyroid abnormality; (c) Maternal German measles in the first three months of pregnancy; (d) Maternal influenza or chicken pox in first three months of pregnancy, and (2) Newborn difficulty (a) Mycin drugs administered to infant; (b) Multiple abnormalities of infant, from whatever cause.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69e - Inpatient and Outpatient Services; Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment Center; Admissions Policy

Section 69E. The commissioner shall have general supervision and control of the Lemuel Shattuck hospital, the Rutland hospital, the Lakeville hospital, the Pondville hospital, and the Western Massachusetts hospital. Subject to appropriation and subject to the provisions of sections twenty-five B to twenty-five G, inclusive, the department shall be authorized to establish at these hospitals any inpatient or outpatient health services, including but not limited to medical, surgical, restorative, rehabilitative or chronic services, mental health and mental retardation services, extended care services, dental services, rehabilitative therapy services, family planning services, services for treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction, skilled nursing care services, intermediate care facility services, and residency care services. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner shall establish a diagnostic evaluation and treatment center for emphysema which is to include professional education and training at the Lemuel Shattuck hospital.  The department may admit patients to any of the services provided at the above hospitals subject to such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe; provided, however, that preference shall be given to residents of the commonwealth. Any such patient shall be discharged from said hospital either upon his own request or upon determination of the department but not otherwise.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69f - Notice of Admission of Needy Person

Section 69F. Notice of admission of a needy person shall be given within ten days to the department of transitional assistance.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69g - Effect of Notice of Admission of Needy Person

Section 69G. In the case of a needy person not already in receipt of public assistance, the notice of admission shall constitute an application on behalf of the patient. Upon receipt of such application, the department of transitional assistance shall determine his eligibility for assistance, and if he is found eligible, he shall be granted the type of assistance for which he qualifies, from the date of the notice or application.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69h - Charges for Support; Rate

Section 69H. The charges for the support of persons receiving care in said hospitals shall be at the rate determined by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69i - Liability for Charges for Support; Assessment; Proceedings; Written Statements

Section 69I. A person, his executor, or administrator, shall be liable in contract for such charges except that persons in receipt of public assistance shall have their responsibility for payment of such charges fixed in accordance with the provisions of the particular category of assistance under which they are aided. Persons or kindred bound by law to support such needy persons, not eligible for public assistance, shall be assessed in accordance with a schedule approved by the department. In all proceedings under this section, the sworn written statement of a person that he is the superintendent of the hospital or that he keeps or has custody of records relating to inmates thereof, and that a person has been a duly admitted patient therein during a stated period at a stated charge, and that said charge has not been paid in whole or in part, and the sworn written statement of an official of the hospital or department that notice of admission of the said patient was given on a stated date to the department of transitional assistance, that the charges for support of said patient were determined pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-nine H, and that no satisfactory security was given for his support, shall be prima facie evidence of the said facts.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69j - Operation of Concessions

Section 69J. The department is authorized to make contracts with private persons or corporations for the operation of concessions in institutions under its charge.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69k - Patients Eligible for Federal Veterans' Benefits

Section 69K. The commissioner shall identify patients at institutions subject to the control of the department who are eligible for federal veterans' benefits and shall take such steps necessary to assist said patients in collecting said benefits. Said commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to identify such patients at such institutions who are eligible for federal veterans' benefits and to collect said benefits. Said commissioner shall report to the clerks of the house and senate on or before January first of each year, the number of patients which have been identified as eligible for veterans' benefits, the amount of said benefits which have been collected by the commonwealth under the provisions of this section, and the cost to the commonwealth of collecting said benefits.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 69l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 69l - Vehicles; Moving and Parking Rules; Violations

Section 69L. The commissioner shall establish rules for the control, movement and parking of vehicles on the lands within the charge of the department or the various institutions under its jurisdiction, and shall provide reasonable penalties for the violation of said rules. The commissioner may authorize the towing of vehicles parked in violation of said rules, and the owner of a vehicle which is towed shall be liable, in addition to the penalty for such violation, for the charge for removal and storage of the vehicle. Citations for violation of any rule established pursuant to this section may be issued by special state police officers appointed pursuant to section sixty of chapter twenty-two C, local and county law enforcement personnel and the state police.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 70a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 70a - Hospital Lien; Creation; Priority; Application

Section 70A. Any person and any city or town maintaining a hospital licensed under the provisions of section fifty-one, any hospital located in the commonwealth and operated by the United States Veterans Administration, any hospital operated by the commonwealth which furnished medical or other services to any person injured in an accident not covered by chapter 152 shall, subject to the provisions of section seventy B, have a lien for the reasonable and necessary charges of such hospital, not exceeding, however, the amount which would be charged in a ward of such hospital, and any health maintenance organization which has furnished health services, and any hospital, medical, or dental service corporation which has provided benefits for covered services furnished to a person injured in such an accident shall, subject to the provisions of section seventy B, have a lien for such benefits, upon the net amount payable to such injured person, his heirs or legal representative out of the total amount of any recovery or sum had or collected or to be collected, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise, from another person as damages on account of such injuries. The lien of any attorney shall have precedence over the lien created under this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such charges incurred subsequent to any such judgment, settlement or compromise.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 70b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 70b - Notice of Lien

Section 70B. Such lien shall take effect if, prior to any such judgment, settlement or compromise, a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the provider of hospital, medical or dental services, the name of the person alleged to be liable to the injured person for the injuries received and, if applicable, the name and address of the health maintenance organization, or the hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, shall be mailed by the hospital, health maintenance organization, medical or dental service corporation, certified mail, return receipt requested, to such injured person, to his attorney, to the person alleged to be liable to such injured person for the injuries sustained and to any insurance carrier which has insured such person against liability.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 70c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 70c - Settlement Disregarding Hospital Lien; Effect; Limitation of Action

Section 70C. Any person who pays over any money upon which there is a lien as provided in section seventy A of which he has received notice as provided in section seventy B to any such injured person, his attorney or his heirs or legal representatives shall be liable to the person or the city or town having such lien for the amount thereof, not exceeding, however, said net amount paid to such injured person, his heirs or legal representatives. Any action under this section shall be commenced within one year after the date of such payment.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 70d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 70d - Itemized Statement of Charges; Effect of Failure to Furnish

Section 70D. Upon receipt of a written request mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, from any person notified of such lien in accordance with the provisions of section seventy B, such hospital shall within ten days after receipt of such request furnish such person with a certified itemized statement of all charges of such hospital in reference to such injured person as provided in section seventy A, or if such injured person has not been discharged from said hospital at the time such request is received, then such statement shall be so furnished within ten days after such person has been discharged from said hospital.  If such hospital fails to comply with the provisions of this section, such lien shall be dissolved and no person shall be held liable under the provisions of section seventy C for the amount thereof.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 70f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 70f - HIV Test; Informed Consent; Disclosure of Results or Identity of Subject of Test

Section 70F. A facility, as defined in section 70E, physician or health care provider shall not (1) test any person for the presence of the HIV antibody or antigen without first obtaining that person's verbal informed consent; (2) disclose the results of such test to any person other than the subject of the test without first obtaining the subject's written informed consent; or (3) identify the subject of such tests to any person without first obtaining the subject's written informed consent. A written consent form shall state the purpose for which the information is being requested and shall be distinguished from written consent for the release of any other medical information.  No employer shall require HIV antibody or antigen tests as a condition for employment.  Whoever violates this section shall be considered to have violated section 2 of chapter 93A.  For the purpose of this section ''written informed consent'' shall mean a written consent form for each requested release of the results of an individual's HIV antibody or antigen test or for the release of medical records containing such information.  It shall not be a violation of this section for any physician, health care provider, health care institution or laboratory to report information to the department of public health under chapter 111 or chapter 111D and regulations promulgated thereunder. No physician, health care provider, health care institution or laboratory required to report shall be liable in any civil or criminal action by reason of any such report.  This section shall not apply to premortem and postmortem serological testing for purposes of donation under chapter 113A.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 71a1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 71a1/2 - Deposit of Inpatient or Resident Funds

Section 71A1/2. The administrator of any facility licensed pursuant to section seventy-one shall deposit in an interest-bearing account of any bank organized and existing under the laws of the commonwealth, funds of any person who is an inpatient or resident at such facility, if such administrator agrees to manage such funds at the request of such person or the fiduciary of such person or if the administrator is a fiduciary of such person. The words ''fiduciary'' and ''fund'' shall have the same meaning found in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-three. The interest earned on any interest-bearing account shall be distributed or credited in one of the following ways, at the election of the facility: (a) pro-rated to each patient on an actual interest earned basis for individual accounts or (b) pro-rated to each patient on the basis of his end of quarter or nearest end of month balance for collective accounts. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 71c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 71c - Minimum Safety and Quality of Services Standards for Dementia Special Care Units; Compliance by Providers of Specialized Services or Programming Licensed Under Sec. 71; Training

Section 71C. (a) The department, in consultation with the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter, Inc. and representatives from the nursing home provider community shall promulgate regulations to establish minimum standards for dementia special care units to ensure safety and quality of services including:  (1) dementia-specific training for all direct care workers, activities directors and supervisors of direct care workers in both traditional nursing homes and dementia special care units;  (2) activities programs in dementia special care units that provide dementia-specific activities; and  (3) guidelines for dementia special care unit physical design including, but not limited, to anti-wandering methods and promoting a therapeutic environment.  (b) A licensee under section 71 that holds itself out to the public or advertises that it is a provider of specialized services and programming for dementia special care units in long-term care facilities shall meet the standards set forth under this section in order to provide those services. A nursing home that operates a dementia special care unit shall disclose to consumers and to the department the specialized services the dementia special care unit provides for patients affected by alzheimer's and related dementias.  (c) A licensee of the department under section 71 shall provide dementia-specific training for direct care workers, activities directors and supervisors of direct care workers in a facility that does not hold itself out to the public or advertise that it is a provider of specialized services and programming for dementia special care units in long-term care facilities.