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MA Gen L ch 111 § 2d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2d - Massachusetts State Health HIV and Hepatitis Fund; Definitions

Section 2D. As used in sections 2D to 2F, inclusive, the following words shall, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:—  ''AIDS'', acquired immune deficiency syndrome associated with HIV.  ''AIDS advisory board'', the board established pursuant to section 2F.  ''Education'', efforts to inform the public or groups within the public who are seropositive or at high risk of HIV or viral hepatitis infection with targeted information directed specifically at decreasing the incidence of unsafe behavior associated with the transfer of the HIV virus and viral hepatitis.  ''Experimental treatment'', treatment for viral hepatitis, HIV infection or its associated illnesses which has not yet been approved for general use by an appropriate agency of the federal government.  ''Fund'', the Massachusetts State Public Health HIV and Hepatitis Fund established pursuant to section 35R of chapter 10.  ''HIV'', the human immunodeficiency virus associated with AIDS.  ''Research'', scientific study conducted through community-based efforts to determine the effectiveness of drug and non-drug therapies in combatting viral hepatitis, HIV infection and its associated illness, including research into the effectiveness of educational methods and materials.  ''Seropositive'', the status of having tested positive for HIV or viral hepatitis antibodies.  ''Treatment'', such treatment as is approved by appropriate agencies of the United States government for viral hepatitis, HIV infection or its associated illnesses.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 2e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2e - Massachusetts State Public Health and Hepatitis Fund; Expenditures

Section 2E. The commissioner may expend amounts contained in the fund, with the advice and under the guidance of the AIDS advisory board, solely for research treatment, experimental treatment and education related to viral hepatitis, HIV infection or its associated illnesses. Expenditures from the fund for such purposes shall complement and not replace existing local, state or federal viral hepatitis or AIDS–related funding. The commissioner shall determine, with the advice and under the guidance of the AIDS advisory board, appropriate educational efforts to fund. The commissioner, after consultation with the AIDS advisory board, shall develop a list of research priorities and protocols. The commissioner shall make a priority of researching those drug and non-drug therapies that are not made generally available through federal and other state programs and shall prioritize those therapies that show the most promise of combatting viral hepatitis, HIV infection or its associated illnesses.  Not more than 6 per cent of the amounts held in the fund in any 1 year shall be used for administration of the fund; provided, however, that this shall not preclude the appropriation from the General Fund of additional amounts to support the administration of the fund. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner may develop, with the advice of the AIDS advisory board, procedures for accepting proposals for implementing a purpose of the fund as set forth in this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 2f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2f - Massachusetts AIDS Advisory Board; Membership

Section 2F. There shall be an AIDS advisory board constituted for the general purpose of making recommendations to the commissioner concerning the administration and allocation of the fund, and performing any other functions specifically granted to it by law.  The commissioner shall have the authority to appoint all members of the AIDS advisory board, which shall consist of no more than nineteen members, and shall include the following: two persons with AIDS; two persons with AIDS–related complex; two persons who are sero-positive; six persons each who have demonstrable experience in providing AIDS related direct services to persons who are at risk of HIV infection or who are sero-positive, one of whom has experience with persons of African–American heritage, one of whom has experience with persons of Hispanic heritage, one of whom has experience with persons of Haitian origin; one of whom has experience with persons who are intravenous drug users, one of whom has experience with local, state or federal prisoners, and one of whom has experience with gay men; a sociologist who has demonstrable experience in neighborhood based AIDS–related education or research; an epidemiologist who has demonstrated experience in neighborhood based AIDS–related research or treatment; a pediatrician with demonstrable experience in treating children with the HIV infection or related illnesses; and a representative of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 2h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2h - Prevention and Wellness Advisory Board

Section 2H. There shall be a Prevention and Wellness Advisory Board to make recommendations to the commissioner concerning the administration and allocation of the Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund established in section 2G, establish evaluation criteria and perform any other functions specifically granted to it by law.  The board shall consist of: the commissioner of public health or a designee, who shall serve as chairperson; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing; the executive director of the institute of health care finance and policy established in chapter 12C or a designee; the secretary of health and human services or a designee; and 14 persons to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a person with expertise in the field of public health economics; 1 of whom shall be a person with expertise in public health research; 1 of whom shall be a person with expertise in the field of health equity; 1 of whom shall be a person from a local board of health for a city or town with a population greater than 50,000; 1 of whom shall be a person of a board of health for a city or town with a population of fewer than 50,000; 2 of whom shall be representatives of health insurance carriers; 1 of whom shall be a person from a consumer health organization; 1 of whom shall be a person from a hospital association; 1 of whom shall be a person from a statewide public health organization; 1 of whom shall be a representative of the interest of businesses; 1 of whom shall administer an employee assistance program; 1 of whom shall be a public health nurse or a school nurse; and 1 of whom shall be a person from an association representing community health workers.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 2i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2i - Substance Abuse Services Fund

Section 2I. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Substance Abuse Services Fund to be expended, without further appropriation, by the department of public health. The commissioner of public health shall, as trustee, administer the fund. The fund shall consist of revenues collected by the commonwealth including: (i) any revenue from appropriations or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) any funds from public and private sources, including gifts, grants and donations to provide substance use disorder treatment services; (iii) any interest earned on such revenues; and (iv) any funds provided from other sources. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.  (b) All expenditures from the fund shall support the expansion of substance use disorder treatment services including, but not limited to: (i) detoxification services; (ii) clinical stabilization services; (iii) residential treatment services; (iv) outpatient treatment services; (v) counseling; (vi) promoting the access of primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to available, trained and certified addiction physician specialists for consultation or referral; and (vii) educating primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, about addiction prevention and treatment and encouraging primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to screen for signs of substance abuse.  (c) In making expenditures from the fund, the commissioner shall prioritize: (i) treatment methods that are evidence-based and cost effective; (ii) ensuring substance use disorder treatment access to historically underserved populations; and (iii) availability of a continuum of services and care for clients entering substance use disorder treatment at any level.  (d) The commissioner of public health shall report quarterly to the executive office for administration and finance, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the way funds were spent in the previous quarter including, but not limited to, an itemized accounting of the goods and services that were procured; (ii) an accounting of substance use disorder services provided by the fund, broken down by month and type of service, from 2011 to the current quarter, inclusive; (iii) the number of clients served, by month and type of service, by the goods and services procured in the previous quarter; (iv) amounts expended by type of service for each month in the prior quarter; and (v) procurement and service goals for the subsequent quarter.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 2j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 2j - Public Health Grant Trust Fund

Section 2J. There shall be a Public Health Grant Trust Fund. The commissioner shall administer the fund to collaborate with nonprofit organizations to participate in competitive grant opportunities that further the mission of the department.  There shall be credited to the fund money received from public and private sources to support public health competitive grant opportunities. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.  Annually, not later than January 1, the commissioner shall report on the activities of the fund to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall include: (i) an accounting of money received by the fund broken down by funding source; (ii) a description of the competitive grant opportunities and whether a competitive grant opportunity is in collaboration or partnership with a nonprofit organization; (iii) an accounting of money expended from the fund broken down by recipient; (iv) the amount of any unexpended balance; and (v) a description of anticipated competitive grant opportunities applied or expected to be applied to in the upcoming calendar year and whether the competitive grant opportunity is in collaboration or partnership with a nonprofit organization.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 3 - Public Health Council; Hearings, Intervention

Section 3. The council shall make and promulgate rules and regulations, take evidence in appeals, consider plans and appointments required by law, hold hearings, and discharge other duties required by law; but it shall have no administrative or executive functions. Hearings of the department may be held by the commissioner, or his designee or the hearings officer if so authorized by the commissioner, or by the hearings officer as provided in section seventy-one with respect to a refusal to renew or revocation of a license of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home or charitable home for the aged. The secretary of elder affairs or his designee may intervene on behalf of a resident or residents or the owner or administrator of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home, infirmary maintained in a town, or a charitable home for the aged in any proceedings before the council.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 3a - Board of Trustees of Massachusetts Hospital School; Appointment

Section 3A. There shall be a board of trustees, to be known as the board of trustees of the Massachusetts hospital school, serving in the department and consisting of five persons. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall annually appoint a member of the board, who shall serve for five years beginning on the first Monday in December in the year of his appointment and until his successor is qualified.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4 - Health Districts; District Health Officers; Enforcement of Laws in Districts

Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the council, shall from time to time divide the state into not more than eight health districts. He may from time to time order two or more district health officers to work in one district, in order to study, suppress or prevent disease. Each district health officer shall act as the representative of the commissioner, and under his direction shall secure the enforcement within his district of the laws and regulations relating to public health. He shall have the powers and perform the duties set forth in this chapter, and, under the direction of the commissioner, shall perform such other duties as he may prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4e - Program to Combat Intellectual Disabilities in Children

Section 4E. The department of public health is hereby authorized and directed to establish a program to combat intellectual disability in children suffering from a genetic effect causing phenylketonuria. The said program may be conducted in conjunction with any foundation or scientific organization, hospital or medical school or with an agency of the federal government. The department may accept for such purpose any special grant of money, services or property from the federal government or any of its agencies or from any such foundation, organization or medical school.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4f - Advisory Council on Radiation Protection

Section 4F. There shall be an advisory council on radiation protection consisting of the commissioners of public health, labor and industries, public safety, and administration, the personnel administrator, the director of civil defense, and six persons to be appointed by the governor, of whom two shall hold the degree of doctor in medicine or dental medicine and shall be specialists in the field of ionizing radiation injuries, one shall have training or experience in radiology, one in radiation or health physics, one in radiation law, and one in nuclear engineering or in the industrial application of ionizing radiation. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of six years. One of the appointive members shall be designated chairman of the council by the governor. The members of the council shall serve without compensation and shall not be reimbursed for any expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.  The advisory council shall meet at least twice a year at the call of the chairman or by vote of a majority of the members of the council. It may hold public hearings but shall not have the power to summon witnesses nor to require the production of books, records and papers. It shall consider and make recommendations to the governor, the general court, and the various departments of the executive branch as to the development, growth, and status of all substances, things, and apparatus within the commonwealth capable of emitting ionizing radiation.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4g - Epileptics; Program for Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation

Section 4G. The department shall establish, in one or more institutions under its control, a program for the care, treatment and medical rehabilitation of persons suffering from epilepsy and shall disseminate such information relative to the management of convulsive disorders as it considers proper. The department may accept for such purposes and for research into the causes of convulsive disorders any special grant of money, services or property from the federal government or any of its agencies or from any foundation, organization or medical school.  The department shall cooperate with the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission in developing vocational rehabilitation programs for epileptics.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4h - Chronic Renal Diseases; Care and Treatment; Agreements

Section 4H. The department is hereby authorized, subject to appropriation, to establish and maintain services for the treatment and care of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases within the commonwealth.  The department may enter into such agreements with community hospitals and other health, welfare and rehabilitation agencies as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The department may enter into agreements with out-of-hospital dialysis units licensed under the provisions of section fifty-one A for the care and treatment of persons suffering from renal disease; provided, that said units are licensed and operated pursuant to the rules and regulations of the department relative to out-of-hospital dialysis units; and, provided further, that any such agreement with an out-of-hospital dialysis unit be made in conjunction with a facility operated by the department which provides in-patient care and treatment for persons suffering from renal disease. Any payment made by the department or any other agency of the commonwealth to an out-of-hospital dialysis unit with which an agreement has been made in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections thirty K to thirty P, inclusive, of chapter seven and shall in no case be in excess of any applicable rate determined by the executive office of health and human services, or a governmental unit designated by the executive office or any successor agency.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4i - Erythroblastosis Fetalis; Prevention; Rules and Regulations

Section 4I. The department is hereby authorized to establish, promote, and administer a statewide program for the prevention of erythroblastosis fetalis, and may produce and distribute as much anti–Rh gamma globulin as it deems necessary for such purpose.  The department may contract with any agency, public, private, or federal, and may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4j - Multi&ndash;disciplinary Medical Review Team; Certification of Nursing Home Care Eligibility

Section 4J. No individual from birth to age twenty-two shall be admitted to a nursing home unless, prior to such admission, application has been made by or on behalf of such individual for certification by the Department's Multi–Disciplinary Medical Review Team of eligibility for nursing home care in the nursing home to which the individual seeks admission. A majority of the members of the medical review team shall consist of currently licensed health and allied health professionals who are not employees of the commonwealth and who have been engaged full time in primary care practice in their respective areas of specialization within the two years immediately prior to the commencement of service on the medical review team. Such other individuals as the department may, from time to time, deem appropriate may also serve on the medical review team. No person shall serve on the medical review team for a period exceeding two years. The medical review team shall, in consultation with the individual's referring physician, discharge planners at the individual's referring health care institution, the individual's parents, next-of-kin or guardians, the individual's primary care physician, and, to the extent deemed necessary, the departments of mental health, children and families, welfare, education, department of early education and care and the commission for the blind, assess the medical, nursing, developmental and social needs of such individuals. In the event that the medical review team fails to render a decision on certification within ten business days after submission of any application for certification, the individual may, with the approval of his or her referring physician, be admitted to the nursing home. In reviewing applications for certification of eligibility, the medical review team shall not deny certification on the basis of sex, nationality, religious affiliation, residency or domicile, source of payment or reimbursement, type of illness or injury sustained or suffered by the individual, or, if the nursing home to which the individual seeks admission is able to provide requisite care, the ability of any other health care facility, wherever located, to provide such care. In the event that the medical review team denies certification, it shall recommend an alternative care program appropriate to each individual's needs.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 4l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 4l - Advisory Board for Diethylstilbestrol Program

Section 4L. An advisory board is hereby established under the supervision of the department for the purpose of implementing the provisions of section four K. Said board shall consist of five members. Three members shall be appointed by the commissioner, one of whom shall be a member of a DES advocacy group; one of whom shall be a DES screening program provider; and one of whom shall be a DES exposed mother, daughter, or son; one member of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house; one member of the senate shall be appointed by the president of the senate. Three of the board members shall serve terms of three years and two shall serve terms of two years. Said board shall assist the department in preparation of the annual report to the general court.