By Mr. Koutoujian of Waltham, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2150) of Peter J. Koutoujian that the Department of Public Health be required to hold public hearings before the removal of publicly-funded beds under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.  Public Health

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Peter J. Koutoujian

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act realtive to publicly funded beds. .

    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. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following:—

Section 219. The Department of Public Health shall hold a public hearing before the removal of any publicly funded bed. Furthermore, this hearing must take place sixty days before the proposed removal of said bed with notification provided to appropriate outlets. This hearing of the department may be held by the commissioner, or his designee or the hearings officer if so authorized by the commissioner and must be open to the public.