By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 1240) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation
relative to protecting hospital and community health center
patients. Public Health. |
By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 1240) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation
relative to protecting hospital and community health center
patients. Public Health. |
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. Subsection (i) of section 18 of chapter 118G of the General Laws, as amended by section 354 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2003, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:-
The division shall adopt regulations prohibiting a hospital or community health center or an agent of a hospital or community health center from seeking legal execution against the personal residence or motor vehicle of a patient or a guarantor for a patient without the express approval, on an individual case basis, of the board of trustees of the hospital or community health center.
