Assisted Living Residences (ALR) Commission Meeting Materials

See below for the ALR Commission's Meeting Minutes and Materials.

2025 Meeting Materials

January 12, 2026:

• ALR Commission Final Report
• Minutes from the Final Assisted Living Residences Commission Meeting - January 12th, 2026
   

December 17, 2025

• Assisted Living Commission Final Report DRAFT - December 17th, 2025
• Meeting minutes

December 12, 2025:

• Meeting minutes

December 03, 2025:

• Meeting minutes
• ALR Commission Meeting Slide Deck (2025.12.03)

November 18, 2025: 

• Meeting minutes
• ALR Commission Meeting Slide Deck - November 18th 2025
• Pre-Meeting Issue Brief - ALR Affordability Discussion

November 05, 2025 - Public Hearing:

• Audio recording of hearing

October 28, 2025:

• Meeting minutes
• Observations on Staffing, Quality, and Disclosure
• Press Release: Governor Healey Announces Next Steps to Enhance Resident Safety in Assisted Living Residences
• Draft ALR Commission Report 

September 29, 2025:

• Meeting minutes
• Dignity Alliance Sep 2025 Transmission of ALR Proposals to Elected Officials
• Dignity Alliance Sep 2025 Transmission of Proposals to ALR Commission
• Dignity Alliance Massachusetts ALR Reform Omnibus
• ALR Commission Report_V3

September 04, 2025:

• Meeting minutes

July 23, 2025:

• Redlined ALR Commission DRAFT Report_v2
• Redlined with comments ALR Commission DRAFT Report v2
• Meeting minutes

July 15, 2025:

• Agenda: DOC
• ALR Commission Draft Report: PDF
• Meeting minutes

June 4, 2025:

• Agenda: DOC
• ALR Commission Ownership Changes & Affordability (2025.06.04): PDF
• Meeting minutes: DOC

May 15, 2025 (public hearing):

• 2025015 HCBSS Comment to ALR Commission (Peter Tiernan): PDF
• 20250512 HCBSS Testimony to Joint AGE on H791 S747 Assisted Living (Peter Tiernan): PDF
• ALR Commission Testimony hearing on 051425 (John Ford): DOC
• Testimony on Assisted Living to Commission May 15 2025 (James Lomastro): DOC
• Written Testimony by Bodo Liesenfeld to the ALR Commission on Public Hearing May 15th 2025 (Bodo Liesenfeld): PDF
• Testimony to the Executive Office of Aging and Elder Affairs regarding Assisted Living Residences (Rose-Marie Cervone): DOC
• Written Testimony for AGE final (Amber Evans): DOC
• W. Nowokunski ALR Commission Hearing Testimony (Wendy Nowokunski): DOC
• ALR hearing feedback revised final redacted (anonymous): DOC
• Recommendations from LTCOP to AGE re ALR May 2025 (Carolyn Fenn): PDF
• Basic Health Services Assisted Living Residences (Tara Gregorio): DOC
• Deborah Strafuss email: PDF
• ALR Commission Public Hearing 5-15-2025 Write Up (created by AGE): PDF
• Spreadsheet summarizing written testimony (created by AGE): XLSX

May 7, 2025:

• Agenda: DOC
• Meeting presentation: PDF
• Meeting minutes: DOC

April 17, 2025:

• Agenda: DOC
• Uniform Disclosure of Assisted Living Services & Amenities: PDF
• ALR Commission Consumer Perspectives: PDF
• Boston Globe article: PDF
• Meeting minutes: DOC

April 02, 2025:

• Agenda: DOC
• Meeting presentation: PDF
• Meeting minutes: DOC

March 05, 2025:

• Approved Meeting Minutes: DOC
• Agenda: DOC
• Meeting presentation : PDF

February 26, 2025:

• Approved Meeting Minutes: DOC
• Meeting presentation: PDF
• ALR Commission Statute: Legal Authority: Section 32 of Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2024. Full text of the Legislation.
• State Ethics Commission Primer: DOC
• Open Meeting Law Guide: PDF
• Certificate of Receipt of OML Materials: PDF
• Current Statutory and Regulatory Oversight of ALRs: PDF
• Form O: PDF