Bill Text: MA H1097 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establish a community hospital fund for computerized physican order
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-30 - Accompanied a study order, see H05006 [H1097 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1097-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Rosemary Sandlin
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establish a community hospital fund for computerized physician order entry .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Rosemary Sandlin |
3rd Hampden |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to establish a community hospital fund for computerized
physician order entry.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
This act will establish a new Computerized Physician Order Entry Community Hospital fund via existing funding sources, as follows:
Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, fifty percent of the surplus, if any, contained in the health safety net fund established pursuant to chapter 116G, section 36, shall be transferred to a computerized physician order entry community hospital fund to be administered by the division of health care finance and policy. The division shall develop grant award criteria for the purpose of funding physician CPOE education and training activities in the community hospital setting. Grant applicants shall file CPOE implementation plans with the division detailing their project and estimated expenses.
This act will prioritize grants from the existing E-Health Institute Fund for CPOE implementation on community hospitals:
Notwithstanding any general law or special regulation to the contrary, the greater of $5,000,000 or thirty percent of the funds available to the e-health institute fund, established pursuant to section 4 of chapter 305 of the acts of 2008, shall be expended to provide grants for the implementation of computerized physician order entry systems in community hospitals.
