Bill Text: MA S987 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to emergency medical services at certain prison facilities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-03 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing [S987 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S987-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James E. Timilty
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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 relative to emergency medical services at certain prison facilities.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
James E. Timilty |
Bristol and Norfolk |
Louis L. Kafka |
8th Norfolk |
Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to emergency medical services at certain prison
facilities.
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. Notwithstanding any general of special law to the contrary, the department of correction shall establish and maintain emergency medical and ambulatory services at Bay State Correctional Center and MCI-Cedar Junction. Upon passage of this act the department of correction shall be solely responsible for the emergency care and transportation for all incidents that occur at said facilities.