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Representative Kearns urges required sign-off on antipsychotic prescriptions for nursing home residents
Summary
Rep. Sally Kearns testified on H.2216 seeking stronger oversight of antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes after a personal experience with a parent; she said Massachusetts has disproportionately high antipsychotic use in nursing facilities and argued for a sign‑off requirement so antipsychotics are used only when clinically justified.
Representative Sally Kearns told the committee she filed H.2216 after personal experience with her father being given antipsychotic medication in a nursing home without adequate explanation.
Kearns said she arrived at her father's facility and learned…
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