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Advocates urge Legislature to build on Chapter 197 reforms for long‑term care
Summary
Dignity Alliance and other advocates told the Committee on Aging and Independence the state should move from implementing Chapter 197 to a broader set of reforms to strengthen workforce, resident protections and clinical quality across nursing homes and long‑term care settings.
Richard Moore of Dignity Alliance told the Committee on Aging and Independence on Oct. 5 that the group supports a package of bills intended to expand the long‑term care reforms enacted in Chapter 197 (Acts of 2024). “The true measure of our commonwealth is how we care for those who once cared for us,” Moore said, urging the committee to take “favorable action” on the bills Dignity Alliance supports. He said the coalition has six sponsored bills on the list and “at least three others” they favor.
Moore said the bills together would strengthen the workforce, protect residents’ rights and “ensure clinical excellence in our facilities,” and that the state…
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