立法者将于6月25日举行听证会，讨论一项研究马萨诸塞州各地基本医疗服务可及性的法案，此前医院关闭严重打击了患者和社区-动脉网

Lawmakers to Hold June 25 Hearing on Bill to Study Access to Essential Healthcare Services Across Massachusetts as Hospital Closures Devastate Patients and Communities

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Bill to assess the state of healthcare in

比尔将评估医疗保健的状况

Massachusetts

马萨诸塞州

and access to essential services pairs with MNA legislation giving the public more enforcement over hospital closures

获得基本服务的机会与MNA立法相结合，使公众对医院关闭拥有更多的监督权

BOSTON

波士顿

，

June 24, 2025

2025年6月24日

/PRNewswire/ -- As patients and communities across

/PRNewswire/ -- 随着患者和各地社区

Massachusetts

马萨诸塞州

continue to reel from hospital closures and the loss of essential health services, lawmakers will hear testimony on

继续因医院关闭和基本卫生服务的丧失而遭受重创，立法者将听取相关证词

An Act Assessing Healthcare Access (SD1058/HD2593)

评估医疗保健获取法案（SD1058/HD2593）

during a virtual Joint Committee on Public Health hearing on

在虚拟的公共卫生联合委员会听证会上

Wednesday, June 25

6月25日，星期三

from

从

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

上午10点到下午1点

继续阅读

A map of Massachusetts hospital closures.

马萨诸塞州医院关闭地图。

Filed by Senator

由参议员提交

Jacob Oliveira

雅各布·奥利维拉

and Representative

和代表

Ted Philips

特德·菲利普斯

, this legislation would initiate a comprehensive statewide study to examine

，这项立法将启动一项全面的全州范围研究，以检查

Massachusetts'

马萨诸塞州的

current healthcare infrastructure, access gaps, and projected needs – especially in the wake of widespread service reductions and closures over the past three decades.

当前的医疗基础设施、获取差距和预计需求——尤其是在过去三十年中广泛的服务缩减和关闭之后。

'We desperately need more transparency about the healthcare needs of

“我们迫切需要更多关于医疗保健需求的透明度

Massachusetts

马萨诸塞州

patients and their ability to access care,'

患者及其获得护理的能力，'

said

说

Katie Murphy

凯蒂·墨菲

，

a practicing ICU nurse and President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association

一位执业的ICU护士，同时也是马萨诸塞州护士协会主席

. 'Right now, critical decisions about who gets care and where are being made without a full picture of what our communities need. This bill is a first step in putting patients rather than profits at the center of our healthcare planning.'

“目前，关于谁得到护理以及在何处得到护理的关键决策，是在没有全面了解我们社区需求的情况下做出的。该法案是将患者而非利润置于我们医疗保健规划中心的第一步。”

Legislative Hearing Details

立法听证会详情

What:

什么：

Hearing of the Joint Committee on Public Health

公共卫生联合委员会听证会

When:

当：

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

2025年6月25日，星期三

, from

，来自

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

上午10点到下午1点

Where:

哪里：

Virtual hearing (public may view via livestream at

虚拟听证会（公众可通过直播观看）

https://malegislature.gov/

)

Legislation:

立法：

An Act Assessing Healthcare Access (SD1058/HD2593), Sponsors: Sen.

评估医疗保健获取法案（SD1058/HD2593），发起人：参议员

Jacob Oliveira

雅各布·奥利维拉

and Rep.

和Rep.

Ted Philips

特德·菲利普斯

Testifying:

作证：

Amy Gagnon, RN

艾米·加侬，注册护士

at Leominster Hospital;

在勒明斯特医院；

Alan P. Sager

艾伦·P·萨格

, PhD Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management at

，哲学博士，健康法律、政策与管理教授，就职于

Boston University School of Public Health

波士顿大学公共卫生学院

, who helped write the bill

，谁帮助起草了这项法案

The bill would task the Department of Public Health with analyzing existing healthcare capacity, measuring future needs, and assessing the cumulative impact of more than 40 hospital and unit closures since 2009, as well as closures further back to the 1990s. It would additionally evaluate the effects of ongoing staffing shortages and reductions in services such as maternity care and behavioral health treatment..

该法案将责成公共卫生部分析现有的医疗能力，评估未来的需求，并衡量自2009年以来40多家医院和科室关闭的累积影响，以及追溯至20世纪90年代的其他关闭。此外，它还将评估人员持续短缺以及产科护理和心理健康治疗等服务缩减带来的影响。

The MNA is also working with lawmakers on related legislation to strengthen

MNA还在与立法者合作，以加强相关立法工作。

Massachusetts'

马萨诸塞州的

hospital closure law amid a surge in financially driven shutdowns that have left entire regions without critical care services – most recently, last year's closures of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center due to the financial mismanagement of Steward Healthcare's leadership and the resulting bankruptcy..

医院关闭法出台之际，正值因财务原因导致的关闭激增，致使整个地区失去了关键的护理服务——最近一次是去年卡尼医院和纳舒厄谷医疗中心的关闭，原因是管理不善导致破产。

Despite repeated DPH rulings deeming these closures harmful to public health, hospitals have moved forward with little resistance from the state.

尽管 DPH 屡次裁定这些关闭对公共健康有害，但医院在几乎没有州政府阻力的情况下继续推进。

'Current Massachusetts law is failing to address this crisis for patients and their caregivers,'

“马萨诸塞州现行法律未能解决患者及其护理人员的这一危机，”

Murphy said.

墨菲说。

'We need to re-center patients as the most important part of our healthcare system, rather than profits. We must ensure mothers and babies, people suffering from mental health or substance use issues, and all our most vulnerable residents can access the care they need.'

“我们需要重新以患者作为我们医疗保健系统中最重要的部分，而不是利润。我们必须确保母亲和婴儿、患有心理健康或药物使用问题的人，以及所有最脆弱的居民能够获得他们所需的护理。”

Related MNA Essential Services Legislation

相关MNA基本服务立法

An Act Relative to the Closing of Hospital Essential Services

关于关闭医院基本服务的法案

(S. 1503)

（S. 1503）

Sponsors: Sen.

赞助者：参议员。

Julian Cyr

朱利安·西尔

/Rep.

/代表。

Michael Kushmerek

迈克尔·库什梅雷克

& Rep.

& 代表。

Christine Barber

克里斯汀·巴伯

This bill would extend the official notice period to the Department of Public Health (DPH) in advance of a closure or discontinuation of health services and require any hospital proposing closure or discontinuation of health services to provide evidence of having notified and provided the opportunity for comment from affected municipalities before the notification period begins..

该法案将延长在健康服务关闭或中断前提前向公共卫生部 (DPH) 发出的官方通知期，并要求任何计划关闭或中断健康服务的医院提供证据，证明已通知受影响的市政当局并在通知期开始前给予其评论的机会。

It would also instruct the Attorney General to seek an injunction to maintain the essential services for the duration of the notice period and require the Attorney General to sign on any closure or discontinuation of services deemed 'essential' by the DPH.

它还将指示司法部长寻求禁令，在通知期限内维持基本服务，并要求司法部长签署任何由公共卫生部（DPH）认为“必要”的服务关闭或中断。

Additionally, the bill would prohibit the hospital from eligibility for an application for licensure or expansion for a period of three years from the date the service is discontinued, or until the essential health service is restored, or until such time as DPH is satisfied with a modified plan.

此外，该法案将禁止该医院在服务终止之日起三年内符合申请执照或扩展的资格，或直到基本健康服务恢复，或直到公共卫生部对修改后的计划感到满意为止。

There is added language that would prohibit the closure of an essential health service during a public health emergency.

有附加条款禁止在公共卫生紧急情况下关闭基本健康服务。

An Act Preserving Access to Hospital Services

《保护医院服务准入法》

(S. 1574)

（S. 1574）

Sponsors: Sen.

赞助者：参议员。

Paul Mark

保罗·马克

/Rep.

/代表。

Margaret Scarsdale

玛格丽特·斯卡斯代尔

There is currently no mechanism to keep a hospital open even if the Department of Public Health (DPH) deems it necessary to the community. This became particularly clear during the Steward crisis when eight hospitals were threatened with closure and the state said it was powerless to keep them open.

目前，即使公共卫生部 (DPH) 认为有必要为社区保留一家医院，也没有机制可以阻止其关闭。在Steward危机期间，当八家医院面临关闭威胁，而州政府表示无权强制其继续开放时，这一情况变得尤为明显。

Two of these hospitals were closed and we have no process in place for when this happens again..

这两家医院关闭了，我们没有应对这种情况再次发生的程序。

This bill would require the Department of Public Health to establish a process for state receivership of a hospital or free-standing clinic that is pending closure.

该法案将要求公共卫生部建立一个程序，以接收面临关闭的医院或独立诊所。

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Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of

成立于1903年，马萨诸塞州护士协会是英联邦最大的注册护士工会，

Massachusetts

马萨诸塞州

. Its 26,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public..

其26,000名成员通过促进高标准的护理实践、提升护士在工作场所的经济和整体福利、展现积极且现实的护理职业形象，以及就影响护士和公众的医疗保健问题向立法机构和监管机构游说，来推动护理行业的发展。

SOURCE Massachusetts Nurses Association

来源：马萨诸塞州护士协会

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