Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H2363: An Act directing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of incentivizing inpatient psychiatric hospitals to admit patients directly from community behavioral health centers
Status: In committee, June 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. The department of public health shall commission a study of the admission of patients to inpatient psychiatric hospitals directly from community behavioral health centers. The study shall examine the feasibility of incentivizing inpatient psychiatric hospitals to admit patients directly from community behavioral health centers. SECTION 2. The department of public health shall file a report, including its findings on the feasibility of offering incentives to inpatient psychiatric hospitals that admit patients directly from community behavioral health centers and any recommendations on the implementation of such incentives, with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint committee on public health no later than January 1, 2027.
Sponsors
- Bruce Ayers (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- : Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
- : Hearing scheduled for 07/10/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Public Health
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Public Health (October 8, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H2363?
- H2363 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act directing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of incentivizing inpatient psychiatric hospitals to admit patients directly from community behavioral health centers.
- What is the status of H2363?
- In committee as of June 17, 2026. Latest action: Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 (June 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored H2363?
- Bruce Ayers (D).
- Where is the official record for H2363?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2363
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