Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H2378: An Act to increase patient access to certain health care services
Status: Failed, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
The following portions of Section 25B of chapter 111 of the General Laws are hereby amended to read as follows: “Health care facility”, a hospital or clinic, as defined in section fifty-two; a long-term care facility, a convalescent or nursing home, a rest home or a charitable home for the aged, as defined in section seventy-one; a clinical laboratory subject to licensing under chapter one hundred and eleven D, a public medical institution, which is any medical institution, and, after December first, nineteen hundred and seventy-two, any institution for the developmentally disabled or mentally ill, supported in whole or in part by public funds, staffed by professional, medical and nursing personnel and providing medical care, in accordance with standards established through licensing, approval or certification for participation in the programs administered under Titles 18 and 19 of the Federal Social Security Act, by the department; and any part of such facilities; provided, however, that “health care facility” shall not include a facility operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination and in which health care by or under the supervision of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry is not provided; nor shall “health care facility” include ambulatory surgical …
Sponsors
- Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hampden) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5330 (under House Rule 27)
- : Hearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span>
- : Hearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 PM in A-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span>
- : Hearing scheduled for 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Public Health
- : Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
Common questions
- What is H2378?
- H2378 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act to increase patient access to certain health care services.
- What is the status of H2378?
- Failed as of April 8, 2026. Latest action: Accompanied a study order, see H5330 (under House Rule 27) (April 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored H2378?
- Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hampden).
- Where is the official record for H2378?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2378
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