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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

Filed by Bruce J. Ayers  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2363  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1140

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-30JointHearing scheduled for 07/10/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-10-16HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-12-08HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-19HouseReporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
2026-06-17HouseReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026

1 committee vote

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-10-08 12:00  ·  Shall the bill be reported favorably?

favorable · 11

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-07-10Public Health (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (J)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.