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An Act protecting the interests of patients in the event of the sale, relocation or closure of certain physician practices

Filed by John J. Lawn, Jr.  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2478  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4028

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-16JointHearing scheduled for 06/25/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-11HouseReporting date extended to Tuesday, October 21, 2025
2025-10-29HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-12-04HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

2 committee votes

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-10-21 12:00  ·  Shall the bill be reported favorably?

favorable · 11

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2025-11-21 16:26  ·  H2478 reported favorably

favorable · 13

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
2025-06-25Public Health (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (J)
FavorableHealth Care Financing (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.