The new bill creates new governance structures for the Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers' Homes and sets up a statewide veterans' home advisory council:
House and Senate lawmakers agreed Wednesday on a bill that would overhaul oversight, management requirements and crisis response at state-run long-term care facilities for veterans, two years after a COVID-19 outbreak led to the deaths of dozens of veterans at two state-run Soldiers' Homes.report
"Nothing can alleviate the pain of the families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, but we can ensure that we act to prevent a similar tragedy in the future," House Speaker Ron Mariano, Senate President Karen Spilka, and lead conferees Rep. Joseph Wagner and Sen. Michael Rush said in the statement.
Supporters say that move will give the secretary of veterans' services more bandwidth to respond to needs at soldiers' homes and a direct line of communication and accountability to the governor. Other sections of the bill would require each soldiers' home to be licensed as a long-term care facility, and the Department of Public Health would be required to conduct inspections at least twice every year and every 30 days during emergencies, under the compromise legislation.
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