PUBLICHEALTHCOUNCIL

MASSACHUSETTSDEPARTMENTOFPUBLICHEALTH
HenryI.BowditchPublicHealthCouncilRoom,2ndFloor
250WashingtonStreet,BostonMA

Docket:TuesdayAugust23,20169:00AM

1. ROUTINEITEMS:
a. Introductions
b. UpdatesfromCommissionerMonicaBharel,MD
c. RecordofthePublicHealthCouncilMeetingJuly13,2016(Vote)

2.DETERMINATIONOFNEED
a.KindredHospitalBoston(Brighton)requestforTransferofOwnershiptoCurahealthBoston,LLC.
ProjectNo.43C49(Vote)

b.KindredHospitalBostonNorthShore(Peabody),requestforTransferofOwnershiptoCurahealth
BostonNorthShore,LLCProjectNo.63C50(Vote)

c.KindredHospitalNortheastStoughton,requestforTransferofOwnershiptoCurahealth
Stoughton,LLCProjectNo.53C51(Vote)

d.BaystateWingHospitalhasfiledarequestforChangeofOwnershipofBaystateMary
LaneHospitalinWare,throughwhichBaystateMaryLaneHospitalanditssatellitewill
mergewithandintoBaystateWingHospital,ProjectNo.13C48(Vote)

3.PRELIMINARYREGULATIONS
a.Informationalbriefingonproposedregulatoryamendmentsto105CMR100.000Determination
ofNeed

b.Informationalbriefingonanewlyproposedregulation105CMR173.000MobileIntegrated
Health

3.FINALREGULATIONS
a. Requestforfinalpromulgationofproposedamendmentsto105CMR170.000Emergency
MedicalServicesSystem(Vote)

b.Requestforfinalpromulgationofrescissionof105CMR380.000ApprovalofBacteriologicaland
SerologicalLaboratories(Vote)

c.Requestforfinalpromulgationofproposedamendmentsto105CMR620.000Bedding,
UpholsteredFurnitureandRelatedProducts(Vote)
d.Requestforfinalpromulgationofproposedamendmentsto105CMR630.000PlasticBagsand
PlasticFilm(Vote)
e.Requestforfinalpromulgationofproposedamendmentsto105CMR670.000RighttoKnow
(Vote)

PRESENTATIONS
a.HospitalAcquiredInfectionsandSeriousReportableEvents

The Commissioner and the Public Health Council are defined by law as constituting the Department of
Public Health. The Council has one regular meeting per month. These meetings are open to public
attendanceexceptwhentheCouncilmeetsinExecutiveSession.TheCouncilsmeetingsarenothearings,
nor do members of the public have a right to speak or address the Council. The docket will indicate
whetherornotfloordiscussionsareanticipated.Forpurposesoffairnesssincetheregularmeetingisnota
hearingandisnotadvertisedassuch,presentationsfromthefloormayrequiredelayingadecisionuntila
subsequentmeeting.