105 CMR, 141, Preamble
Pursuant to St. 2002, c. 283, which amended the hospice program licensure statute at M.G.L. c. 111, § 57D, the Department is authorized to establish regulations for the licensure of not more than six hospice inpatient facilities directly owned and operated by licensed hospice programs. Only hospice programs licensed for two years prior to October 10, 2003 shall be eligible to apply for lice nsure of a hospice inpatient fac ility as an a dded compone nt of their license . The licensing, administrative, programmatic, clinical and physical plant requirements each hospice inpatient facility must meet are described in 105 CMR 141.000. The Depar tment will accept applications for hospice inpatient facilities beginning 90 days from the effective date of these amendments and until six applications are approved.
The De partment by statute is require d to conduct an inter im review of the number of approved hospice inpatient programs after November 12, 2004 and a final review af ter November 12, 2006 to det ermine whe ther the numbe r of pr ograms should be incr eased or decreased.
105 CMR, 141, Preamble