Massachusetts H2492 requires hospitals to ensure cognitively impaired patients have a suitable ride home before discharge.
Massachusetts H2492 mandates that hospitals and medical facilities ensure cognitively impaired patients have suitable transportation arranged before discharge. This applies to patients who had surgery requiring anesthesia and those with developmental disabilities. The bill emphasizes that this requirement does not impose a legal duty on hospitals to provide or secure transport.
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