DOCSLIB.ORG

May 2020 S Message Presidentas MEMBERS’ TACKLE CORONAVIRUS FRANK VALERI and Began Doing So on March S We Go to Press in Late WE ARE HERE 16Th

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
May 2020 S Message Presidentas MEMBERS’ TACKLE CORONAVIRUS FRANK VALERI and Began Doing So on March S We Go to Press in Late WE ARE HERE 16Th 11 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108-3024 May 2020 s Message PresidentAS MEMBERS’ TACKLE CORONAVIRUS FRANK VALERI and began doing so on March s we go to press in late WE ARE HERE 16th. March, life in our coun- We are in regular, ongoing FOR YOU communication with federal, state Atry – like much of the world – has come to a standstill as and local officials to help support develop treatments and a cure. any aspect of their work impacting the coronavirus crisis unfolds. My Meanwhile, it is important to follow public retirees. This includes com- hope is that the worst is behind us expert advice and take the steps nec- municating to you that your Social by the time this newsletter is pub- essary to protect ourselves. Security and pension payments lished in mid-April. However, I fear Here at Mass Retirees we have would be made on time! that may not be the case. done our best to protect our team, In all the years since the creation While our public health officials while maintaining our mission to be of these programs, not a single pay- and medical experts work to slow here to help our members. As we ment has ever been missed. And I the spread of COVID-19 and tend to saw the situation deteriorate over- do not envision future payments to the sick, it is important we remain seas, we took the needed steps in safe. I have all the faith in the world February to ensure that we could that our medical professionals will fully run our operations remotely CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 u MEDICAL INFLATION DRIVES GIC PREMIUMS UP ue to a jump in health NO INCREASE IN care costs, monthly INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dinsurance premiums for COPAYMENTS OR those enrolled in the state’s Group DEDUCTIBLES WEP UPDATE Insurance Commission will increase Congressmen Richie Neal (MA) & Kevin Brady (TX) for Fiscal Year ‘21. The new plan Medicare, is 5.1%. This increase is rates will be effective July 1 but are in-line with overall health insurance Page 3 paid in the June pension checks. market trends between 5% and 7%. While members will see an The GIC indicated that the driving increase in their monthly premiums, factor is medical inflation, in other MATTHEW VENO GIC’s New Executive Director their copayments and deductibles words, the cost of the product itself. After nearly a decade of sta- will remain unchanged from FY20. Page 8 As we anticipated by us in ear- bility with the price of health care lier reports, the average increase across all plans, non-Medicare and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 u GIC FY21 PREMIUMS SEE PAGES 10 & 11 The Voice of the Retired Public Employee professionals to safeguard our PRIM Board, to protect our pensions. President’s retirement funds. Following the 2008 A special thanks also needs to be Financial crisis, the state’s Pension extended to Mass Retirees Executive Message Reserves Investment Management Vice President Paul Shanley. Since CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 u (PRIM) Board, along with local retire- joining PRIM in 2008, as the financial ment systems, worked hard at struc- markets collapsed, Paul has played a retirees ever being in doubt. turing diverse asset allocation and key role in ensuring that every pos- Our Association has also been putting protections in place to help sible step has been taken to protect in regular contact with officials from mitigate losses in the event of a our pension assets. the state GIC, Blue Cross Blue Shield Because of this collec- and the MIIA to guarantee that tive work, our public pension retirees’ healthcare needs will con- systems will remain strong tinue to be met. Should any of our and ready to capitalize on members come in contact with the economic success in the coronavirus, all testing and medical future. treatments are fully covered. We are going through We are also making sure that a very difficult time, but we we regularly communicate with our will persevere and overcome members. In lieu of our springtime these challenges. We will do DEB GOLDBERG PAUL SHANLEY area meetings, we are holding a STATE TREASURER EXECUTIVE V.P. so because we are strong series of telephone town halls. This PRIM CHAIR PRIM BOARD MEMBER and we were prepared. allows members to engage with us, Meanwhile, please know ask questions and stay informed – all severe financial crisis. that we are here for you. If you have from the safety of your own home. There is no doubt that those questions or need help, do not hes- It is times like these when we measures are now being tested. So itate to call upon us. We can be can truly appreciate how import- far all indications are that while our reached either at the office number ant it is to have the highest quality 104 retirement systems have suf- or at the personal contact numbers health insurance benefits, along fered significant losses, the risk mit- contained on your membership with access to some of the best doc- igation steps put in place over the card. You can also email us at info@ tors and hospitals anywhere in the past 12 years have proven effective. massretirees.com. world. I want to thank State Treasurer I also want to take special notice Deb Goldberg, as well as her prede- We are all in this together. of the work that has been done over cessor Steve Grossman for the work the years by our public pension they have both done, as chairs of the the average premium increase and the lowest 3%. The higher end Medical is 3.2%. Approximately 75,000 increases are impacting the Tufts of the total number are in the Health and UniCare plans that offer Inflation most popular plan, UniCare OME a broader network and products. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 u with CIC, followed by Harvard “While we may have antici- Medicare Advanced (over 16,000) pated rate increases, we’re par- services, costs began to rapidly and Tufts Medicare Complement ticularly concerned by the higher accelerate in 2019. The cost of pro- plan (almost 9,500). The premium increases for the non-Medicare viding services such as labs and increase for all three of these plans plans and their impact on retir- X-rays, ER visits, prescriptions and is 3.3%. ees who are not Medicare eligi- surgical procedures have risen It’s important to remember that ble,” comments Association CEO even though overall utilization has the benefits across all Medicare Shawn Duhamel. “This segment of decreased. The impact of this is plans remain the same as FY2020. retirees are already paying more in reflected in the plan rate increases The GIC will continue to offer the deductibles and copayments and presented at the GIC’s February Tufts Medicare Preferred, the only these increases, in terms of real 27th meeting. Medicare Advantage option. dollars, will only further undermine For the GIC’s six Medicare On the non-Medicare side, the supplement plans, insuring average increase will be 5.5%, with approximately 103,844 enrollees, the highest increase being 7.6% CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 u 22 May 2020 WEP REFORM UPDATE COSPONSORS GROW IN HOUSE, AS SENATE PROPOSAL EMERGES upport for reform of the Republican proposals aim to reform spouse. Social Security Windfall the WEP for current retirees and Another area of difference SElimination Provision create a new Social Security for- is how the competing proposals (WEP) continues to grow would impact future retir- on Capitol Hill. ees. For anyone first eli- The proposal crafted gible for Social Security by Massachusetts on or after 1/1/22 the pro- Congressman Richard posals seek to ensure Neal, H.R. 4540, now has that current active public 140 cosponsors in the employees are not unin- House of Representatives. tentionally harmed by the This bill has the full support new formula that would of Mass Retirees, along replace the WEP law. This with broad endorsement unintended problem sur- from a growing number of faced in 2016, when it was national retiree organiza- discovered that the biparti- HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE tions and public employee CHAIRMAN RICHIE NEAL (D-SPRINGFIELD) & san WEP reform bill (H.R. unions. RANKING MINORITY MEMBER KEVIN BRADY (R-HOUSTON) 711) would have slightly Neal’s Republican counterpart mula for all future retirees, there are reduced Social Security benefits of on the Ways and Means Committee, important differences. some future retirees with substan- Texas Congressman Kevin Brady, The largest difference would tial credit under Social Security. has his own WEP reform proposal apply to current retirees impacted by Both Neal and Brady have H.R. 3934. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) the WEP. Neal’s proposal restores up worked closely with stakeholder and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have intro- to $150 a month in relief payments groups over the past three years duced legislation in the US Senate for those first eligible for Social to develop a new set of proposals (S. 3401) that mirrors that filed in the Security before 1/1/22. Republican aimed at grandfathering or holding House by Brady. proposals provide $100 a month While the Democrat and for the retiree and another $50 for a CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 u Hall) and West your continued loyalty.” Springfield. In place of these area meetings, “Our fore- we will be holding a series of tele- SPRINGTIME most concern phone town halls. Our first Tele-Town is the health Hall with 675 members was a big AREA MEETINGS and safety of success. We also will be increasing our members,” our outreach through digital media.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • MHA/ONL Patientcarelink Nursing-Sensitive Measure Report
    MHA/ONL PatientCareLink Nursing-Sensitive Measure Report Statistical Appendix April 2016 April 2016 Statistical Appendix Contents Explanation of Analysis of the Statistical Significance of Hospital Measure Rates Acute Care Hospitals Bed-size Group Category Listing Specialty Hospital Listing Acute Care Hospitals o NSC-2 Pressure Ulcer Prevalence . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-3 Patient Falls . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-4 Falls with Injury . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs Specialty Hospitals o NSC-2 Pressure Ulcer Prevalence . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-3 Patient Falls . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-4 Falls with Injury . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs April 2016 MHA OCT 2007 Analysis of the Statistical Significance of Hospital Measure Rates Because the measure rates for the hospitals are for a specific period of time, and because there is variability in performance over time because of chance and other factors, there is a degree of uncertainty about the extent to which a hospital’s measure rate may reflect its true underlying performance. Without taking this uncertainty into account, we cannot conclude that a hospital with a measure rate that is higher or lower than the group rate is truly performing at a worse or better rate than the group. Statisticians use confidence intervals to account for this uncertainty.
    [Show full text]
  • EOHHS State-Operated Facility and Congregate Care Site Data
    EOHHS State-Operated Facilities Current Positive Current Current Current Total State Positive Patient Facility State Staff Patient Patients Staff Patient Deaths in Cases Census Recovered Cases Last 28 Days Chelsea Soldiers' Home 312 0 226 0 54 0 Corrigan Mental Health Center 64 0 14 0 0 0 Hogan DDS Regional Center 422 0 106 0 61 0 Holyoke Soldiers' Home 324 < 5 103 0 65 0 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital 740 5 184 0 41 0 Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children 221 0 58 0 < 5 0 Pocasset Mental Health Center 80 0 13 0 0 0 Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center 194 0 54 0 6 0 Taunton State Hospital 207 < 5 44 0 < 5 0 Tewksbury Hospital 962 6 325 0 112 0 Western Massachusetts Hospital 295 < 5 68 0 17 0 Women's Recovery from Addictions Program 221 < 5 45 0 0 0 Worcester Recovery Center & Hospital 830 < 5 262 0 20 0 Wrentham DDS Developmental Center 850 < 5 195 0 80 0 Data as of September 7, 2021 Notes: 1. Patient cases and recoveries are for patients included in the current census, they do not include all facility cases and recoveries over time 2. Recovered patients are defined as those who have tested negative or have met symptom and time-based recovery guidelines issued by the MA Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control 9/8/2021 Updated: 9/8/2021 Draft for Discussion Purposes Only 1 EOHHS Congregate Care Sites State-Operated Sites Vendor-Operated Sites Current Current Positive Current Current Current Current Total State Positive Current Positive Client Deaths Agency State Staff Client Clients Clients Staff Client Client
    [Show full text]
  • 24/7 Critical Patient Care Facilities
    EOHHS-Information Technology Executive Office of Health and Human Services As of 5/6/20 24/7 Critical Patient Care Facilities LISTED by AGENCY: Department of Children and Families: • Executive Office | 600 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111 | 617-748-2000 Department of Developmental Services: • Central Office | 500 Harrison, Boston, MA 02111 | 617-727-5608 • Hogan Regional Center | 450 Maple St., Danvers, MA 01923 | 978-774-5000 • Wrentham Development Center | 131 Emerald St., Wrentham, MA 02093 | 508-384-3114 Department of Mental Health: • Central Office | Lindemann Mental Health Center | 25 Staniford St., Boston, MA 02114 | 617-626-8000 • Brockton Multi-Service Center | 165 Quincy St., Brockton, MA 02302 | 508-897-2000 • Corrigan Mental Health Center | 49 Hillside St., Fall River, MA 02720 | 508-235-7200 • Fenwood Inn | 20 Vining St., Boston, MA 02115 | 617-626-9747 • Lemuel Shattuck Hospital | 170 Morton St., Boston, MA 02130 | 617-626-9200 • Morton Hospital and Medical Center | 88 Washington St., Taunton, MA 02780 | 508-828-7000 • Norton Emergency Services | 108 West Main St., Norton, MA 02766 | 508-285-9400 • Pocasset Mental Health Center | 830 County Rd., Pocasset, MA 02559 | 508-564-9600 • Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center | 85 East Newton St., Boston, MA 02118 | 617-626-9700 • Tewksbury Hospital | 365 East St., Tewksbury, MA 01876 | 978-851-7321 • Taunton State Hospital | 60 Hodges Ave., Taunton, MA 02780 | 508-977-3000 • Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital | 309 Belmont St., Worcester, MA 01604 | 508-368-3300 Department
    [Show full text]
  • Healing Inside & Out: MA Tobacco-Free Hospitals Honor Roll
    Healing Inside & Out: MA Tobacco-Free Hospitals Honor Roll The Honor Roll recognizes member hospitals (more than 76%), including all their campuses, as well as certain other affiliated healthcare providers, that self- reported having fully achieved tobacco-free status, which means the grounds are completely tobacco-free, including parking lots and garages, there are absolutely no exceptions. Tobacco-Free Hospitals have policies which eliminate employee, patient and visitor exposure to tobacco smoke and assist employees and patients to quit smoking. Anna Jaques Hospital Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Athol Memorial Hospital Lawrence General Hospital Baystate Franklin Medical Center Lowell General Hospital Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Marlborough Hospital Baystate Medical Center Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Baystate Wing Hospital Massachusetts Hospital School Berkshire Medical Center Mercy Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham MetroWest Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth Milford Regional Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mount Auburn Hospital Beverly Hospital New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital Boston Children's Hospital New England Baptist Hospital Boston Medical Center New England Rehabilitation Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital Noble Hospital Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital North Shore Medical Center Cambridge Health Alliance Saint Vincent Hospital Clinton Hospital Shriners Hospital for Children Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc. Shriners Hospital for Children-Boston Burns Unit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Emerson Hospital Southcoast Hospitals Group Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital South Shore Hospital Fairview Hospital Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston Franciscan Hospital for Children Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod Hallmark Health Corporation Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for Continuing Medical Harrington Hospital Care Cambridge HealthAlliance Hospitals, Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • Report on the Real Property Owned and Leased by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance Report on the Real Property Owned and Leased by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published February 15, 2019 Prepared by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance Carol W. Gladstone, Commissioner This page was intentionally left blank. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Report Organization 5 Table 1 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office 11 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 2 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by County 17 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 3 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office and Agency 23 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 4 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Site and Municipality 85 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 5 Commonwealth Active Lease Agreements by Municipality 303 Private leases through DCAMM on behalf of state agencies APPENDICES Appendix I Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office 311 Version of Table 1 above but for State-owned only (excludes Authorities) Appendix II County-Owned Buildings Occupied by Sheriffs and the Trial Court 319 Appendix III List of Conservation/Agricultural/Easements Held by the Commonwealth 323 Appendix IV Data Sources 381 Appendix V Glossary of Terms 385 Appendix VI Municipality Associated Counties Index Key 393 3 This page was intentionally left blank.
    [Show full text]
  • A Piece of Mind: the Fate of the State-Funded Asylum of The
    A PIECE OF MIND: THE FATE OF THE STATE-FUNDED ASYLUM OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by BRYAN LEE HARDMAN (Under the Direction of JOHN C. WATERS) ABSTRACT This thesis tries to give examples of state-funded asylums of the nineteenth century. By showing the various architectural styles which represent styles of that period, the creation of an organization is needed to preserve and educate the public of the importance of these buildings and other medical facilities within the context of mental health treatments of that time. INDEX WORDS: Historic Preservation, Historic Asylums, Kirkbride, State-funded Asylums A PIECE OF MIND: THE FATE OF THE STATE-FUNDED ASYLUM OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by BRYAN LEE HARDMAN B.A., University of Kentucky, 1999 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ATHENS, GEORGIA 2004 © 2004 BRYAN LEE HARDMAN All Rights Reserved A PIECE OF MIND: THE FATE OF THE STATE-FUNDED ASYLUM OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by BRYAN LEE HARDMAN Major Professor: John C. Waters Committee: Mary Anne Akers Wayde Brown Eugene Surber Electronic Version Approved: Maureen Grasso Dean of the Graduate School The University of Georgia May 2004 iv DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this thesis topic to all of those individuals that have come into contact with and who admire these remarkable architectural feats of a period not so long ago. My hope is that this topic will be a starting point to further preserve and educate those willing to understand the asylum building movement of the nineteenth century.
    [Show full text]
  • The Realignment of the Department of Mental Health's Inpatient Beds
    The Department of Mental Health Overview of DMH As the State Mental Health Authority, DMH assures and provides access to services and supports that are person-centered and recovery-focused to meet the behavioral health needs of individuals of all ages, enabling them to live, work and fully participate as valuable, contributing members of our communities. With a statewide organizational structure, DMH operates three Area and 27 Site Offices, as well as state-operated hospitals and community mental health centers. This network provides services to approximately 21,000 individuals with severe and persistent mental illness across the Commonwealth, including children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and their families through a continuum of care. While some (approximately 10%) of these individuals will require inpatient services at any given time during the year, over 90% receive all or most of their services in the community. The Department’s continuum of care for adults and adolescents includes the following: • The Department’s Community Services provide support to 21,000 individuals per year. Services include: o Community-Based Flexible Supports (CBFS) programs o Emergency Services Programs (ESP) o Assertive Community Treatment Programs (PACT) o Clubhouses o Case Management Services o Crisis Stabilization Services o Respite Services o Homeless Outreach Team Programs o Outpatient Treatment & Medication Management Services o Mental Health Courts o Partial Hospitalization Programs • The Statewide Inpatient System consists of various components, largely in the private sector with some state-operated services. o Acute inpatient psychiatric care provides short-term, intensive diagnostic, evaluation, treatment and stabilization services to individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric episode.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction to Non-Acute Hospital Profiles
    INTRODUCTION TO NON-ACUTE HOSPITAL PROFILES Non-acute hospitals in Massachusetts are typically identified as psychiatric, rehabilitation, and chronic care facilities. CHIA has defined non-acute hospitals in this publication using the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and Department of Mental Health (DMH) license criteria. When presenting trends for utilization, costs, and financial performance, CHIA has provided baseline data for each hospital’s cohort as a point of comparison. Specialty non-acute hospitals are not considered a cohort; however, individual specialty non-acute hospital profiles are available. Psychiatric hospitals are licensed by DMH for psychiatric services and by DPH for substance abuse services. Psychiatric Hospital Cohort ............................................................................................................................................................................... page B1 Arbour Hospital Southcoast Behavioral Hospital Arbour-Fuller Hospital Taravista Behavioral Health Arbour-HRI Hospital Walden Behavioral Care Bournewood Hospital Westborough Behavioral HeathCare Hospital High Point Hospital Westwood Lodge McLean Hospital Whittier Pavilion Rehabilitation hospitals provide intensive post-acute rehabilitation services, such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. For Medicare payment purposes, the federal government classifies hospitals as rehabilitation hospitals if they provide more than 60% of their inpatient services to patients with one or more of 13 diagnoses
    [Show full text]
  • Statistical Appendix
    MHA/ONL PatientCareLink Nursing-Sensitive Measure Report Statistical Appendix June 2021 June 2021 Statistical Appendix Contents • Analysis of the Statistical Significance of Hospital Measure Rates • Acute Care Hospitals Bed-size Group Category Listing • Post-Acute Care Hospital Listing • Acute Care Hospitals o NSC-2 Pressure Ulcer Prevalence . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-3 Patient Falls . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-4 Falls with Injury . Acute Care Hospital Bed-size Group Measure Data Graphs • Post-Acute Care Hospitals o NSC-2 Pressure Ulcer Prevalence . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-3 Patient Falls . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs o NSC-4 Falls with Injury . Rehabilitation Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs . Long-term Acute Care Hospitals Group Measure Data Graphs June 2021 Analysis of the Statistical Significance of Hospital Measure Rates Because the measure rates for the hospitals are for a specific period of time, and because there is variability in performance over time because of chance and other factors, there is a degree of uncertainty about the extent to which a hospital’s measure rate may reflect its true underlying performance. Without taking this uncertainty into account, we cannot conclude that a hospital with a measure rate that is higher or lower than the group rate is truly performing at a worse or better rate than the group. Statisticians use confidence intervals to account for this uncertainty. A confidence interval is a numeric range around the estimate represented by the hospital’s measure rate, calculated to provide a specified level of confidence that the interval includes the true underlying performance of the hospital.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report
    PUBLIC DOCUMENT NO. 6 ! f i * 0% Okmunomupalil? of MmmtìiwtttB ; «■** DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE AUDITOR, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1963 THOMAS J. BUCKLEY STATE AUDITOR o OCT 30 1803 ÊTAÎE «OUSE, B0SI9Ü O****** «VAS0 I > 7 /? DEPARTMENT OP THE STATE AUDITOR 0 ,3 (=>-7 M 3 ANNUAL REPORT A 1 A* 9 ^ 3 For the FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1963 STATE AGENCY AUDITS I have the honor to submit the Annual Report of the Department of the State Auditor for the fiscal year, July 1 , 1962 to June 30, 1963. S ectio n 12 of Chapter 11 of the General Laws defines the duties of the Department of the State Auditor. "SECTION 12. The department o f the s ta te au d ito r shall annually make a careful audit of the accounts of all departments, offices, commissions, institutions and activities of the commonwealth, including those of districts and of authorities created by the general court, and including those of the income tax division of the department of corporations and taxation, and for said purpose the authorized officers and employees of said department of the state auditor shall have access to such accounts at reasonable times and said department may require the production of books, docu­ ments and vouchers, except tax returns, relating to any matter within the scope of such audit. The accounts of the last named department shall be subject at any time to such examination as the governor and council or the general court may order. Said depart­ ment shall comply with any written regulations, con­ sistent with law, relative to its duties made by the governor and council.
    [Show full text]
  • Andover Townsman, 6/9/1960
    160 imi, Fla. are listed asthe L7/;, kin. nith is the hope that 'h .hat the past might.hw,. Wasn't. ACADEMY NIDCVILIP 111CWNSAAN A Andover's Own Newspaper Since 18,, r BARBER SHOP 1 96 MAIN ST. NEAR VOLUME 73 NUMBER 36 ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 9, 1960 PRICE 10 CENTS Town Meeting , S 12G Now June 29 ST. 7RMA5-12/i125 The postponed special town AUL meeting will be held June 29, at 25 Years' Experience 7:30, in Memorial Dressmaking Auditorium. Remodeling Articles In the warrant remain Alterations Ladies' Suits, Coats and Drew the same as those advertised for Made to Order consideration last Monday night. Postponement of the meeting followed the discovery last Satur- day that double publication of Planning Board notices of hea rings on zoning articles had not been done. Any. Joseph S. Sullivan queried the Board about the advertising. and after considerable discussion over the weekend, it was decided that the whole special meeting must be put off until the hearings are legally advertised. At the special meeting Monday night, a handful of voters voted to adjourn the session until the 29th, and went home within a minute. The meeting on the 29th will consider the country club in West Andover, a proposed motel in a new shopping center district near the ‘. Dascomb rd. interchange with (Continued on Page Three) everyone graduates, even AT THIS TIME OF YEAR the pre- bergh, Margaret Sullivan, Marjorie Taylor, Joseph Adams, Ste- Academy Fund rimary class at St. Augustine's School. Included in the class wart Anderson, William Arsenault, Christopher Barry, John his year, but not in the order of their a ppearance here, are Brennan, William Burke, Francis Caffrey, Robert Campbell, atherine Albee, Linda Auchterlonie, Eileen Brennan, Sheila Dennis Connelly, John Cronin, David Doyle, James Duff, Nearing Goal ronson, Anne-Marie Cadran, Pamela Caverly, Carol Christo- Michiel Fanning, Christopher Fanning, Russell Galvin, Joseph Donald 11.
    [Show full text]
  • On1155640580-2021-01-19.Pdf (378.2Kb)
    EOHHS State-Operated Facilities Current Positive Current Current Current Total State Positive Patient Facility State Staff Patient Patients Staff Patient Deaths in Cases Census Recovered Cases Last 7 Days Chelsea Soldiers' Home 304 21 216 < 5 48 0 Corrigan Mental Health Center 71 0 14 0 0 0 Hogan DDS Regional Center 421 6 106 < 5 58 0 Holyoke Soldiers' Home 314 < 5 124 0 64 0 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital 740 13 162 < 5 50 0 Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children 227 7 58 < 5 < 5 0 Pocasset Mental Health Center 78 0 9 0 7 0 Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center 194 < 5 49 < 5 < 5 0 Taunton State Hospital 207 < 5 45 0 < 5 0 Tewksbury Hospital 941 16 301 6 138 < 5 Western Massachusetts Hospital 293 9 70 0 6 0 Women's Recovery from Addictions Program 129 < 5 32 0 0 0 Worcester Recovery Center & Hospital 837 23 253 < 5 29 0 Wrentham DDS Developmental Center 850 25 211 10 69 0 Data as of January 19, 2021 Notes: 1. Patient cases and recoveries are for patients included in the current census, they do not include all facility cases and recoveries over time 2. Recovered patients are defined as those who have tested negative or have met symptom and time-based recovery guidelines issued by the MA Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control 1/20/2021 Updated: 1/20/2021 Draft for Discussion Purposes Only 1 EOHHS Congregate Care Sites State-Operated Sites Vendor-Operated Sites Current Current Positive Current Current Current Current Current Total State Positive Positive Client Agency State Staff Client Clients Client Clients Staff
    [Show full text]