E-News Updates

The U.S. House of Representatives has taken a key procedural step toward extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. Today, the House approved a bipartisan discharge petition led by Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) by a vote of 220–207, allowing the chamber to move forward with consideration of legislation introduced by Representative Laura Gillen (NY-04) to extend Haiti’s TPS designation through April 2029.

In a recent Letter to the Editor published in The Boston Globe on April 14, 2026, Mass Senior Care President and CEO, Tara Gregorio, responded to an op-ed by Margaret Morganroth Gullette calling for more nursing facility inspections. Gregorio noted that the opinion piece does not reflect the state’s existing and extensive policies on accountability and transparency across the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities.

We are pleased to share that Mass Senior Care President and CEO, Tara Gregorio, has been appointed to the newly established Rural Health Transformation Program Community Advisory Council (RHTP-CAC), convened by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS).

Mass Senior Care members are invited to please join us for the AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing on June 8-9, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

As part of Governor Healey’s Fiscal Year 2026 supplemental budget bill filed on April 14, 2026, the Governor has proposed language that would authorize the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and applicable Boards of Registration under Massachusetts General Laws to summarily suspend or refuse to renew the certification or license of CNAs, certified medication aides, and licensed providers (including nurses and nursing facility administrators) who pose an immediate and serious threat to public health or safety, provided a hearing is held within 7 days.

In response to a variety of listening sessions and a growing consumer concerns, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released draft regulations 940 CMR 40 governing Assisted Living Residences (ALRs).

National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) is a great time to celebrate all who live and work in nursing facilities. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has announced this year’s theme " Moments in Bloom.” The national observance will take place from Sunday, May 10 to Saturday, May 16, 2025.

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