![]() Baker’s appointees represent a diverse array of personalities, including both Democrats and Republicans, and a number of familiar faces from the administrations of Governors Weld and Cellucci.īaker’s new hires have started to make their own appointments, providing a more fulsome picture of Baker’s roughly two-week-old administration. ![]() Governor Baker finished filling his cabinet this week, by appointing Worcester County Senior First Assistant District Attorney Daniel Bennett as Secretary of Public Safety and Security. The Department of Energy Resources is consulting with stakeholders in anticipation of issuing regulations in February that will add thermal technologies to the Alternative Portfolio Standard.įor more information on the bills that were passed during the 2013-2014 legislative session, please see our alert, ” 2013-2014 Massachusetts Legislative Session Ends.” The Net Metering Task Force created by this law has held several meetings in advance of its deadline for reporting back to the legislature of March 31, 2015. “An Act relative to credit for thermal energy generated with renewable fuels,” which, among other things, provides alternative energy incentives to technologies providing heating or cooling using renewable fuels, and increases the limits on the amount of solar energy capacity that qualifies for so-called “net metering” incentives. “An Act regulating pharmacy audits,” which, among other things, extends to 2017 the sunset date for so-called drug coupons, which allow drug makers to offer co-payment assistance to patients for medications “An Act relative to the substitution of interchangeable biosimilars,” which authorizes pharmacists, when filling a subscription, to substitute “interchangeable” biological products, or biologic drugs that are similar but not identical to a “reference” (often brand name) product “An Act providing equitable treatment for post-acute care hospitals,” which provides a needed update to the Determination of Need (DoN) threshold for post-acute care hospitals “An Act Relative to acute-care medical-surgical bed counts,” which eliminates an outdated administrative burden related to bed de-licensure ![]() The advisory below outlines several pieces of legislation that Governor Patrick signed into law before leaving office, and the appointments that Governor Baker has made thus far. The last several months witnessed a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill: Governor Deval Patrick inked a number of bills as the two-year legislative session drew to an official end, and his successor, Governor Charlie Baker, has wasted no time in making appointments to replace the outgoing Patrick administration.
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