"Governor Maura Healey signed off Thursday on a new veterans’ benefits law that she touted as “a big deal,” while Veterans’ Services Secretary Jon Santiago told a packed town hall that the Holyoke Veterans Home had been awarded licensure by the Department of Public Health.The state-run facility in Holyoke was plagued by scandal in 2020 after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak killed more than 70 veterans living there. Reform of the system was spurred on by a 2022 law, which mandated that both the Holyoke and Chelsea veterans homes achieve DPH licensure.“It’s hot off the press that both of those homes are now licensed by the Department of Public Health, something that people thought was unimaginable, impossible after COVID-19,” Santiago told attendees at the bill-signing ceremony."
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/08/metro/mass-governor-signs-big-deal-veterans-bill/
Gov Healey press release -> https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-maura-healey-signs-historic-hero-act-ushering-in-new-era-for-veterans-in-massachusetts
Direct link to the HERO Act legislation -> https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4976
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| Governor Maura Healey Signs Historic HERO Act, Ushering in New Era for Veterans in Massachusetts |
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