---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care"
description: "An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "H 5033"
citation: "Massachusetts H 5033 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-08-29"
last_action: "2024-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/742d2192-72f2-4b2c-bf03-c93935162754"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H5033"
source_hash: "95105ecc52b8fc7148b1e678a21faf818d9d34fbc3998c6b654d63054d80e2a6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 5033 (193rd) — An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H5033.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Long Term Care — primary (organization)
- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
- Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Joy Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Hendricks — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher J. Worrell — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Richard Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
- Denise C. Garlick — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Uyterhoeven — cosponsor (person)
- Estela A. Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Gerard J. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Santiago — cosponsor (person)
- Josh S. Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret R. Scarsdale — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Kushmerek — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Priscila S. Sousa — cosponsor (person)
- Rita A. Mendes — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
- Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-08-29** Reported from the committee of conference
- **2024-08-29** Reported on H4193
- **2024-08-29** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
- **2024-08-29** Rules suspended
- **2024-08-29** Committee of conference report accepted
- **2024-08-29** Rules suspended
- **2024-08-29** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
- **2024-08-29** Enacted `passage`
- **2024-08-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2024-09-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/742d2192-72f2-4b2c-bf03-c93935162754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).