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All staff in Massachusetts rest homes, assisted living residences and hospice programs and home care workers who provide in-home direct care would need to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the next two months under an expanded mandate introduced Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration.<\/p>\n

The administration announced it would seek to broaden an existing vaccination requirement on certain long-term care staff to include many more caregivers across hundreds of facilities in an effort to “protect older adults against COVID-19,” which continues to spread even as more and more people obtain vaccinations.<\/p>\n

Officials said the proposed mandate, which drew praise from affected industry leaders, would apply to workers directly employed by facilities and to contractors who regularly enter facilities. Sixty-two freestanding rest homes, 85 hospice programs and 268 assisted living residences would fall under the new mandate.<\/p>\n

The policy is subject to approval from the Public Health Council, which has a meeting scheduled for Sept. 8. The council has consented to numerous pandemic-related proposals introduced by the governor.<\/p>\n

Up to 100,000 home care workers will also need to comply with the expanded requirement, according to the Baker administration. That includes individuals providing in-home, direct care employed by a state-contracted or state-subcontracted agency, and it also applies to independent, non-agency home care workers contracted with the state such as personal care attendants in the MassHealth program.<\/p>\n

Affected caregivers must get vaccinated by Oct. 31 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption, under the proposal.<\/p>\n

Tara Gregorio, president of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association that represents long-term care facilities covered by the original mandate and assisted living facilities added under the expanded version, applauded Gov. Baker and his administration for the updated policy.<\/p>\n

“The Governor’s action today, further expanding the Covid-19 vaccination mandate to include all eldercare workers, is critically important to ensure the safety and well-being of citizens across the Commonwealth, including our vulnerable skilled nursing facility residents and dedicated staff,” Gregorio said in a statement. “The Governor’s announcement will create parity, transparency, and accountability within the entire health care system, which is ultimately to the benefit of consumers and their caregivers.”<\/p>\n

Gregorio added that more than a dozen other states have adopted similar mandates. She also said that a poll of 1,000 registered voters that GS Strategies conducted in May for MSCA found 72 percent of voters “overwhelmingly supported a statewide mandate for all healthcare employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.”<\/p>\n

The new mandate builds on a public health order Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Margret Cooke\u00a0issued last month<\/a>\u00a0requiring long-term care workers in skilled nursing facilities and soldiers’ homes — which care for older adults who face greater risks of serious illness and death from COVID-19 — to get fully vaccinated by Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

Many hospitals are also requiring their workforces to get immunized against COVID-19. Some parts of the health care sector, such as rehabilitation centers, do not fall under either the Baker administration’s original long-term care vaccine mandate or its expanded caretaker mandate.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association President and CEO Steve Walsh praised the expanded mandate on Wednesday, referencing the recent increase in COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations driven by the more infectious Delta variant.<\/p>\n

“The threat of COVID-19 has only increased in the past several weeks, and it has never been more important for those treating patients to be protected,” Walsh said in a statement. “Thanks to the policies put in place by the state and our providers, community members can take comfort in knowing that they are receiving the safest care possible — whether they (are) at their local hospital or in other care settings that they rely on for their health and wellbeing.”<\/p>\n

Baker last month\u00a0also issued<\/a>\u00a0a vaccine mandate for about 42,000 executive branch workers. Those who do not get vaccinated or secure a medical or religious exemption by Oct. 17 could face consequences including termination.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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