BOSTON Senators will be asked to vote next week on a suite of oversight and management reforms at the state-run veterans homes in Chelsea and Holyoke, the product of a lengthy legislative investigation into a deadly COVID-19 outbreak that erupted.
Reforms include a new requirement that the top official at each facility hold a license as a nursing home administrator, the launch of a new statewide veteran advocate office, and the creation of ombudsman roles to oversee operations in Holyoke and Chelsea.