Jewish Memorial Hospital v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff hospitals appeal from a declaratory judgment entered on May 1, 1992, in the Superior Court, following the filing of cross-motions for partial summary judgment. That judgment upheld the lawfulness of certain regulations of the Department of Public Welfare (department) and the lawfulness of the department’s 1990 request for proposals for the development of specialized facilities. We transferred the case from the Appeals Court on our own motion.

*134The judgment upheld 106 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 435.401 to 435.411 (1991), inclusive, against a claim that they violated the requirements of G.…