MA H3501

Bill

MA H3501

Relative to protecting public health and reducing health care costs

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the health impacts and costs of emissions associated with grid electricity and delivered fuels, and the benefits of energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect public health and reduce healthcare costs in Massachusetts by requiring the Department of Public Health to create an assessment tool to quantify the health impacts and costs of emissions associated with grid electricity, delivered fuels, and the benefits of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. The tool will analyze factors like particulate matter, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon, carbon dioxide, and mercury emissions, and their impacts on measures of health status such as premature death, cardiovascular events, asthma, and lost work and school days. The department must update the tool every three years and require any new or revised policy, regulation, or program that impacts polluting emissions to explicitly factor in the tool's outputs.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (10)

Jennifer Benson (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Mindy Domb (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Carlos González (D), Jim Hawkins (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jon Santiago (D), José Tosado (D), Tommy Vitolo (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5090 (on 11/04/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3501

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3501
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3501.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1151	To encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2917	Relative to energy conservation	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H5090	Study Order - Public Health Matters	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S543	Reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S559	Relative to special education health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S607	Reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S687	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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