MA S1260

Bill

Relative to the protection of patient identity in waiting rooms

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to the protection of patient identity in waiting rooms. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill amends existing Massachusetts law to extend patient confidentiality requirements to a healthcare facility's common areas and waiting rooms. Specifically, it requires facilities to develop and implement systems to protect the confidentiality of all patients and residents, including in these common spaces. This change aims to safeguard patient privacy and identity in healthcare settings beyond just individual patient rooms or records.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (2)

Paul Feeney (D), Jim Hawkins (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2547 (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1260

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1260
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1260.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1026	To protect taxpayer confidentiality	Accompanied a study order, see H5160	Similar To
H1412	Relative to patient care access	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1933	To improve patient access to cancer clinical trial programs	Accompanied a new draft, see H4211	Similar To
H2002	Advancing innovations in digital health technology to improve patient outcomes and the quality of health care delivered in the commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H967	To protect consumers from surprise medical bills	Accompanied a study order, see H5160	Similar To
S1254	Promoting health information exchanges	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S2433	Relative to step therapy and patient safety	New draft substituted, see S2843	Similar To
S2547	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health issues.	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S593	To promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S603	Relative to the care and treatment of patients with mitochondrial disease	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S669	Making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction enabling statute	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S692	Providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S700	Providing transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based facilities	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S843	To improve medical decision making	Accompanied H3388	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1026

To protect taxpayer confidentiality

Accompanied a study order, see H5160

Similar To

H1412

Relative to patient care access

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1933

To improve patient access to cancer clinical trial programs

Accompanied a new draft, see H4211

Similar To

H2002

Advancing innovations in digital health technology to improve patient outcomes and the quality of health care delivered in the commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H967

To protect consumers from surprise medical bills

Accompanied a study order, see H5160

Similar To

S1254

Promoting health information exchanges

Accompanied a study order, see S2547

Similar To

S2433

Relative to step therapy and patient safety

New draft substituted, see S2843

Similar To

S2547

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health issues.

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S593

To promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see S2543

Similar To

S603

Relative to the care and treatment of patients with mitochondrial disease

Accompanied a study order, see S2543

Similar To

S669

Making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction enabling statute

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S692

Providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S700

Providing transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based facilities

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S843

To improve medical decision making

Accompanied H3388

Similar To

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