MA S1595

Bill

MA S1595

Relative to the safety of fire, police, and emergency medical technicians from contagious diseases

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 safety of fire, police, and emergency medical technicians from contagious diseases. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a presumption that any contagious disease resulting in disability or death to a full-time uniformed member of a paid police department, fire department, municipal emergency medical service, correction officers, or court officers was contracted in the line of duty, unless it is shown that non-service-connected factors caused the condition. This presumption only applies if the disabling or fatal condition is a type of contagious disease that may result from exposure to blood and other body fluids, excluding the common cold. The bill also specifies that the presumption does not apply to individuals who have served for fewer than five years, and it extends the presumption to conditions such as Hepatitis A, B, or C, Tuberculosis, HIV, and other contagious diseases with a statistically significant correlation to police, fire, or emergency medical service.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

Accompanied H2261 (on 12/30/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1595

(32 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1595
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1595.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1333	Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1335	Relative to the penalty for resisting a police officer	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2022	Relative to jet ski safety	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2150	Relative to police pursuits	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2261	Relative to disability or death caused by contagious diseases; presumption	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaced by
H2290	Relative to firefighter training	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2957	Relative to public safety at the Furnace Brook Parkway in the city of Quincy	Accompanied a study order, see H4772	Similar To
H359	Relative to used police cars sold at auction	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H3748	To provide residency preference for the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H3823	Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
H3824	Authorizing the city of Lowell to appoint retired police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments	Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, H4022	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H4242	Relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Plymouth	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S1560	Relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel	Accompanied H2173	Similar To
S2013	Ensuring public safety at natural gas sites	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2097	Promoting bicycle safety	Accompanied S2042	Similar To
S2098	Relative to school bus safety	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2121	Relative to pedestrian safety	Accompanied a study order, see S2560	Similar To
S2137	Relative to strengthening public safety through interlock devices	Accompanied a new draft, see S2806	Similar To
S2200	Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Milton	Accompanied a new draft, see S2240	Similar To
S2219	Authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Bridgewater to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town	Accompanied H3677	Similar To
S2260	Authorizing the town of Townsend to continue the employment of Richard Bailey as police chief	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
S2289	Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2293	Relative to special police officers in the town of West Bridgewater	Accompanied a new draft, see S2361	Similar To
S2301	Establishing a sick leave bank for Marilyn O’Neil, an employee of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
S2338	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]	Similar To
S2349	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S2379	Communication from the Human Resources Division of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (under the provisions of Section 61A of Chapter 31 and Section 5(3)(e) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws) submitting revisions to regulations for initial hire medical and physical fitness standards tests of municipal public safety personnel	House concurred	Similar To
S2402	Relative to removing the position of police chief from civil service	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2423	Allowing humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2433	Relative to step therapy and patient safety	New draft substituted, see S2843	Similar To
S2444	Exempting Matthew M. Clancy from Section 91 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1333

Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1335

Relative to the penalty for resisting a police officer

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H2022

Relative to jet ski safety

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

Similar To

H2150

Relative to police pursuits

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H2261

Relative to disability or death caused by contagious diseases; presumption

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Replaced by

H2290

Relative to firefighter training

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

Similar To

H2957

Relative to public safety at the Furnace Brook Parkway in the city of Quincy

Accompanied a study order, see H4772

Similar To

H359

Relative to used police cars sold at auction

Accompanied a study order, see H5043

Similar To

H3748

To provide residency preference for the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H3823

Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2019

Similar To

H3824

Authorizing the city of Lowell to appoint retired police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments

Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, H4022

Similar To

H4006

Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see H5031

Similar To

H4242

Relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Plymouth

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S1560

Relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel

Accompanied H2173

Similar To

S2013

Ensuring public safety at natural gas sites

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

Similar To

S2097

Promoting bicycle safety

Accompanied S2042

Similar To

S2098

Relative to school bus safety

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

Similar To

S2121

Relative to pedestrian safety

Accompanied a study order, see S2560

Similar To

S2137

Relative to strengthening public safety through interlock devices

Accompanied a new draft, see S2806

Similar To

S2200

Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Milton

Accompanied a new draft, see S2240

Similar To

S2219

Authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Bridgewater to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town

Accompanied H3677

Similar To

S2260

Authorizing the town of Townsend to continue the employment of Richard Bailey as police chief

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

S2289

Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies

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

Similar To

S2293

Relative to special police officers in the town of West Bridgewater

Accompanied a new draft, see S2361

Similar To

S2301

Establishing a sick leave bank for Marilyn O’Neil, an employee of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2019

Similar To

S2338

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]

Similar To

S2349

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S2379

Communication from the Human Resources Division of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (under the provisions of Section 61A of Chapter 31 and Section 5(3)(e) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws) submitting revisions to regulations for initial hire medical and physical fitness standards tests of municipal public safety personnel

House concurred

Similar To

S2402

Relative to removing the position of police chief from civil service

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S2423

Allowing humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law

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

Similar To

S2433

Relative to step therapy and patient safety

New draft substituted, see S2843

Similar To

S2444

Exempting Matthew M. Clancy from Section 91 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

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