MA S2196

Bill

Establishing a fluoride task force

Introduced
01/31/2019

In Committee
03/07/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to establish a fluoride task force. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a fluoride task force to comprehensively study the benefits and costs of water supply fluoridation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The task force will consist of 10 members with expertise in various fields, including health risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, financial risk management, economics, public water treatment, environmental impact, and medical contraindications to fluoride. The task force will file a report with its findings and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, by July 1, 2019.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2196

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2196
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2196.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1166	Relative to establishing a health safety net task force	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S2023	Establishing a food tourism task force	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2122	Relative to life cycle costs for long term pavement solutions	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2284	Establishing an interagency PFAS task force	Accompanied H3851	Similar To
S252	Relative to special education transportation costs	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	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
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
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

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1166

Relative to establishing a health safety net task force

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

Similar To

S2023

Establishing a food tourism task force

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

Similar To

S2122

Relative to life cycle costs for long term pavement solutions

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

Similar To

S2284

Establishing an interagency PFAS task force

Accompanied H3851

Similar To

S252

Relative to special education transportation costs

Accompanied a new draft, see S2348

Similar To

S253

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

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

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

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

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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