MA H4449

Bill

Public health matters

Introduced
02/24/2020

In Committee
02/24/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to authorizing the committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning public health

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Committee on Public Health to investigate and study various House documents related to public health matters. The committee is directed to report its findings, recommendations, and any necessary legislative drafts to the Clerk of the House of Representatives by December 31, 2020. The bill provides the committee with the authority to conduct this investigation and study during a recess of the General Court.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Public Health (J)

Last Action

Reported, in part, by H1886 (on 03/16/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4449

(104 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4449
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4449.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1841	Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1851	To ensure access to necessary hospital services	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1854	Relative to CPR recertification	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1855	Relating to pet internments in certain cemetery corporations	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1859	Relative to the presence of chaperones	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1861	Relative to truth in advertising	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1862	To promote team based health care	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1863	Relative to fee waivers for registered nurses after retirement	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1870	Relative to requiring trauma kits in public buildings	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1871	Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1874	Relative to best management practices for wireless in schools and public institutions of higher education	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1881	Requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1882	Relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal consumer products in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1883	Relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal tobacco products in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1884	Relative to preventing death by drug overdose	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1886	Relative to Parkinson's Disease public awareness and education	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Replaces
H1888	Relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1890	Requiring automatic external defibrillator devices in health clubs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1891	Relative to pupil dental health	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1895	Relative to healthcare worker and first responder safety	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1897	Including Krabbe Disease in newborn screening	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1898	Protecting victims of sexual assault	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1899	Relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1900	To protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1901	To advance health and well-being for all Massachusetts residents	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1908	Relative to autopsy reports by the medical examiner	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1909	To protect little lungs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1910	Relative to HTLV III tests	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1911	Relative to the public health benefits of expanding access to drinking water in public places	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1913	Authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1918	Exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1920	To establish a subsidiary board for veterinary technology	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1921	Establishing a commission to consider the commonwealth’s involvement in interstate licensure compacts	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1927	Relative to hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1929	To ban smoking in certain public places	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1930	Providing for unused medication return by health care facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1932	Relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1936	Relative to the prescription monitoring program	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1937	To permit the scattering of unclaimed cremated remains at sea	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1951	Relative to the sale of tobacco to minors	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1952	To increase access to healthcare in underserved areas of Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1955	Improving Hepatitis C screening	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1956	Relative to a special commission to study electric and magnetic fields	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1957	Regarding registered nurse first assistants	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1958	To reduce atmospheric pollution	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1960	Protecting youth from second hand smoke	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1963	Providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1966	Relative to local oversight of non-municipal public water supply systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1967	Relative to emergency room procedure for prescribing or dispensing pain medication to certain persons on probation	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1968	Relative to food service providers at charitable events	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1969	Relative to food donations	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1972	To permit the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1973	Permitting ambulances to transport patients to urgent care centers	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1974	Establishing a PSAP nurse triage pilot program	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1977	Relative to public health	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1978	To prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 18	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1979	Relative to equitable board representation	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1980	Relative to HLTV 111 tests	Accompanied a study order, see H5038	Replaces
H1981	Relative to informed written consent for use of psychotropic drugs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1983	Protecting public health from improperly disposed hypodermic needles	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1985	To advance the safety of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1986	Promoting sterilization during surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1987	Preserving dates of birth from city and town records	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1988	Relative to access to certain birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1990	Reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1993	To prohibit the use of polystyrene foam food containers	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1996	To establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1997	Enhancing podiatric profession's registration and oversight	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H1998	Relative to prescription monitoring program enforcement regulations	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2001	Relative to the Health Planning Council and the state health resource plan	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
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	Replaces
H2005	To prevent gun violence	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2006	To establish a sharps stewardship program	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2008	To expand the CARE Act to include same day surgical facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2011	Providing for environmental risk fact sheets from the state Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2014	Relative to implementing needle exchange programs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2015	Resolve to establish a commission to study the health impacts from land based wind turbines to protect the health of the citizens of the commonwealth.	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2016	Requiring first responders to wear protective gear when responding to overdoses	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H2017	Governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3480	Relative to timely issuance of death certificates to funeral directors	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3481	To ensure the fair, transparent and patient-focused use of health technology assessments by the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3482	Regulating nicotine products	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3483	Relative to athletic training	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3484	Promoting a tobacco free future	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3485	To protect children from detergent poisoning	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3488	Relative to the exposure of public safety officials to HIV	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3489	To reduce fraud in prescription drug abuse testing and help prevent substance abuse	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3490	Relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3493	Prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3494	For environmental, and water testing requirements, and funding thereof	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3495	Relative to do-not-resuscitate orders	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3497	Relative to videotaping, audiotaping and photographing persons receiving medical treatment	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3498	To modernize standing orders for emergency contraception	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3502	To restrict the use of polystyrene	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3611	Requiring labeling of allergens in prepared foods	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3612	Relative to the permit for removal or transportation of refuse	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3724	Relative to the operation of crematories by funeral establishments	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3725	Relative to online death attestations	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3726	To protect parental access to children’s healthcare information	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3762	To update the prescription monitoring program	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3778	Relative to the sale of flavored vaping products	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3779	Providing for informed consent for opioid treatment for pain	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3840	Relative to specialty pharmacies	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces
H3884	Relative to informed consent of opioid-based prescriptions	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1841

Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1851

To ensure access to necessary hospital services

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1854

Relative to CPR recertification

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1855

Relating to pet internments in certain cemetery corporations

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1859

Relative to the presence of chaperones

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1861

Relative to truth in advertising

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1862

To promote team based health care

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1863

Relative to fee waivers for registered nurses after retirement

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1870

Relative to requiring trauma kits in public buildings

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1871

Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1874

Relative to best management practices for wireless in schools and public institutions of higher education

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1881

Requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1882

Relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal consumer products in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1883

Relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal tobacco products in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1884

Relative to preventing death by drug overdose

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1886

Relative to Parkinson's Disease public awareness and education

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

Replaces

H1888

Relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1890

Requiring automatic external defibrillator devices in health clubs

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1891

Relative to pupil dental health

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1895

Relative to healthcare worker and first responder safety

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1897

Including Krabbe Disease in newborn screening

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1898

Protecting victims of sexual assault

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1899

Relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1900

To protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1901

To advance health and well-being for all Massachusetts residents

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1908

Relative to autopsy reports by the medical examiner

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1909

To protect little lungs

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1910

Relative to HTLV III tests

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1911

Relative to the public health benefits of expanding access to drinking water in public places

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1913

Authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1918

Exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1920

To establish a subsidiary board for veterinary technology

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1921

Establishing a commission to consider the commonwealth’s involvement in interstate licensure compacts

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1927

Relative to hospital medical staffs

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1929

To ban smoking in certain public places

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1930

Providing for unused medication return by health care facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1932

Relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1936

Relative to the prescription monitoring program

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1937

To permit the scattering of unclaimed cremated remains at sea

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1951

Relative to the sale of tobacco to minors

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1952

To increase access to healthcare in underserved areas of Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1955

Improving Hepatitis C screening

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1956

Relative to a special commission to study electric and magnetic fields

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1957

Regarding registered nurse first assistants

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1958

To reduce atmospheric pollution

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1960

Protecting youth from second hand smoke

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1963

Providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1966

Relative to local oversight of non-municipal public water supply systems

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1967

Relative to emergency room procedure for prescribing or dispensing pain medication to certain persons on probation

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1968

Relative to food service providers at charitable events

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1969

Relative to food donations

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1972

To permit the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1973

Permitting ambulances to transport patients to urgent care centers

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1974

Establishing a PSAP nurse triage pilot program

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1977

Relative to public health

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1978

To prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 18

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1979

Relative to equitable board representation

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1980

Relative to HLTV 111 tests

Accompanied a study order, see H5038

Replaces

H1981

Relative to informed written consent for use of psychotropic drugs

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1983

Protecting public health from improperly disposed hypodermic needles

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1985

To advance the safety of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1986

Promoting sterilization during surgery

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1987

Preserving dates of birth from city and town records

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1988

Relative to access to certain birth records

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1990

Reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1993

To prohibit the use of polystyrene foam food containers

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1996

To establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1997

Enhancing podiatric profession's registration and oversight

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H1998

Relative to prescription monitoring program enforcement regulations

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2001

Relative to the Health Planning Council and the state health resource plan

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

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

Replaces

H2005

To prevent gun violence

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2006

To establish a sharps stewardship program

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2008

To expand the CARE Act to include same day surgical facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2011

Providing for environmental risk fact sheets from the state Department of Public Health

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2014

Relative to implementing needle exchange programs

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2015

Resolve to establish a commission to study the health impacts from land based wind turbines to protect the health of the citizens of the commonwealth.

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2016

Requiring first responders to wear protective gear when responding to overdoses

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H2017

Governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3480

Relative to timely issuance of death certificates to funeral directors

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3481

To ensure the fair, transparent and patient-focused use of health technology assessments by the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3482

Regulating nicotine products

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3483

Relative to athletic training

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3484

Promoting a tobacco free future

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3485

To protect children from detergent poisoning

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3488

Relative to the exposure of public safety officials to HIV

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3489

To reduce fraud in prescription drug abuse testing and help prevent substance abuse

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3490

Relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3493

Prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3494

For environmental, and water testing requirements, and funding thereof

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3495

Relative to do-not-resuscitate orders

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3497

Relative to videotaping, audiotaping and photographing persons receiving medical treatment

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3498

To modernize standing orders for emergency contraception

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3502

To restrict the use of polystyrene

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3611

Requiring labeling of allergens in prepared foods

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3612

Relative to the permit for removal or transportation of refuse

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3724

Relative to the operation of crematories by funeral establishments

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3725

Relative to online death attestations

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3726

To protect parental access to children’s healthcare information

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3762

To update the prescription monitoring program

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3778

Relative to the sale of flavored vaping products

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3779

Providing for informed consent for opioid treatment for pain

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3840

Relative to specialty pharmacies

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

H3884

Relative to informed consent of opioid-based prescriptions

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Replaces

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