MA H2224

Bill

MA H2224

Protecting the health and safety of people in restaurants

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to requiring choke response employee training in all restaurants. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill requires all restaurants in Massachusetts to have at least one employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department of Public Health to remove food lodged in a person's throat. The Department of Public Health will adopt regulations listing the approved manual procedures. The bill also provides liability protection for employees who in good faith volunteer to remove food lodged in a person's throat. However, take-out only restaurants without customer seating and food trucks are exempt from this requirement.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Ruth Balser (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4273 (on 12/02/2021)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2224

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location	Created
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2224	04/14/2021
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2224.pdf	04/14/2021

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1845	Protecting the health and safety of people in restaurants	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Reintroduced
H3114	Relative to global positioning system technology and public employees	No further action taken	Similar To
H3868	To improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear power plants and high level nuclear waste dump sites	Accompanied a study order, see H5240	Similar To
H4273	Protecting the health and safety of people in restaurants	No further action taken	Replaced by
H561	Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives	Accompanied a study order, see H5136	Similar To
S1159	Relative to a state minimum wage for municipal employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1160	To ensure paid family and medical leave benefits for municipal employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1230	Expanding whistleblower protections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2061	Relative to state contracting	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2087	To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S927	Relative to benefits for court officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1845

Protecting the health and safety of people in restaurants

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

Reintroduced

H3114

Relative to global positioning system technology and public employees

No further action taken

Similar To

H3868

To improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear power plants and high level nuclear waste dump sites

Accompanied a study order, see H5240

Similar To

H4273

Protecting the health and safety of people in restaurants

No further action taken

Replaced by

H561

Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives

Accompanied a study order, see H5136

Similar To

S1159

Relative to a state minimum wage for municipal employees

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

Similar To

S1160

To ensure paid family and medical leave benefits for municipal employees

Accompanied a study order, see S2691

Similar To

S1230

Expanding whistleblower protections

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

Similar To

S2061

Relative to state contracting

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

Similar To

S2087

To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

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

Similar To

S927

Relative to benefits for court officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2665

Similar To

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Sponsors (1)

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