MA H4147

Bill

MA H4147

The public health.

Introduced
06/09/2014

In Committee
06/09/2014

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
08/01/2014

Introduced Session

188th General Court

Bill Summary

The public health.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Public Health (Joint)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on House Rules (on 06/09/2014)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H4147

(134 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H4147
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/H4147
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/H4147.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1886	To provide deemed certification for CPOE/EMR requirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1888	Providing for health care consumer rights and providing incentives and immunities for health care providers	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1891	Relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1892	Resolve to establish a commission to study the public health risks of video games	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1895	Relative to tissue donation	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1896	Relative to the closure of the Irving A. Glavin Regional Center	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1897	To limit smoking to detached single family residences	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1898	Relative to naturopathic medicine coverage	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1899	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to restaurants' handling of food allergens	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1901	To repeal the medical peer review statute	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1904	To amend tobacco control laws	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1906	Increasing nuclear power plant protections to a twenty mile radius	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1907	To amend Section 5K(E) of Chapter 111	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1908	To permit the scattering of unclaimed human body cremated remains at sea	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1909	Ensuring Patient Privacy and Control with Regard to Health Information Exchanges	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1910	Relative to timely issuance of death certificates to funeral directors	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1911	To limit outsourcing of the Massachusetts health care workforce	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1912	Relative to security of name changes and requests	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1913	Relative to food establishments	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1915	Relative to medical coverage for autistic children	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1916	To ensure quality, affordability and access to primary and preventive health care, to eliminate health disparities, and to enhance economic growth throughout the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1917	Relative to the regulation and oversight of medical marijuana	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1919	Relative to an affordable health plan	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1920	Relative to transparent billing practices	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1921	Relative to vision safety with eye glasses	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1922	To the disclosure of postoperative ocular care	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1923	Relative to nursing facility care	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1924	Relative to medical peer review	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1925	Relative to physician health information technology	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1926	Relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1929	Relative to dental hygienists	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1930	Relative to unborn children	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1931	Relative to Oxycontin and other Schedule II controlled substances	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1933	Establishing provisions for the return of expired pharmaceuticals	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1935	To improve patient access to medical records upon a physician's death	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1937	Relative to requiring that blind and cross-disability agencies receiving state funding from the Massachusetts state fiscal budget work in conjunction with pharmacies and pharmacists across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to set practices to put information contained on prescription medication labels into accessible format for those who are print challenged. This shall also include public schools, state community colleges, state senior colleges, or universities that offer English as a second la	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1940	Relative to safe disposal of medical sharps	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1941	Supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1942	Relative to office-based surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1943	Relative to noisome trades	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1945	Relative to tobacco retailer certification	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1948	To protect personal information	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1951	Health insurance; mandated coverage for telemedicine services	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1953	Promoting research and protecting public safety and environment	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1956	Relative to the implementation of a statewide Type 2 diabetes prevention program	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1957	To establish a balanced health literate program state wide	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1958	Requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1961	To reduce the cost of outpatient care	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1962	Relative to the substitution of generic drugs	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1963	Promoting health through workplace safety for social workers	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1964	Relative to pupil dental health	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1965	Relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1968	Regarding sharps and medications	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1970	Relative to public health volunteer responders	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1973	Relative to sonographers and vascular technologists	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1975	To expand influenza vaccination among health care workers	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1977	Relative to drug disposal by mail	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1978	Resolve relative to responsible prescription prescribing	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1979	Relative to ensuring sanitary condition in physician's offices	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1980	Relative to the independent practice of health care in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1988	Relative to suspending prescription drug coverage from minimum creditable coverage requirements	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1992	Relative to protecting children from Bisphenol-A	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1994	To provide for the autonomy of hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1995	Providing for unused medication return by health care facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1996	Relative to medical equipment suppliers	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H1998	Affirming a terminally ill patient’s right to compassionate aid in dying	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2000	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to the safety of dental amalgam	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2002	Requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2004	Relative to the title of practitioners of dentistry	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2005	Creating a nursing advisory board	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2006	Relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2010	Relative to biomass facilities and solid waste combustion	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2012	Establishing the Massachusetts childhood vaccine program	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2017	Prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2018	To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber educational settings	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2019	To provide personal care attendant orientation	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2020	To reduce healthcare costs by promoting non-biased prescriber education	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2022	Relative to a special commission to study electric and magnetic fields	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2023	Regarding registered nurse first assistants	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2024	Relative to protecting the privacy of children	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2025	To reform non-profits doing business with the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2030	Relative to licensing massage therapists	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2031	Relative to defining surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2032	To update the law regarding do not resuscitate orders	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2034	Relative to birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2035	Relative to a patient's report card of nursing	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2036	To amend Section 1420 of Chapter 111 to eliminate Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2038	Relative to proper identification when requesting copies of birth certificates	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2039	Establishing zoning standards for medical marijuana dispensaries	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2040	To prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 19	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2041	Relative to patient safety	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2042	Relative to patient medical records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2043	Relative to health care records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2045	Increasing nuclear power plant protections to a twenty mile radius	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2046	Relative to radiological air monitoring	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2047	Resolve establishing a special commission on LGBT aging	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2052	Preserving dates of birth from city and town records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2053	Promoting sterilization during surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2054	Relative to access to certain birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2055	Relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2056	Relative to youth concussions	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2057	Relative to accessible medical equipment	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2058	To reduce healthcare - associated infections	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2059	Relative to reporting on health effects of particulate matter	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2061	Prohibiting advertising by pharmaceutical companies	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2064	Relative to specialty licensure	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2067	To establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2075	Prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2076	Relative to the restoration of MassHealth adult dental benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2077	Relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2081	Providing for the establishment and operation of a cancer drug repository program	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2082	Establishing a statewide discount program for pharmaceuticals	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2087	To restrict the use of polystyrene	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2088	To require health care coverage for the medically necessary treatment for disease, illness, injury, or bodily dysfunction required by a student's individual educational program	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2090	Requiring legible pharmaceutical orders and prescriptions.	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2091	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to safeguarding medical records	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2092	Relative to consent and counseling	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2094	Relative to funeral home expenses	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2095	Relative to realistic allowable costs for funerals of indigents	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2096	Establishing a special commission to study and recommend improvements in the delivery of prescription drug benefits for the citizens of the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2097	Relative to patients rights	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2098	To promote healthy behaviors	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2099	To improve emergency medical services training	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2105	Relative to video and audio patient protection system.	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2111	Relative to restroom accommodations in family restaurants	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2112	Relative to provider choice and reliable vaccine management	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2113	Relative to the removal or transportation of trash	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2114	Relative to full application of telemedicine coverage	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H2415	Further regulating pharmacists.	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H3359	Relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H3397	To study the use of harm reduction	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H3506	Relative to chronic care coordination	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H678	Authorizing a special commission to study cytotoxic drugs in the environment	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces
H727	Exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria	Accompanied a study order, see H4147	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1886

To provide deemed certification for CPOE/EMR requirements