MA H4242

Bill

MA H4242

Public health matters

Introduced
05/05/2016

In Committee
05/05/2016

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Public health matters

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Joint Committee on Public Health to conduct an investigation and study of numerous House documents, all related to public health matters, during a recess of the General Court, which is the legislative body of Massachusetts. The committee is tasked with reporting its findings and any proposed legislative recommendations, along with the necessary draft legislation, to the Clerk of the House of Representatives by December 31, 2016.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Public Health (Joint)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on House Rules (on 05/05/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4242

(106 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4242
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4242.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1880	Relative to columbaria	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1882	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 H4242	Replaces
H1887	To ensure access to necessary hospital services	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1890	Relative to protective custody	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1891	Permitting parental access to medical records	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1892	Relative to naturopathic medicine coverage	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1893	To repeal the medical peer review statute	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1897	Relative to drug overdose deaths	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1898	Increasing nuclear power plant protections to a twenty mile radius	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1899	To amend Section 5K(E) of Chapter 111	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1900	Ensuring patient privacy and control with regard to health information exchanges	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1901	To permit the scattering of unclaimed human body cremated remains at sea	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1903	Promoting substance abuse prevention through positive social norms marketing	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1906	Relative to timely issuance of death certificates to funeral directors	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1908	Relative to prescription recycling	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1909	Clarifying patient safety procedures	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1911	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 H4242	Replaces
H1913	Relative to restroom accommodations in family restaurants	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1916	Relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1920	An act relative to mobile integrated health care	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1922	Relative to tests of newborn children for treatable disorders or diseases	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1925	Establishing provisions for the return of expired pharmaceuticals	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1927	Relative to accessible prescription labeling	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1928	To ensure safe medication administration	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1929	Relative to the partial fill prescribing method advisory commission	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1931	Relative to disproportionate share and geographically isolated hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1933	Relative to safe disposal of medical sharps	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1935	Relative to electronic prescribing of opiates and other controlled substances	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1936	Relative to noisome trades	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1937	Relative to the safe disposal of prescription drugs	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1940	Establishing a reporting system for drug overdoses	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1942	To protect personal information	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1943	To study the use of harm reduction	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1945	Promoting research and protecting public safety and environment	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1948	To establish a balanced health literate program state wide	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1949	Requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1950	Relative to local Boards of Health and the sale of legal consumer products in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1951	Relative to local Boards of Health and the sale of legal tobacco products in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1952	Relative to the substitution of generic drugs	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1955	Relative to pupil dental health	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1957	Regarding sharps and medications	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1964	Protecting victims of sexual assault	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1966	Relative to changing tables in restaurants	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1967	Including Krabbe Disease in newborn screening	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1968	Establishing a special commission on ovarian cancer	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1969	Relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1972	Adopting administrative simplification for hospital pharmacists	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1978	Exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1980	To establish a vision care registry	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1981	Relative to school-located influenza vaccination programs	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1984	Relative to cemetery and crematory inspections and penalties	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1987	Relative to medical equipment suppliers	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H1990	To provide for the autonomy of hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2004	Relative to biomass facilities and solid waste combustion	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2008	Regarding registered nurse first assistants	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2011	Relative to informed consent for circumcisions	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2014	To update the law regarding do not resuscitate orders	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2018	Relative to transparent billing practices	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2019	Relative to infectious disease control	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2020	Creating public education zones near nuclear facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2023	To prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 18	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2024	Relative to Patient Safety	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2026	Relative to patient medical records	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2027	Relative to health care records	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2030	Relative to radiological air monitoring	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2034	Preserving dates of birth from city and town records	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2036	Relative to access to certain birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2037	Relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2038	Relative to youth concussions	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2039	To advance the safety of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2040	Relative to reporting on health effects of particulate matter	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2043	To establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2052	Banning the sale of cigars in packages of less than five	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2054	Requiring disclosure of provider financial incentives	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2055	Prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2056	Providing for the establishment and operation of a cancer drug repository program	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2059	Establishing a statewide discount program for pharmaceuticals	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2060	Relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2064	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 H4242	Replaces
H2065	To protect patients approved by physicians and certified by the Department of Public Health to access medical marijuana	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2066	To restrict the use of polystyrene	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2074	Relative to patients rights	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2075	To promote healthy behaviors	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2076	To allow reasonable qualifying patient access to caregiver cultivation	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2077	Relative to the Massachusetts online prescription monitoring program	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2078	Further regulating pharmacists	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2082	Promoting access to accurate medical information	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H2083	To limit access to opiates	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3270	Providing a right to try	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3272	Relative to the burial of pets	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3273	Relative to the cremation of pets	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3274	Relative to repairs made to medical devices	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3275	Relative to board of health violations	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3467	Relating to public safety and public health worker protections	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3469	To promote disclosure of toxins in e-cigarettes	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3470	Relative to patient cost share disclosure and transparency	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3473	Relative to obtaining the consent of next of kin for televised deaths	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3699	Relative to patient access to information regarding breast reconstructive surgery	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H3700	Clarifying participation in athletic safety programs	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H3701	Relative to postpartum depression screening	Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3732	Relative to the Disclosure of Information about Vital Statistics; Conditions	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3736	Providing for inspections of exercise equipment in health clubs	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3746	Establishing a commission to study pancreatic cancer	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
H3790	Relative to identity theft and the privacy of death certificates	Accompanied a study order, see H4242	Replaces
S1993	Relative to protecting against the transmission of pertussis	New draft substituted, see S2074	Similar To
S1994	Further regulating tanning facilities	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2016	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1880

Relative to columbaria

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1882

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 H4242

Replaces

H1887

To ensure access to necessary hospital services

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1890

Relative to protective custody

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1891

Permitting parental access to medical records

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1892

Relative to naturopathic medicine coverage

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1893

To repeal the medical peer review statute

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1897

Relative to drug overdose deaths

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1898

Increasing nuclear power plant protections to a twenty mile radius

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1899

To amend Section 5K(E) of Chapter 111

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1900

Ensuring patient privacy and control with regard to health information exchanges

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1901

To permit the scattering of unclaimed human body cremated remains at sea

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1903

Promoting substance abuse prevention through positive social norms marketing

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1906

Relative to timely issuance of death certificates to funeral directors

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1908

Relative to prescription recycling

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1909

Clarifying patient safety procedures

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1911

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 H4242

Replaces

H1913

Relative to restroom accommodations in family restaurants

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1916

Relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1920

An act relative to mobile integrated health care

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1922

Relative to tests of newborn children for treatable disorders or diseases

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1925

Establishing provisions for the return of expired pharmaceuticals

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1927

Relative to accessible prescription labeling

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1928

To ensure safe medication administration

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1929

Relative to the partial fill prescribing method advisory commission

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1931

Relative to disproportionate share and geographically isolated hospitals

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1933

Relative to safe disposal of medical sharps

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1935

Relative to electronic prescribing of opiates and other controlled substances

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1936

Relative to noisome trades

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1937

Relative to the safe disposal of prescription drugs

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1940

Establishing a reporting system for drug overdoses

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1942

To protect personal information

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1943

To study the use of harm reduction

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1945

Promoting research and protecting public safety and environment

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1948

To establish a balanced health literate program state wide

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1949

Requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1950

Relative to local Boards of Health and the sale of legal consumer products in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1951

Relative to local Boards of Health and the sale of legal tobacco products in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1952

Relative to the substitution of generic drugs

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1955

Relative to pupil dental health

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1957

Regarding sharps and medications

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1964

Protecting victims of sexual assault

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1966

Relative to changing tables in restaurants

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1967

Including Krabbe Disease in newborn screening

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1968

Establishing a special commission on ovarian cancer

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1969

Relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1972

Adopting administrative simplification for hospital pharmacists

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1978

Exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1980

To establish a vision care registry

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1981

Relative to school-located influenza vaccination programs

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1984

Relative to cemetery and crematory inspections and penalties

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1987

Relative to medical equipment suppliers

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H1990

To provide for the autonomy of hospital medical staffs

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2004

Relative to biomass facilities and solid waste combustion

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2008

Regarding registered nurse first assistants

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2011

Relative to informed consent for circumcisions

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2014

To update the law regarding do not resuscitate orders

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2018

Relative to transparent billing practices

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2019

Relative to infectious disease control

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2020

Creating public education zones near nuclear facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2023

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

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2024

Relative to Patient Safety

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2026

Relative to patient medical records

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2027

Relative to health care records

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2030

Relative to radiological air monitoring

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2034

Preserving dates of birth from city and town records

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2036

Relative to access to certain birth records

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2037

Relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2038

Relative to youth concussions

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2039

To advance the safety of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2040

Relative to reporting on health effects of particulate matter

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2043

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

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2052

Banning the sale of cigars in packages of less than five

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2054

Requiring disclosure of provider financial incentives

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2055

Prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2056

Providing for the establishment and operation of a cancer drug repository program

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2059

Establishing a statewide discount program for pharmaceuticals

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2060

Relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2064

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 H4242

Replaces

H2065

To protect patients approved by physicians and certified by the Department of Public Health to access medical marijuana

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2066

To restrict the use of polystyrene

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2074

Relative to patients rights

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2075

To promote healthy behaviors

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2076

To allow reasonable qualifying patient access to caregiver cultivation

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2077

Relative to the Massachusetts online prescription monitoring program

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2078

Further regulating pharmacists

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2082

Promoting access to accurate medical information

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H2083

To limit access to opiates

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3270

Providing a right to try

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3272

Relative to the burial of pets

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3273

Relative to the cremation of pets

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3274

Relative to repairs made to medical devices

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3275

Relative to board of health violations

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3467

Relating to public safety and public health worker protections

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3469

To promote disclosure of toxins in e-cigarettes

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3470

Relative to patient cost share disclosure and transparency

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3473

Relative to obtaining the consent of next of kin for televised deaths

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3699

Relative to patient access to information regarding breast reconstructive surgery

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H3700

Clarifying participation in athletic safety programs

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H3701

Relative to postpartum depression screening

Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H3732

Relative to the Disclosure of Information about Vital Statistics; Conditions

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3736

Providing for inspections of exercise equipment in health clubs

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3746

Establishing a commission to study pancreatic cancer

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

H3790

Relative to identity theft and the privacy of death certificates

Accompanied a study order, see H4242

Replaces

S1993

Relative to protecting against the transmission of pertussis

New draft substituted, see S2074

Similar To

S1994

Further regulating tanning facilities

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2016

Similar To

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