MA S1201

Bill

Relative to maternity patient rights

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to maternity patient rights. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill amends Section 70E of Chapter 111 of the General Laws to require hospitals providing maternity services in the Commonwealth to fully support all mothers in their infant feeding decisions. This includes protecting the right of maternity patients to be informed and receive complete and culturally competent information and materials on all infant feeding choices, including exclusive breastfeeding, using donor milk, exclusive formula feeding, or a combination of breastfeeding and supplementing with pumped breastmilk, donor milk, and/or infant formula. The bill also ensures that maternity patients and their healthcare providers have full access to breastfeeding and other infant feeding materials and educational information, including breast pumps, feeding supplies, and infant formula samples. Infant formula and feeding supplies are to be provided only upon physician order or patient request for exclusively breastfeeding mothers.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Jennifer Flanagan (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2422 (on 04/12/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1201

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1201
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1201.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H113	Affirming inclusion of individuals with disabilities within civil rights protections and nondiscrimination provisions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	No further action taken	Similar To
H1426	Relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services	No further action taken	Similar To
H226	Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H3700	Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H4540	Relative to veterans' benefits, rights, appreciation, validation and enforcement	H4525, published as amended	Similar To
H648	Relative to student’s rights in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To
H927	Providing visitation rights for great-grandparents	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
S12	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions	Placed on file	Similar To
S1337	Establishing the Correctional Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1638	To increase transparency of taxpayers rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S2260	Negating archaic statutes targeting young women	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 155 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
S2380	Establishing a student loan bill of rights	Reprinted as amended, see S2421	Similar To
S2422	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 matters	Reported (in part) by S1241	Replaced by
S389	To expand voting rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S504	Relative to dental benefit plan transparency and patients' Bill of Rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H113

Affirming inclusion of individuals with disabilities within civil rights protections and nondiscrimination provisions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

No further action taken

Similar To

H1426

Relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services

No further action taken

Similar To

H226

Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives

Accompanied a study order, see H4706

Similar To

H3700

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H4540

Relative to veterans' benefits, rights, appreciation, validation and enforcement

H4525, published as amended

Similar To

H648

Relative to student’s rights in higher education

Accompanied a new draft, see S2081

Similar To

H927

Providing visitation rights for great-grandparents

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

S12

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions

Placed on file

Similar To

S1337

Establishing the Correctional Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights

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

Similar To

S1638

To increase transparency of taxpayers rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2497

Similar To

S2260

Negating archaic statutes targeting young women

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 155 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

S2380

Establishing a student loan bill of rights

Reprinted as amended, see S2421

Similar To

S2422

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 matters

Reported (in part) by S1241

Replaced by

S389

To expand voting rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2399

Similar To

S504

Relative to dental benefit plan transparency and patients' Bill of Rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2496

Similar To

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