Massachusetts Senate Bill 1215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-21 - Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Pending: Senate Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to reduce healthcare costs by promoting non-biased prescriber education. Public Health.

To reduce healthcare costs by promoting non-biased prescriber education

Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Sen. Mark Montigny [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]
Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Sen. Michael Brady [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]
Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Rep. Paul Heroux [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]
Sen. Jennifer Flanagan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-21	Senate	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2018-04-26	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-04-24	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 16, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-04-02	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
2017-11-21	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 12/05/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2017-01-23	House	House concurred
2017-01-23	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

S551 (Similar To) 2018-04-30 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S1666 (Similar To) 2018-04-30 - Accompanied a study order, see S2497
S424 (Similar To) 2018-02-15 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4234
S522 (Similar To) 2018-04-30 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S529 (Similar To) 2018-04-30 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S72 (Similar To) 2018-03-19 - Accompanied a study order, see S2345
H1602 (Similar To) 2017-05-10 - Read second and ordered to a third reading
H605 (Similar To) 2018-05-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4528
H1538 (Similar To) 2018-02-22 - Accompanied a study order, see H4244
H1577 (Similar To) 2018-02-22 - Accompanied a study order, see H4244
H2620 (Similar To) 2018-02-22 - Accompanied a study order, see H4244
H3234 (Similar To) 2018-06-18 - Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1215
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1215.pdf