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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | S2557 | Introduced | For legislation to authorize the option of providing basic common sense health services for residents of assisted living residences,- reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2557). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 |
| #2 | H4599 | Engrossed | Promoting climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunity [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13 Published as amended, see H4613 |
| #3 | S603 | Introduced | For legislation relative to equitable provide reimbursement for non-network providers. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-31 Accompanied a study order, see S2535 |
| #4 | H4549 | Passed | The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill providing for capital facility repairs and improvements for the Commonwealth (House, No. 4045), reports recommending pas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-15 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 113 of the Acts of 2018 |
| #5 | H1064 | Introduced | Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #6 | H2927 | Introduced | For legislation to establish rules and regulations for the fishing of herring within the waters of the Commonwealth. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-21 Accompanied a study order, see H4513 |
| #7 | H4575 | Introduced | To increase renewable energy and reduce high-cost peak hours [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 |
| #8 | H2472 | Introduced | Relative to emergency planning zones for nuclear power plants. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 |
| #9 | H509 | Introduced | Relative to certain changes in the banking laws. Financial Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 |
| #10 | S2347 | Engrossed | Senate March 15, 2018, – Text of the Senate Bill to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns (being the text of Senate document number 2332, printed as amended) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 Passed to be engrossed - 147 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 369) |
| #11 | H1075 | Introduced | Relative to mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #12 | H2390 | Introduced | Relative to a statewide study of treatment options to the ongoing opioid crisis. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-04 Accompanied a study order, see H4557 |
| #13 | S2243 | Introduced | For legislation for a United States constitutional amendment and amendments convention,- reports the accompanying resolutions (Senate, No. 2243). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 Motion to lay of the table pending and postponed to the next session |
| #14 | H4608 | Introduced | That the city of Boston Police Department be authorized to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Hugh Trong Ngo. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18 |
| #15 | S2522 | Passed | For legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Lisa Fuccione, an employee of the Department of Public Health. Public Service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 105 of the Acts of 2018 |
| #16 | H4166 | Enrolled | For legislation to designate the boardwalk at Heritage State Park in the city of Fall River as the Robert Correia boardwalk. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| #17 | H4590 | Introduced | Miscellaneous legislative matters [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 |
| #18 | H1095 | Introduced | For legislation to amend the zoning law to promote smart growth multifamily housing production. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 Accompanied a study order, see H4590 |
| #19 | S1874 | Introduced | For legislation relative to energy storage procurement for 2025 and 2030. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 |
| #20 | H1181 | Introduced | Relative to requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #21 | H1137 | Introduced | For legislation to require governing bodies of hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health to complete a trustee training program. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18 Accompanied a study order, see H4625 |
| #22 | H1814 | Introduced | Relative to the composition of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority. Transportation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4537 |
| #23 | H2074 | Introduced | Relative to the disposal of resources for determining eligibility for Medicaid. Elder Affairs. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13 Accompanied a new draft, see H4605 |
| #24 | H4470 | Introduced | For Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18 |
| #25 | H1208 | Introduced | Relative to access to birth records of certain persons born out of wedlock. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18 Accompanied a study order, see H4625 |
| #26 | H2216 | Introduced | For legislation to provide for primary and preventative health care services for certain children. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #27 | S539 | Introduced | For legislation to promote continuity of care for multiple sclerosis treatment. Financial Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-31 |
| #28 | S239 | Introduced | For legislation to enhance the educational outcomes of expectant and parenting students. Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-21 Accompanied H2056 |
| #29 | S2112 | Engrossed | Relative to the promotion of mental health education in Massachusetts high schools (Senate, No. 256),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2112) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-18 |
| #30 | H3563 | Introduced | By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition of Carolyn C. Dykema further regulating the trapping of certain furbearing mammals. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-23 Accompanied a study order, see H4531 |
| #31 | H4537 | Introduced | Transportation [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 |
| #32 | H2955 | Introduced | By Miss Garry of Dracut, a petition of Colleen M. Garry and Barbara A. L'Italien that health benefit plans provide technology-assisted tracking device coverage to persons diagnosed with dementia, Alzheimer's disease or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Finan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #33 | H4539 | Engrossed | House bill No. 4517, as changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading, and as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. May 23, 2018. (Corrected line numbers) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07 Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| #34 | H1065 | Introduced | Relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #35 | H2115 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a drought management task force . Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30 Accompanied a study order, see H4544 |
| #36 | S1871 | Introduced | For legislation relative to net metering. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 |
| #37 | H596 | Introduced | Relative to single payer health care. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13 Accompanied a new draft, see H4605 |
| #38 | H3204 | Introduced | Relative administering scheduled psychotropic medications without prior written consent at nursing homes, rest homes or other long-term care facilities. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #39 | S1221 | Introduced | For legislation to increase current medical providers' knowledge about autism in order to improve treatment. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06 |
| #40 | H1122 | Introduced | Relative to the zoning regulation of land for educational purposes. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 Accompanied a study order, see H4590 |
| #41 | H1071 | Introduced | Relative to inpatient mental health care treatment. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #42 | H1225 | Introduced | Relative to the restoration of oral health benefits for MassHealth recipients. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #43 | H1184 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a nursing advisory board within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #44 | H1140 | Introduced | For legislation to direct the Department of Public Health to implement an institutional pharmacy discharge medication pilot program to ensure patient medication adherence. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #45 | H1094 | Introduced | Relative to site plan zoning review. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11 Accompanied a study order, see H4590 |
| #46 | H1148 | Introduced | Relative to the treatment of epilepsy and seizure disorders. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29 Accompanied S602 |
| #47 | H2076 | Introduced | For legislation to establish a program to convert licensed nursing facilities to community-based residences. Elder Affairs. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14 |
| #48 | H1963 | Introduced | Relative to the definitions of child abuse and child neglect in Department of Children and Families regulations. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
| #49 | H2434 | Introduced | Relative to telehealth services. Public Health. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13 Accompanied a new draft, see H4605 |
| #50 | H2221 | Introduced | Relative to oral health access for MassHealth patients. Health Care Financing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24 Accompanied a study order, see H4528 |
