JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH

House Staff:
Room 130
State House
Boston, MA 02133 House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2130


Senate Staff
: Room 504
State House
Boston, MA 02133 Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1572


It shall be the duty of the committee on Public Health to consider all matters concerning the public health of the Commonwealth and such other matters as may be referred.


Members appointed to the committee:

Fargo of Third Middlesex
Creem of First Middlesex and Norfolk
__________ of __________
Buoniconti of Hampden
Chandler of First Worcester
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk
Koutoujian of Waltham
Wolf of Cambridge
Toomey of Cambridge
Gobi of Spencer
Callahan of Sutton
Grant of Beverly
Flanagan of Leominster
Sciortino of Medford
Turner of Dennis
Hargraves of Groton
Humason of Westfield

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:

Senate, No. 78 -- Breastfeeding,- benefits.
Senate, No. 129 -- Healthy communities.
Senate, No. 136 -- Food allergy,- restaurants.
Senate, No. 658 -- Public health regionalization.
Senate, No. 678 -- Public health services.
Senate, No. 1208 -- Chronic intractable pain.
Senate, No. 1209 -- Vaccines,- patient safety.
Senate, No. 1210 -- Lactation consultants,- regulation.
Senate, No. 1211 -- Surgical technology.
Senate, No. 1212 -- Medical malpractice.
Senate, No. 1213 -- Physician recruitment and retention,- commission.
Senate, No. 1214 -- Asthma management.
Senate, No. 1215 -- Infectious disease,- control.
Senate, No. 1216 -- Dental auxiliaries.
Senate, No. 1217 -- Oral health.
Senate, No. 1218 -- Tobacco settlement,- receipts.
Senate, No. 1219 -- Survey,- visually impaired.
Senate, No. 1220 -- Sports injury,- commission.
Senate, No. 1221 -- Hospital medical staffs.
Senate, No. 1222 -- Health care providers.
Senate, No. 1223 -- Breastfeeding,- information.
Senate, No. 1224 -- Toys and Jewelry,- lead.
Senate, No. 1225 -- Health care delivery.
Senate, No. 1226 -- Consumer choice,- nurse practitioner.
Senate, No. 1227 -- ALS.
Senate, No. 1228 -- Vision safety,- eye glasses.
Senate, No. 1229 -- Birth records,- access.
Senate, No. 1230 -- Lead poisoning,- protection.
Senate, No. 1231 -- Children,-lead poisoning.
Senate, No. 1232 -- External defibrillators,- placement.
Senate, No. 1233 -- First responder,- education.
Senate, No. 1234 -- Adopted children,- rights.
Senate, No. 1235 -- Medical peer review.
Senate, No. 1236 -- Advance practice nurses.
Senate, No. 1237 -- Hepatitis Crogram.
Senate, No. 1238 -- Health care costs.
Senate, No. 1239 -- Health care representatives,- gift ban.
Senate, No. 1240 -- Health center patients,- protect.
Senate, No. 1241 -- Tobacco products,- disclosure.
Senate, No. 1242 -- Nurses' aides,- training.
Senate, No. 1243 -- Defibrillators,- schools.
Senate, No. 1244 -- Nursing,- patient care. .
Senate, No. 1245 -- Massachusetts Center for Nursing,- data collection.
Senate, No. 1246 -- Physician discipline,- notice.
Senate, No. 1247 -- Physicians in training.
Senate, No. 1248 -- Volunteer physicians.
Senate, No. 1249 -- Health care workers,- pneumonia.
Senate, No. 1250 -- Drug samples.
Senate, No. 1251 -- Board of registration,- midwifery.
Senate, No. 1252 -- Prescription ethics and responsibility.
Senate, No. 1253 -- MassHealth,- enrollment.
Senate, No. 1254 -- Patients,- safety.
Senate, No. 1255 -- Optometric patient care.
Senate, No. 1256 -- Medication.
Senate, No. 1257 -- Head and spinal cord injuries.
Senate, No. 1258 -- Pulic health.
Senate, No. 1259 -- Public health.
Senate, No. 1260 -- CORI,- long term care employees.
Senate, No. 1261 -- Nursing.
Senate, No. 1262 -- School,- healthy food alternatives.
Senate, No. 1263 -- Board of Registration of Medicine,- compensation.
Senate, No. 1264 -- Physicians,- standards.
Senate, No. 1265 -- Continuing education.
Senate, No. 1266 -- Medical records.
Senate, No. 1267 -- Hospital beds.
Senate, No. 1268 -- Patient navigators.
Senate, No. 1269 -- Infections,- report.
Senate, No. 1270 -- Boards of registration.
Senate, No. 1271 -- Medical errors.
Senate, No. 1272 -- Patient safety.
Senate, No. 1273 -- Vision care registry.
Senate, No. 1274 -- Health care professionals.
Senate, No. 1275 -- Prescriptions,- confidentiality.
Senate, No. 1276 -- Head injury program.
Senate, No. 1277 -- Healthcare transparency.
Senate, No. 1278 -- Patient navigator demonstration program.
Senate, No. 1279 -- Chronic care .
Senate, No. 1280 -- Immunity,- liability.
Senate, No. 1281 -- Medical spas.
Senate, No. 1282 -- Health insurance.
Senate, No. 1283 -- Health care,- relationships.
Senate, No. 1284 -- Medical mistakes.
Senate, No. 1285 -- Internet medical practice.
Senate, No. 1286 -- Technical corrections.
Senate, No. 1287 -- Non-acute hospitals.
Senate, No. 1288 -- Nurse licensure compact.
Senate, No. 1289 -- Immunization registry.
Senate, No. 1290 -- Nutrition labeling.
Senate, No. 1291 -- Frozen desserts.
Senate, No. 1292 -- Pharmaceutical agents,- training.
Senate, No. 1293 -- Pregnant women,- notice.
Senate, No. 1294 -- Safe patient handling.
Senate, No. 1295 -- reduce STD'S.
Senate, No. 1296 -- Patients seizures.
Senate, No. 1297 -- Mandated reporter,- definition.
Senate, No. 1298 -- Physician license renewal.
Senate, No. 1299 -- Physicians,- disciplinary actions.
Senate, No. 1300 -- Physicians licenses renew.
Senate, No. 1301 -- Acupuncture license,- abbreviation.
Senate, No. 1302 -- Board of Registration of Medicine.
Senate, No. 1303 -- Acupuncturists,- english language.
Senate, No. 1304 -- Physician profiles.
Senate, No. 1305 -- Health care facilities substitution.
Senate, No. 1306 -- Medical license revocation.
Senate, No. 1307 -- Authority of the borm.
Senate, No. 1308 -- BORM access to hospital records.
Senate, No. 1309 -- Prescription data sharing prevention.
Senate, No. 1310 -- Benefits,-fairness.
Senate, No. 1311 -- Medication waste,-elimination.
Senate, No. 1312 -- HHV8,- testing.
Senate, No. 1313 -- Division of Medical Assistance.
Senate, No. 1314 -- Physician licensure.
Senate, No. 1315 -- Restroom access.
Senate, No. 1316 -- Medicine.
Senate, No. 1317 -- Toxic mold.
Senate, No. 1318 -- Patient safety.
Senate, No. 1319 -- Pronouncement of death.
Senate, No. 1320 -- Safe medication distribution.
Senate, No. 1321 -- Naturopathic doctors,- registration.
Senate, No. 1322 -- Collection centers,- licensed phamacies.
Senate, No. 1323 -- Dentistry,- volunteer.
Senate, No. 1324 -- Tobacco,- gray market and counterfeit.
Senate, No. 1325 -- Southborough,- emergency services.
Senate, No. 1326 -- Commissioner,-public health department.
Senate, No. 1327 -- Women's health,- cancer recovery.
Senate, No. 1328 -- Health services.
Senate, No. 1329 -- Tanning facilities,- regulate.
Senate, No. 1330 -- Emergency care,- access.
Senate, No. 1331 -- Hearing aids,- tax credit.
Senate, No. 1332 -- Nurses,- registration.
Senate, No. 1333 -- Smoking cessation,- medicaid.
Senate, No. 1334 -- Day surgery,- care.
Senate, No. 1335 -- Opiod overdoses,- reporting.
Senate, No. 1336 -- Developmental disabilities,- screening.
Senate, No. 1337 -- Hair transplant,- consumer protection.
Senate, No. 1338 -- Medical devices,-single use.
Senate, No. 2071 -- Massachusetts Vision Coalition Fund.
Senate, No. 2201 -- Asthma rates,- costs.
Senate, No. 2202 -- Environmental illness incidence registry.
Senate, No. 2203 -- Oral healthcare,- access.
Senate, No. 2204 -- Asthma,- health threats.
Senate, No. 2437 -- Nurse licensure compact.
Senate, No. 2438 -- Breastfeeding,- benefits.
Senate, No. 2453 -- Public Health,- study.
Senate, No. 2517 -- Healthcare transparency.
Senate, No. 2568 -- Public health regionalization.
Senate, No. 2598 -- Public Health,- study.
Senate, No. 2707 -- Dental auxiliaries.
Senate, No. 2708 -- Tanning facilities,- regulate.
Senate, No. 2782 -- Surgical technology.
House, No. H42, Appendix 52 -- General Appropriation Bill.
House, No. 66 -- Prescription drugs, -monitoring.
House, No. 489 -- Schools, -commercialism.
House, No. 538 -- Students, -sports injuries.
House, No. 679 -- Deaths, -notices.
House, No. 803 -- Lead paint, -day care facilities.
House, No. 937 -- Disabled Commission, -disclosures.
House, No. 1005 -- Prescription data.
House, No. 1149 -- Health disparities.
House, No. 1172 -- Abstinence education
House, No. 1978 -- Domestic violence.
House, No. 2005 -- Sports injury commission'.
House, No. 2006 -- Surgical centers, -licensure.
House, No. 2038 -- Medical equipment, -acquisition.
House, No. 2039 -- Elderly abuse.
House, No. 2040 -- Disabled, -transportation.
House, No. 2041 -- Body piercing.
House, No. 2042 -- Emergency rooms, -mentally ill.
House, No. 2043 -- Regional health care.
House, No. 2044 -- Optometric patients, -treatment.
House, No. 2045 -- Hepatitis B Vaccine.
House, No. 2046 -- Emergency personnel, -carry epinephrine.
House, No. 2048 -- Autism, -reporting.
House, No. 2049 -- Early childhood immunizations.
House, No. 2050 -- Restaurants, -allergens.
House, No. 2051 -- Trans fats, -disclosure.
House, No. 2052 -- Patients, -safe handling.
House, No. 2053 -- Emergency medical care.
House, No. 2054 -- Vital records.
House, No. 2055 -- Vital records.
House, No. 2056 -- Needlestick injury prevention.
House, No. 2057 -- Pheynlketonoria, -testing.
House, No. 2058 -- Urea cycle, -disorders.
House, No. 2059 -- Patient safety.
House, No. 2060 -- Public Health Council.
House, No. 2061 -- Marriage blood testing.
House, No. 2062 -- Personal trainers.
House, No. 2063 -- Ambulatory surgery centers.
House, No. 2064 -- Medical offices, -inspections.
House, No. 2065 -- Medical equipment, -acquisition.
House, No. 2066 -- Community hospitals, -study.
House, No. 2067 -- Emergency room treatment.
House, No. 2068 -- Marriage, -name changes.
House, No. 2069 -- Glasses, -eye exams.
House, No. 2070 -- Second hand smoke.
House, No. 2071 -- Hemophilia Advisory Committee
House, No. 2072 -- Medical errors, -reporting.
House, No. 2073 -- Hospitals, -infections.
House, No. 2074 -- Nurses, -wages.
House, No. 2075 -- Physician recruitment, -study.
House, No. 2076 -- Death certificates.
House, No. 2077 -- Medication technician.
House, No. 2078 -- Ambulatory surgical centers.
House, No. 2079 -- Eye care, -postoperative.
House, No. 2080 -- Tobacco, -student use.
House, No. 2081 -- Disabled Persons Commission,- define.
House, No. 2082 -- Disabled persons protection commission,- further define.
House, No. 2083 -- Disabled Persons Commission,- authority.
House, No. 2084 -- Spinal cord injuries.
House, No. 2085 -- Oral health, -improvement.
House, No. 2086 -- Emergency medical vehicles.
House, No. 2087 -- Health care providers.
House, No. 2088 -- Registered nurses.
House, No. 2089 -- Tobacco sales, -minors.
House, No. 2090 -- Prescription drugs.
House, No. 2091 -- Drug overdoeses.
House, No. 2092 -- Parades, etc., -site assignments.
House, No. 2093 -- Optometrist, -Health Council.
House, No. 2094 -- Public buildings, -disinfecting.
House, No. 2095 -- Schools, -wellness program.
House, No. 2096 -- Lupus registry.
House, No. 2097 -- Biological research.
House, No. 2098 -- Medical student grants.
House, No. 2099 -- Doctor rewards.
House, No. 2100 -- Food allergens, -identification.
House, No. 2101 -- Sonographers and vascular technologists.
House, No. 2102 -- Sexual assault victims.
House, No. 2103 -- Medical peer review.
House, No. 2104 -- EMTs, -reciprocity.
House, No. 2105 -- Optometrists.
House, No. 2106 -- CPR devices.
House, No. 2107 -- Public schools, -health education.
House, No. 2108 -- Health education curriculums.
House, No. 2109 -- Health care workforce trust.
House, No. 2110 -- speech-language pathologists.
House, No. 2111 -- HIV testing.
House, No. 2112 -- Debibrillators.
House, No. 2113 -- Hospitals, -infections.
House, No. 2114 -- Schools, -styrofoam ban.
House, No. 2115 -- Vaccines, -mercury.
House, No. 2116 -- Mosquitos, -control.
House, No. 2117 -- Mammography.
House, No. 2118 -- Persons under 19, -possession of tobacco products.
House, No. 2119 -- Health care administrative costs, -reduce.
House, No. 2120 -- Prescription drug.
House, No. 2121 -- Restrooms, -access.
House, No. 2122 -- Pharmacy, -define.
House, No. 2123 -- Medical pier review.
House, No. 2124 -- Defibrillators, -public access.
House, No. 2125 -- Medications, -unused.
House, No. 2126 -- Bladder cancer screening.
House, No. 2127 -- Smoking cessation, -Medicaid coverage.
House, No. 2128 -- Tobacco settlement fund.
House, No. 2129 -- Tobacoo settlement funds, -use.
House, No. 2130 -- Schools, -access to epinephrine.
House, No. 2131 -- Lead paint, -loan program.
House, No. 2132 -- Podiatrists, -surgeries.
House, No. 2133 -- Health professional, -impersonation.
House, No. 2134 -- Death certificates.
House, No. 2135 -- Funerals, -regulations.
House, No. 2136 -- Surgery, -define.
House, No. 2137 -- Medical errors, -reduction.
House, No. 2138 -- Vital records.
House, No. 2139 -- Veterans, -retirement.
House, No. 2140 -- Nursing advisory board.
House, No. 2141 -- Nursing home residents.
House, No. 2142 -- Midwives, -regulate.
House, No. 2143 -- Denistry, -professional title.
House, No. 2144 -- Bridgewater State Hospital.
House, No. 2145 -- Chair lifts, -dental offices.
House, No. 2146 -- Prescription drugs, -recycling.
House, No. 2147 -- Public health, -protection.
House, No. 2148 -- Medical examiners, -body parts.
House, No. 2149 -- Flavored cigarettes.
House, No. 2150 -- Beds, -publicly funded.
House, No. 2151 -- Municipal employees, -cancer screening.
House, No. 2152 -- Public health, -aid.
House, No. 2153 -- Counterfeit drugs.
House, No. 2154 -- Vital records registry.
House, No. 2155 -- Blood disorders, -treatment.
House, No. 2156 -- Light cigarettes, -marketing.
House, No. 2157 -- Blood banking operations.
House, No. 2158 -- Health care workers, -influenza.
House, No. 2159 -- Public health, -regionalization.
House, No. 2160 -- Internet prescription consumer protection.
House, No. 2161 -- Health, -social determinants.
House, No. 2162 -- Health care providers, -training.
House, No. 2163 -- Health Disparities Council.
House, No. 2164 -- Physicians, -study.
House, No. 2165 -- Suicide incidents.
House, No. 2166 -- Pharmaceutical care.
House, No. 2167 -- Minicigars, -sale.
House, No. 2168 -- School nutrition.
House, No. 2169 -- Pneumococcal disease, -immunization.
House, No. 2170 -- Health care, -improvements.
House, No. 2171 -- Minors, -marriage.
House, No. 2172 -- Cosmetics, -ingredients.
House, No. 2173 -- Prescription fraud.
House, No. 2174 -- Overdose, -reporting.
House, No. 2175 -- Abuse, -prescription drugs.
House, No. 2176 -- Drug education.
House, No. 2177 -- Community health centers.
House, No. 2179 -- Medical records.
House, No. 2180 -- Hygienists, -appointments.
House, No. 2181 -- Schools and public buildings.
House, No. 2182 -- Disposal, -prescription drugs.
House, No. 2183 -- Transfusions, -lung injuries.
House, No. 2184 -- Medical services, -regulating.
House, No. 2185 -- Health care, -services.
House, No. 2186 -- Medical services, -technology.
House, No. 2187 -- Health care records.
House, No. 2188 -- Mammograms, -notification.
House, No. 2189 -- Voluntary health records registry.
House, No. 2190 -- Birth certificates, -access.
House, No. 2191 -- Blood banking operations.
House, No. 2192 -- Health workers, -vaccinations.
House, No. 2193 -- Heath care of minors.
House, No. 2194 -- Ocular surgical patients.
House, No. 2195 -- Executive department, -creation.
House, No. 2196 -- Genetically modified organisms.
House, No. 2197 -- Health care costs.
House, No. 2198 -- Dentists, mercury.
House, No. 2199 -- Patient report card.
House, No. 2200 -- Food allergies, -restaurants.
House, No. 2201 -- Birth certificates, -identification.
House, No. 2202 -- Prescriptions, -enrollment.
House, No. 2203 -- Obesity and diabetes.
House, No. 2204 -- End of life care.
House, No. 2205 -- Immunity.
House, No. 2206 -- Long-term care facilities.
House, No. 2207 -- Hospitals, -infection disclosures.
House, No. 2208 -- Asperger's Syndrome.
House, No. 2209 -- HIV testing, -compliance.
House, No. 2210 -- Latex gloves, -safety.
House, No. 2211 -- Rubber Latex Glove Safety.
House, No. 2212 -- Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
House, No. 2213 -- Vital records, -electronic system.
House, No. 2214 -- Restaurants, -fool allergies.
House, No. 2215 -- Medical ethics, -review.
House, No. 2216 -- Sports injury commission'.
House, No. 2217 -- Pregnancy prevention.
House, No. 2218 -- Vital records, -transmission.
House, No. 2219 -- Tobacco products,- distribution.
House, No. 2220 -- Hypodermic needles and syringes.
House, No. 2221 -- Dental hygentists.
House, No. 2222 -- Hospitals and clinics, -records.
House, No. 2223 -- Hospitals, -beds.
House, No. 2224 -- Birth records.
House, No. 2225 -- Naturopathic doctors
House, No. 2226 -- Health advisory councils, -establish.
House, No. 2227 -- Health effects.
House, No. 2228 -- Clinical laboratory science practitioners.
House, No. 2229 -- Collection centers, -sharps.
House, No. 2230 -- Politics, -sign holders.
House, No. 2231 -- Pharmacists, -regulate.
House, No. 2232 -- Fire fighters.
House, No. 2233 -- Medical devices, -reuse.
House, No. 2234 -- Health equity office.
House, No. 2235 -- Civil rights, -public offices.
House, No. 2236 -- Asthma.
House, No. 2237 -- Framingham, -Correctional Institution.
House, No. 2238 -- Food handling.
House, No. 2239 -- Hearing aids, -insurance.
House, No. 2240 -- Cancer drugs, -repository.
House, No. 2241 -- Drug repository program.
House, No. 2242 -- Unused drugs.
House, No. 2243 -- Discount drug program.
House, No. 2244 -- Behavior analysts.
House, No. 2245 -- Behavior modification, -commission.
House, No. 2246 -- Asthma, -reduce.
House, No. 2247 -- Marijuana, -medical purposes.
House, No. 2248 -- Adoption, -birth certificates.
House, No. 2249 -- Prescriptions, -print.
House, No. 2250 -- Smoking, -public buildings.
House, No. 2251 -- Pharmaceutical companies, -disclosures.
House, No. 2252 -- Licensed physiologist board.
House, No. 2253 -- Birth and marriage records.
House, No. 2254 --
House, No. 2255 -- Heal service corps.
House, No. 2256 -- Hospitals, -long term ombudsmen.
House, No. 2257 -- Maternitypatients' rights.
House, No. 2258 -- School buses, -inspections.
House, No. 2259 -- Department of Social Services.
House, No. 2260 -- Indigents, -funeral costs.
House, No. 2261 -- Funeral home expenses.
House, No. 2262 -- Patients' rights.
House, No. 2263 -- Prescription drug benefits, -study.
House, No. 2264 -- Sentencing guidelines.
House, No. 2265 -- Sentencing guidelines.
House, No. 2266 -- Healthy behaviors.
House, No. 2267 -- Long term care facilities, -closure.
House, No. 2268 -- Volunteer dentistry.
House, No. 2269 -- Podiatrists, -registration.
House, No. 2270 -- Disclosure of information.
House, No. 2271 --
House, No. 2272 -- Free tobacco products, -prohibit.
House, No. 2273 -- Public safety officials,- AIDS exposure.
House, No. 2274 -- Medical examiners, -body parts.
House, No. 2275 -- Surgeries, -videos.
House, No. 2276 -- Patients, -privacy.
House, No. 2277 -- Drug overdose, -reports.
House, No. 2278 -- Deceased, -transportation.
House, No. 2279 -- Physicians, -disclosures.
House, No. 3764 -- HTLV-III, -testing.
House, No. 3768 -- National Guard, -tuition waivers.
House, No. 3800 -- End of life care.
House, No. 3801 -- Food, -lables.
House, No. 3883 -- Lymes Disease.
House, No. 3884 -- Gentamycin, -risks.
House, No. 3885 -- Malpractice, -parental notification.
House, No. 3886 -- Vaccinations, -reimburse.
House, No. 3888 -- Health facilities, -defibrilators.
House, No. 4086 -- Phlebotomists,- registration.
House, No. 4111 -- Violence victims, -safety.
House, No. 4116 -- Public health, -mutual aid.
House, No. 4199 -- School nutrition.
House, No. 4200 -- Schools, -commercialism.
House, No. 4201 -- Tick borne illness.
House, No. 4238 -- Braintree, -deleading.
House, No. 4242 -- Patients, -remediation programs.
House, No. 4252 -- Deceased persons, -cremation.
House, No. 4346 -- Public health protection.
House, No. 4347 -- Cosmetics.
House, No. 4348 -- Victims of Violence
House, No. 4363 -- Site assignment process.
House, No. 4434 -- Controlled substances.
House, No. 4442 -- Food products, -study.
House, No. 4451 -- Public health, study.
House, No. 4520 -- Health care.
House, No. 4547 -- Blood donations, -minors.
House, No. 4563 -- Overdoses, -reporting.
House, No. 4564 -- Obesity and diabetes.
House, No. 4574 -- Hemophilia Advisory Committee.
House, No. 4575 -- Nursing trust fund.
House, No. 4576 -- Flavored cigarettes.
House, No. 4577 -- Tobacco products.
House, No. 4668 -- Public health, -study.
House, No. 4687 -- Prescription drugs, -monitoring.
House, No. 4688 -- Pharmaceutical care.
House, No. 4744 -- Psychotherapy, -regulating.
House, No. 4785 -- Podiatrists.
House, No. 4927 -- Deceased persons, -cremation.

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