HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1931        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2097

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to cancer screening for municipal employees. ..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 52D, the following section:-

Section 52E. Each state and municipal agency shall make available up to four hours of paid leave per year to each employee for the purpose of undergoing pre-cancer screening.