HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2875        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2340

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Garrett J. Bradley

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to repeal the medical peer review statute.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Garrett J. Bradley

3rd Plymouth

1/21/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2875        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2340

By Mr. Bradley of Hingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2340) of Garrett J. Bradley relative to records of medical peer review committees.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to repeal the medical peer review statute.

 

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

Section 204 of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first four paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:

No proceeding, report or record of a medical peer review committee obtained hereunder and disclosed in an action pursuant to section eighty-five N of chapter two hundred and thirty-one or a proceeding before an administrative body, shall be subject to subpoena or discovery, or introduced into evidence in judicial or administrative proceedings.