HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1089 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1941
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Carolyn C. Dykema
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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 supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 1/16/2013 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester |
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Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
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Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
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Mark J. Cusack | 5th Norfolk |
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Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire |
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David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex |
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William Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire |
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Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
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Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/30/2013 |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 1/30/2013 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 1/29/2013 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2013 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 2/1/2013 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/31/2013 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/1/2013 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 2/1/2013 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/30/2013 |
Bradford Hill | 4th Essex |
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Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
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James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk |
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Kevin J. Murphy | 18th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
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Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex |
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Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1089 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1941
By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1941) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others relative to the registration of persons supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Public Health. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3975 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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 10 of chapter 13 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board shall require that physicians complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 2. Section 11C of said chapter 13 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board shall require that physician assistants complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 3. Section 11D of said chapter 13 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board shall require that dieticians and nutritionists complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 4. Section 14 of said chapter 13 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
(l) The board shall require that nurses complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 5. Section 19 of said chapter 13 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
The board shall require that dental professionals complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 6. Section 90 of said chapter 13 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board shall require that allied mental health and human services professions complete training to address the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the office of health equity within the executive office of health and human services, shall evaluate the access to medical care, unmet mental health needs, discrimination, relationships with community support specialists, and increasing the amount of qualified trained health care providers for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The executive office of health and human services shall, based on such evaluation, promulgate rules and regulations to reduce the impact of such determinants on health care disparities outcomes for such individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.