HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 860        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1359

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Claire D. Cronin

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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 relative to credible service for school nurses.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

 

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

 

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

 

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

 

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

 

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

 

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

 

William Driscoll

7th Norfolk

 

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

 

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 860        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1359

By Ms. Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1359) of Claire D. Cronin and others relative to credible service for school nurses.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2258 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to credible service for school nurses.

 

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.   Subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (h ½) the following paragraph :– 

(h ¾) Any school nurse who is a member in service of the teacher’s retirement system or a municipal or city of Boston or state retirement system who is employed in a school approved by the department of education may receive creditable service for any period or periods of work experience in the nursing field.   No credit shall be allowed until such member has paid into the annuity savings fund of the system before any retirement allowance becomes effective for such member, in one sum, or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, makeup payments of an amount equal to 10 percent of the regular annual compensation of the member when said member entered the retirement system for each year of service so purchased, plus buy back interest.   No credit shall be allowed and no payment shall be accepted under this paragraph until the member shall have completed ten or more years of membership service.   The maximum creditable service allowable under this paragraph for any member shall not exceed three years.   Members in service of a retirement system eligible for said creditable service under this act shall make application for said creditable service within ninety days of being notified by the retirement board of their eligibility after becoming vested in the retirement system or for currently eligible members, within ninety days of the effective date of this act.