HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 860 FILED ON: 1/17/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1359
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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 |
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
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Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
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Jack Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
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Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester |
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Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester |
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James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex |
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Mathew Muratore | 1st Plymouth |
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Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex |
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James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex |
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Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
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Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol |
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Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex |
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Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk |
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Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
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Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
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Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden |
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Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
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Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk |
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Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex |
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James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
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Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex |
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Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex |
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Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth |
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Brian Murray | 10th Worcester |
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Gerard Cassidy | 9th Plymouth |
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Walter F. Timilty | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Carmine L. Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
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William Driscoll | 7th Norfolk |
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Edward F. Coppinger | 10th Suffolk |
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Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
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Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk |
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James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth |
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Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester |
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Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester |
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Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester |
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David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex |
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Nick Collins | 4th Suffolk |
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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.