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

1/17/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/17/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

1/17/2017

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/17/2017

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/17/2017

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

1/17/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/17/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/17/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

1/17/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/17/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/17/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/17/2017

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/17/2017

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/17/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/17/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/17/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

1/17/2017

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

1/17/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/17/2017

William Driscoll

7th Norfolk

1/17/2017

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/17/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/17/2017

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/17/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/17/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/17/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/17/2017

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

1/17/2017

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/17/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

1/17/2017


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.