HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1608        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1085

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Smitty Pignatelli

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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 the collaborative agreement of a public health dental hygienist.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/16/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/24/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/29/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1608        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1085

By Mr. Pignatelli of Lee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1085) of Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to medical malpractice insurance coverage to dentists on the basis of written collaborative agreements with public health dental hygienists.  Financial Services.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the collaborative agreement of a public health dental hygienist.

 

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 51 of Chapter 112 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the third paragraph by inserting after the word “agreement”, in line 52, the following sentences:-

No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental hygienist.

SECTION 2. Section 193U of Chapter 175 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended in the second paragraph by inserting after the word “specialty”, in line 14, the following sentences:–

No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental hygienist.