HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1785        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1867

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul J. Donato and Kay Khan

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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 to support access, value and equity in health care (SAVE Act).

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/10/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/17/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/25/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/25/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/25/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/25/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/25/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/25/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/25/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/25/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/25/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/28/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/28/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/28/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/28/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/30/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/30/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/30/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/30/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/30/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/30/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/30/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/30/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/30/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

1/31/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/31/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/31/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/31/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/31/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/31/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

2/1/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

2/1/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

2/1/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

2/1/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

2/1/2019

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

2/1/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1785        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1867

By Representatives Donato of Medford and Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1867) of Paul J. Donato, Kay Khan and others relative to nurse practitioner services and related care.  Public Health.

 

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 to support access, value and equity in health care (SAVE Act).

 

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 1 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition for Marihuana the following definition:-

Medication Order, an order entered on a patient's medical record maintained at a hospital, other health facility, or ambulatory health care setting registered under this chapter and that is dispensed only for immediate administration at the facility to the ultimate user by an individual who under chapter 94C administers such medication.

SECTION 2. The definition of Practitioner, in said section 1 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) A nurse practitioner authorized by section 80E of chapter 112 and registered pursuant to subsection (f) of section 7 to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in the commonwealth.

SECTION 3. Section 7 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended in subsection (f) by adding in lines 121, 124 and 125 after the word podiatrist, the following words: - nurse practitioner

SECTION 4. Said section 7 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in subsection (g) by striking out in line 137 the words: nurse practitioners and for

SECTION 5. Said subsection (g) of section 7 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out in line 147 the words: nurse practitioners and

SECTION 6. Section 9 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by inserting in line 1 after the word podiatrist, the following words:- nurse practitioner,

SECTION 7. Said subsection (a) of section 9 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in line 3 by striking out the words “nurse practitioner and”

SECTION 8. Said section 9 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in subsection (b) by inserting in line 29 after the words “nurse-midwifery,” the following words:- advanced practice nursing

SECTION 9. Section 18 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended in lines 10, 27, 54 and 55 by adding after the words “to practice medicine’ the following words:- or advanced practice nursing

SECTION 10. Said section 18 of chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in line 25, 34 and 35 by adding after the words “physician” the following words:- or nurse practitioner

SECTION 11. Said section 18 of chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 38 and 39, the words “a physician who is licensed to practice medicine” and by inserting in place thereof the following words:- a practitioner who is licensed to practice medicine or advanced practice nursing

SECTION 12. Said section 80B of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in the seventh paragraph by adding the following sentence:- Notwithstanding provisions in this section to the contrary, the board shall promulgate regulations independent of the board of registration in medicine which govern the provision of nurse practitioner services and related care, including, but not limited to, the ordering and interpreting of tests, the ordering and evaluation of treatment and therapeutics and any registration as a practitioner, under chapter 94C

SECTION 13. Section 80E of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 1, 7 and 8 the following words:- nurse practitioner or

SECTION 14. Said section 80E of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following sentence:- Pursuant to section 80B, a nurse practitioner may be registered to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in the commonwealth in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board of registration in nursing after consultation with the commissioner of public health.

SECTION 15. Section 80I of chapter 112 of the General Laws inserted by section 113 of chapter 224 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION 16. Section 3 of chapter 176R of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out said section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:—

Section 3. A participating provider nurse practitioner practicing within the scope of his license shall be considered qualified within the carrier’s definition of primary care provider to an insured.

SECTION 17. The department of public health and the board of registration in nursing shall promulgate regulations under sections 80B, 80E and 80I of chapter 112 and sections 1, 7,9 and 18 of chapter 94C of the General Laws by December 31, 2020.