HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1754        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1895

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise C. Garlick and Kate Hogan

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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 healthcare worker and first responder safety.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/17/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/18/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/22/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/28/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/30/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/30/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1754        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1895

By Representatives Garlick of Needham and Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1895) of Denise C. Garlick, Kate Hogan and others relative to written consent for HLTV 111 tests.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3240 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 healthcare worker and first responder safety.

 

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 70F of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding, after line 11, the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding the above, if a healthcare provider, first responder, police officer, fire official, prison guard, or other public officer in the line of duty comes in contact with the blood or bodily fluid of a patient or person who may be infected, such tests may be performed and the result made known to the person who may have been infected despite the inability or refusal of the patient or person to give written consent.