HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2167        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1921

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 establishing a commission to consider the commonwealth’s involvement in interstate licensure compacts.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/17/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/24/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/17/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/17/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/30/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/31/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/28/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/30/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/31/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2167        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1921

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1921) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the advisability of the Commonwealth joining the Nurse Licensure Compact and the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.  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 establishing a commission to consider the commonwealth’s involvement in interstate licensure compacts.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special commission established to examine the advisability of the commonwealth joining the Nurse Licensure Compact and or the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The commission’s examination shall include, but not be limited to, the advantages and disadvantages of interstate licensure compacts on access to health services; their impact, if any, on the healthcare workforce and the advancement of telemedicine services; and the subsequent effects, if any, on current administrative, licensing, and regulatory processes.

The commission shall consist of 8 members: the secretary of health and human services, or a designee; the speaker of the house of representatives, or a designee; the senate president, or a designee; the minority leader of the house of representatives, or a designee; the minority leader of the senate, or a designee; the chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, or a designee; and two members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom must be a health policy expert, and one of whom must be an expert on health insurance.

The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any draft of legislation, to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate within 180 days of the passage of this act.