HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3932        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1955

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jack Patrick Lewis

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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 improving Hepatitis C screening.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/21/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

1/18/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/2/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/27/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/23/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/1/2019

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

1/31/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

2/1/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/21/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3932        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1955

By Mr. Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1955) of Jack Patrick Lewis and others relative to improving Hepatitis C screening.  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 improving Hepatitis C screening.

 

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 4M½ of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) Every person over the age of 18 who receives health care services from a primary care provider shall be offered a hepatitis C screening test or a Hepatitis C diagnostic test unless the provider believes that: (i) the person is being treated for a life threatening emergency; (ii) the person has previously been offered or has received a hepatitis screening test; or (iii) the person lacks capacity to consent to a hepatitis C screening test.

SECTION 2. Section 4M½ of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby further amended by adding the following subsections:-

(c) The Department shall make and from time to time revise regulations establishing in furtherance of the hepatitis C screening or hepatitis C diagnostic test requirements under subsection (b).

(d) Such regulations required under subsection (c) shall include: (i) the frequency with which a primary care provider must offer a hepatitis C screening test or hepatitis C diagnostic test; and (ii) fines and/or penalties for non-compliance with such regulations.

(e) The Department shall promulgate the initial regulations required under subsection (c) and (d) not later than October 1, 2019