HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2553        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2207

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Claire D. Cronin

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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 mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/9/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/24/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/29/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/29/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/29/2019

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/31/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/1/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

2/1/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2553        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2207

By Ms. Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2207) of Claire D. Cronin and others relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters.  Public Service.

 

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 mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 101A the following section:-

Section 101B. (a) Any permanent, full-time, call, volunteer, intermittent, part-time or reserve firefighter may participate in any bladder, cervical, lung or testicular cancer screening or evaluation upon the referral of such firefighter’s primary care physician.

Such screenings or evaluations shall be deemed to be medically necessary for the purposes of coverage by any insurance plan, including but not limited to, any such firefighter insured under chapter 32A, 175, 176A, 176B or 176G or any other general or special law.

(b) Screening or evaluation services performed under this section shall be covered by such insurance plan for the cost of the screening or evaluation and shall not be subject to any co-payment, deductible, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement.