HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 660        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2209

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel R. Cullinane

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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 provide diabetes prevention program benefits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/14/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/29/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/29/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/29/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/30/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/30/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 660        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2209

By Mr. Cullinane of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2209) of Daniel R. Cullinane and others that the Group Insurance Commission provide diabetes prevention program benefits to certain active and retired employees.  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 to provide diabetes prevention program benefits.

 

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. Chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 17O the following section:-

Section 17P. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission and is identified as someone with prediabetes those items and services furnished under a diabetes prevention program recognized as a National Diabetes Prevention Program as established by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.