HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3400        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2242

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Gerard J. Cassidy

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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 promote team based health care.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

2/19/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3400        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2242

By Mr. Cassidy of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2242) of Gerard J. Cassidy relative to multidisciplinary health care teams and further regulating advanced practice nurses.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to promote team based health care.

 

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

Chapter 112 Section 80B, as amended by Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2020, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the seventh paragraph the following:

Said regulations shall further require an advance practice nurse who has independent practice authority, under sections 80E or 80H, to practice within a health care system and have clinical relationships with physicians that provide for consultation, collaborative management, or referral, as indicated by the health status of the patient. For purposes of this section, a clinical relationship shall mean a professional collaboration between an advance practice nurse and physician licensed by the Commonwealth and in the same specialty as the advanced practice nurse, that, within the health care system and as indicated by the health status of the patient, effectively provides for consultation, collaborative management or referral.