HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4005 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2276
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michelle M. DuBois
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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 ensure data transparency and vaccine equity in the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses throughout the Commonwealth.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/19/2021 |
Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex | 2/22/2021 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 2/22/2021 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 2/22/2021 |
Christina A. Minicucci | 14th Essex | 2/24/2021 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 2/24/2021 |
Nika C. Elugardo | 15th Suffolk | 2/26/2021 |
Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | 3/8/2021 |
Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex | 3/8/2021 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 3/16/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4005 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2276
By Ms. DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2276) of Michelle M. DuBois and others for legislation to require the Department of Public Health to publish a daily COVID-19 vaccinations-administered report on its website. 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 ensure data transparency and vaccine equity in the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses throughout the Commonwealth.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to is to protect forthwith the health and wellness of the residents of the Commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall publish a daily COVID-19 vaccinations-administered report that is accessible on its website. Said report shall at minimum include data on: the total number of first doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered; the total number of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered by county, municipality and zip code based on the vaccine recipient's primary residence.
(b) Each daily report shall be structured in a manner that permits the comparison and stratification of data and the identification of trends, testing, infection, hospitalization and mortality based on demographic factors collected under this section. All data collected pursuant to this section shall be available for download from the department of public health’s website in a machine-readable format consistent with commonly available data analysis software.
(c) The department of public health shall report to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint committee on public health on its implementation of this section. Said report shall include, but shall not be limited to, information on the issuance of relevant guidance and the implementation of training protocols for and compliance by relevant entities regarding the collection and reporting of data under this section to the department and a summary, prepared by the executive office of health and human services, of actions being taken to respond to disparities identified through data collected under this section. Said report shall also identify any barriers to receiving or reporting data pursuant to this section and specify the manner in which the department shall seek to improve compliance with this section.