HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5197
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 14, 2022.
The committee on Public Health, to whom were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2226) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to establish a commission (including members of the General Court) to study the need to reduce salt and sugar content in meals served in restaurants, schools, and public spaces; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2248) of Edward F. Coppinger and Colleen M. Garry relative to establishing a Parkinson's disease registry; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2281) of Kimberly N. Ferguson and others that the Department of Public Health be directed to implement a food labeling program for commercially caught, landed and sold saltwater fish; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2286) of Carole A. Fiola and others that the Office of Medicaid be authorized to require laboratories providing toxicology testing to demonstrate functional and operational test-utilization and test-frequency control programs; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2289) of William C. Galvin and others that the Department of Public Health be authorized to establish a Parkinson's disease public information and education program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2291) of William C. Galvin relative to hospital governing boards and medical staff; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2324) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to establishing a commission (including members of the General Court) to study the encouragement of organ donation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2327) of Hannah Kane and others relative to date labels on food packaging of products; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2332) of Kay Khan and others relative to the administration of medications in the home by certain home health aides; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2337) of Kay Khan relative to establishing a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study the integration of support groups into our healthcare system; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2340) of Kay Khan and others relative to limited service clinics; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2346) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf, Vanna Howard and Nika C. Elugardo relative to the lead law and promoting equal access to lead-free housing; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2388) of Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to expanding the availability of sharps disposal sites; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2408) of Thomas M. Stanley and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to the labeling information for commercially caught fish; and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3884) of Bruce J. Ayers for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study the use, disposal, and potential re-use of durable medical equipment in hospitals and care facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, reports the accompanying Order (House, No. 5197) ought to be adopted.
For the committee,
MARJORIE C. DECKER.
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5197
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
| House of Representatives, |
Ordered, That the committee on Public Health be authorized to sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 2226, 2248, 2281, 2286, 2289, 2291, 2324, 2327, 2332, 2337, 2340, 2346, 2388, 2408 and 3884, relative to food labeling, Parkinson's disease and other related matters.
Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives on or before December 31, 2022.