HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 559        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1025

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jessica Ann Giannino

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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 cancer screenings for firefighters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

1/13/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/23/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/2/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/3/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

2/14/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/16/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

3/14/2023

Carlos González

10th Hampden

4/5/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 559        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1025

By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1025) of Jessica Ann Giannino and others relative to insurance coverage for lung cancer screenings for firefighters.  Financial Services.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act to promote cancer 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 2018 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 initial cancer screening or subsequent cancer screening or evaluation as recommended by the American Cancer Society upon the referral of such firefighter’s primary care physician. Such screenings 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) All cancer screening services performed under this section shall not be subject to any co-payment, deductible, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement.