HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1494        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1080

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John J. Lawn, Jr.

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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 mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/18/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/31/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/31/2023

Smitty Pignatelli

3rd Berkshire

1/31/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/31/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/31/2023

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/31/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

1/31/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/31/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

1/31/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

1/31/2023

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/31/2023

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

1/31/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/2/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/2/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/2/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/2/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/7/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/7/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/7/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/8/2023

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/15/2023

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

2/23/2023

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/23/2023

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/1/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/2/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/22/2023

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

10/20/2023

Rita A. Mendes

11th Plymouth

11/9/2023

William F. MacGregor

10th Suffolk

11/9/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/23/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1494        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1080

By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1080) of John J. Lawn, Jr., and others for legislation to mandate cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer.  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 mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer.

 

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

A firefighter employed as a full-time paid employee of a fire department of the State or a City, Town, Fire or Water District, shall be provided a cancer screening examination conducted by a physician not less than three years after the start of the firefighter’s employment as a firefighter and every three years thereafter during the course of the firefighter’s employment.

This section shall also apply to members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, members of the 104th fighter wing fire department, and members of the Devens fire department established pursuant to chapter 498 of the acts of 1993 and, for the purposes of this section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Military Reservation, the Barnes Air National Guard Base and the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone established pursuant to said chapter 498 shall be fire districts.

The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when applicable, the following cancers:

Colon; Lung; Bladder; Oral; Thyroid; Skin; Blood; Breast; Cervical; Testicular; and Prostate.

All costs associated with screenings provided under this section shall be borne by the firefighter’s health care benefits plan or program provided by the firefighter’s employer. No co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such examinations.