HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 194        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1858

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Josh S. Cutler

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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 relative to PFML hearing decisions.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/10/2023

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/26/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/27/2023

Shirley B. Arriaga

8th Hampden

2/28/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 194        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1858

By Representative Cutler of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1858) of Josh S. Cutler and others relative to the publication of hearing decisions by the Department of Family and Medical Leave.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

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 relative to PFML hearing decisions.

 

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. Subsection (d) of section 8 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “defendant”, in line 50, the following sentence:-

. The department shall cause to be published all hearing decisions on their website, provided, however, that the department shall refrain from including, or partially redact where inclusion is necessary, any personal data identifiers, including, but not limited to, names, date of birth, names of minor children and any protected medical information