HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1401        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2577

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathleen R. LaNatra

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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 credible service for school nurses.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/10/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/24/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/25/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/25/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/26/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

1/31/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/1/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/3/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/6/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/8/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/15/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/15/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/16/2023

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/1/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

5/25/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

6/29/2023

Pavel Payano

First Essex

10/27/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1401        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2577

By Representative LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2577) of Kathleen R. LaNatra and others relative to credible service for retirement purposes for school nurses.  Public Service.

 

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 credible service for school nurses.

 

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 (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (h ½) the following paragraph :–

(h ¾) Any school nurse who is a member in service of the teacher’s retirement system or a municipal or city of Boston or state retirement system who is employed in a school approved by the department of education may receive creditable service for any period or periods of work experience in the nursing field. No credit shall be allowed until such member has paid into the annuity savings fund of the system before any retirement allowance becomes effective for such member, in one sum, or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, makeup payments of an amount equal to 10 percent of the regular annual compensation of the member when said member entered the retirement system for each year of service so purchased, plus buy back interest. No credit shall be allowed and no payment shall be accepted under this paragraph until the member shall have completed ten or more years of membership service. The maximum creditable service allowable under this paragraph for any member shall not exceed three years. Members in service of a retirement system eligible for said creditable service under this act shall make application for said creditable service within ninety days of being notified by the retirement board of their eligibility after becoming vested in the retirement system or for currently eligible members, within ninety days of the effective date of this act.