SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 212

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Rebecca L. Rausch

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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 supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

 

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/23/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/14/2023


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 212

By Ms. Rausch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 212) of Rebecca L. Rausch, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge for legislation to support access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

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 supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care.

 

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. Section 9A of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 8, by inserting after the word “assigned” the following words:- . Exclusively for the purposes of learning reproductive or gender-affirming care, a student of medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a legally chartered medical school wherever located may practice medicine in a licensed health care facility where reproductive or gender-affirming care may be lawfully provided and under the supervision of a health care provider licensed in the commonwealth who, acting within the scope of that license, may provide reproductive or gender-affirming care.