HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1468 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2887
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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 | 1/15/2025 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/27/2025 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 10/29/2025 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 4/16/2025 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 6/10/2025 |
Vanna Howard | 17th Middlesex | 8/16/2025 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/3/2025 |
Michael P. Kushmerek | 3rd Worcester | 10/7/2025 |
Steven Owens | 29th Middlesex | 10/29/2025 |
Adam J. Scanlon | 14th Bristol | 10/29/2025 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 9/29/2025 |
Richard G. Wells, Jr. | 7th Norfolk | 11/5/2025 |
Bud L. Williams | 11th Hampden | 2/11/2025 |
Lisa Field | 3rd Bristol | 9/16/2025 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1468 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2887
By Representative LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2887) of Kathleen R. LaNatra, Michael D. Brady and Bud L. Williams relative to credible service for school nurses. Public Service. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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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:
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.