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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.2522 194th (Current)

An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2522) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Cindy F. Friedman, Andrea Joy Campbell, Attorney General , Joanne M. Comerford, Julian Cyr and other members of the General Court for legislation to strengthen health care protections in the Commonwealth. Health Care Financing.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Cindy F. Friedman
Special Attachments:
Committee - Senate member votes

Reproductive and gender-affirming care

This bill builds on the protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care established in Chapter 127 of the Acts of 2022. The bill would protect the personal information of individuals providing, facilitating, or promoting reproductive health services or gender-affirming care, add licensure protections for such individuals, and create protections for lawyers advising or representing clients related to the provision of reproductive health services or gender-affirming care. State agencies would be prohibited from cooperating with or providing information for federal or out-of-state investigations or inquiries into legally-protected health care activity in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health would be prohibited from collecting and disclosing surveillance data on abortions and gender-affirming care provided in Massachusetts and prohibited from disclosing prescription drug monitoring program data in response to an out-of-state inquiry. Third parties that store or maintain electronic health records related to reproductive and gender-affirming care would be required to limit access of such records to out-of-state entities. The bill would also guarantee access to emergency services by requiring acute care hospitals to provide emergency services to any person who presents at the hospital or is brought to the hospital by emergency medical services. Insurance companies would be prohibited from discriminating against a non-profit charitable organization that offers reproductive health care services or gender-affirming care, engages in legally-protected health care activity, or is the subject of abusive litigation.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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