Amendment #1447 to H4700

An Act ensuring fair and appropriate distribution of vaccines during a public health emergency

Mr. Rogers of Cambridge moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

 

“SECTION XXXX. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5A ½, the following section:—

Section 5A ¾ - Notwithstanding any general or special law to contrary, Whenever the commissioner determines that the inoculation of the general public by, or the administration to the general public of, any antitoxin, serum, vaccine or other analogous product is essential in the interest of the public health, and that supply for universal administration is insufficient, the department shall ensure that funeral home directors and funeral workers are included in the same category as health care providers in terms of prioritization of access."

 


Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1447 to H4700

An Act ensuring fair and appropriate distribution of vaccines during a public health emergency

Representative:

Sally P. Kerans

Mathew J. Muratore

Carole A. Fiola

Richard M. Haggerty

Daniel M. Donahue

Marc T. Lombardo

Tackey Chan

John J. Mahoney

Andres X. Vargas

Paul W. Mark

John Barrett, III

Smitty Pignatelli

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

Joseph D. McKenna

Edward R. Philips

Susan Williams Gifford

Jacob R. Oliveira

David T. Vieira

William M. Straus

Alice Hanlon Peisch

Paul F. Tucker

Patricia A. Haddad

Peter Capano

Maria Duaime Robinson

David F. DeCoste

Christopher M. Markey

Bruce J. Ayers

Edward F. Coppinger

Angelo L. D'Emilia

Jessica Ann Giannino

Russell E. Holmes

Patrick Joseph Kearney

Antonio F. D. Cabral

Daniel Cahill

Dylan A. Fernandes

Danillo A. Sena

Kip A. Diggs

Rady Mom

Timothy R. Whelan

James J. O'Day

Paul A. Schmid, III

James M. Murphy

Natalie M. Higgins

Josh S. Cutler

John H. Rogers

Ruth B. Balser

Vanna Howard

Christine P. Barber

Carol A. Doherty

Kay Khan

Jack Patrick Lewis

Jamie Zahlaway Belsito

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

Kimberly N. Ferguson

Adrian C. Madaro

Tram T. Nguyen

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

Meghan Kilcoyne

Hannah Kane

Tami L. Gouveia

Jon Santiago

Nika C. Elugardo

Sarah K. Peake

F. Jay Barrows

David Allen Robertson

Brandy Fluker Oakley

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

James Arciero

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

Paul McMurtry

Colleen M. Garry

Peter J. Durant