Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

Health Profession Oversight & Practice Environment

To Stream Live: MALegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Joint

PRE-REGISTRATION TO TESTIFY IS REQUIRED: Persons seeking to provide testimony must pre-register via this Google form: https://forms.gle/1mL8hDuprQLGUT75A

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: The deadline to pre-register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, October 14. Once registered, a representative of the Legislative Information Services will e-mail each individual signed-up to appear a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams. Additional instructions on how to participate will be provided prior to the start of the hearing. NOTE: If a person is filling out the pre-registration form on behalf of another person, only the e-mail and contact information of the persons seeking to testify should be listed on the form.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies requires 2 business days to process any request for services. Therefore, the deadline to submit a request for ADA accommodations is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, October 14. Requests for services should be made by E-mail to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

ORAL TESTIMONY – INDVIDUAL TIME LIMIT: Individuals who register to testify at the hearing will be afforded 3 minutes to speak.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: At the discretion of the Chairs, individuals may be called to offer testimony as part of a panel. Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Note: Each member of a panel is still required to fill out an individual pre-registration form.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PANEL TIME LIMIT: Persons who note in their pre-registration form that they wish to testify as part of a panel will be afforded 3 minutes per person up to a maximum of 9 minutes for the panels of 3 or more persons. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via E-mail to the House and Senate Chairs at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov as well as the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of the Microsoft Teams meeting platform, legislators and public officials are also required to pre-register to testify before the committee. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only and may not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals seeking to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
MA Joint Committee on Health Care Financing	10/19/2021 11:00 AM	02:56:34

Agenda

Health Profession Oversight & Practice Environment 11:00am - 3:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.370	An Act relative to maintaining independent authority over nursing licensure in the Commonwealth	Denise C. Garlick
H.1271	An Act relative to Health Policy Commission reviews of scope of practice proposals	Patricia A. Haddad
H.1283	An Act promoting workforce development and provider retention at community health centers	Mary S. Keefe
H.1284	An Act relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Kay Khan
H.1288	An Act relative to defining invasive surgical procedures	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1300	An Act to promote graduate medical education	Frank A. Moran
H.1308	An Act to improve oral health for all Massachusetts residents	Smitty Pignatelli
H.1316	An Act relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Thomas M. Stanley
S.163	An Act relative to nurse licensure compacts	Joseph A. Boncore
S.237	An Act relative to maintaining independent authority over nursing licensure in the commonwealth	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.740	An Act relative to removing barriers to care for physician assistants	Harriette L. Chandler
S.743	An Act to improve oral health for all Massachusetts residents	Harriette L. Chandler
S.744	An Act relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Sonia Chang-Diaz
S.764	An Act relative to maintenance of certification	Diana DiZoglio
S.772	An Act providing MassHealth benefits to emergency services personnel	Adam G. Hinds
S.777	An Act promoting workforce development and provider retention at community health centers	John F. Keenan
S.789	An Act to promote graduate medical education	Jason M. Lewis

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Health Profession Oversight & Practice Environment 11:00am - 3:00pm

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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