Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Start Time:

9:00 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Healthcare Facilities; Workforce Development; Health Information Technology; Tobacco

The Joint Committee on Public Health will conduct a hybrid public hearing in A-2 on July 6, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on bills relating to Healthcare Facilities, Workforce Development, Health Information Technology, and Tobacco.

Individuals testifying should limit their remarks to 3 minutes. All panels should limit their testimony to a total of 6 minutes.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: Persons who wish to testify in person or virtually or submit written testimony may do so by completing this form linked here (https://forms.gle/XpnaJfdiEWnjtpir6).

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 3, 2023. Individuals and groups testifying in person are strongly encouraged to register using the form above prior to the deadline. Registration by the deadline is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in person. Persons who do not have a Google account or do not wish to use the Google form can submit testimony and/or sign up to testify by emailing: JointCommittee.PublicHealth@malegislature.gov. Please indicate whether you plan to testify in person or virtually. Participants who indicate that they plan to testify virtually will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the deadline closes.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: If you would like to provide written testimony, please include the bill number in the subject line of the email, as well as your name, address, phone number, and organization, if any, on the submitted testimony. Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until the relevant bill is acted upon. Such testimony may be submitted via email to JointCommittee.PublicHealth@malegislature.gov. Please include "Public Health Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" in the subject line of the email. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so before or after the signup deadline.

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 registered 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.

This hearing will be recorded and archived for later viewing. Those who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the livestream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

If you have any questions, you may email Kathleen.Hornby@mahouse.gov and Alexander.Nally@masenate.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Health -7-6-2023	7/6/2023 9:00 AM	03:22:10

Agenda

Healthcare Facilities; Workforce Development; Health Information Technology; Tobacco 9:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2123	An Act establishing a special commission to study the use, disposal, and potential re-use of durable medical equipment in hospitals and care facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth	Bruce J. Ayers
H.2126	An Act relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel	Bruce J. Ayers
H.2128	An Act providing safeguards for home healthcare workers	Bruce J. Ayers
S.1472	An Act providing safeguards for home healthcare workers	Walter F. Timilty
H.2139	An Act to increase patient access to certain health care services	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.2141	An Act relative to tobacco harm-reduction	Daniel Cahill
S.1345	An Act relative to tobacco harm-reduction	John J. Cronin
H.2143	An Act preserving access to hospital services	Peter Capano
S.1406	An Act preserving access to hospital services	Paul W. Mark
H.2155	An Act to create an at home test reporting system in the Commonwealth	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
H.2171	An Act relative to non-medical healthcare expenses related to prevention of disease	William C. Galvin
H.2186	An Act relative to clinical laboratory testing	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2212	An Act creating a nursing advisory board	Kay Khan
H.2213	An Act relative to acute hospital governance	Kay Khan
S.1404	An Act relative to acute hospital governance	Joan B. Lovely
H.2217	An Act relative to limited service clinics	Kay Khan
H.2221	An Act improving health care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism	John J. Lawn, Jr.
S.1398	An Act supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism	Jason M. Lewis
H.2230	An Act protecting youth from second hand smoke	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2234	An Act relative to source plasma donation centers	John J. Mahoney
S.1426	An Act relative to source plasma donation centers	Michael O. Moore
H.2235	An Act relative to emergency room procedure for prescribing or dispensing pain medication to certain persons on probation	Joseph D. McKenna
H.2237	An Act relative to medical health and fitness facilities	Paul McMurtry
H.2239	An Act relative to urgent care centers and MassHealth patients	Lenny Mirra
H.2245	An Act to strengthen the direct care and dementia workforce	Tram T. Nguyen
S.1408	An Act to strengthen the direct care and dementia workforce	Paul W. Mark
H.2247	An Act relative to safe patient handling and mobility in certain health facilities	Sarah K. Peake
S.1436	An Act relative to safe patient handling and mobility in certain health facilities	Susan L. Moran
H.2254	An Act reducing barriers to telehealth care	Smitty Pignatelli
H.2275	An Act requiring hospital to maintain services	Priscila S. Sousa
H.3609	An Act relative to translated CNA exams	Tackey Chan
H.3611	An Act to increase access to blood donation	Edward F. Coppinger
S.1372	An Act to increase access to blood donation	Barry R. Finegold
H.3613	An Act to improve health care workforce development through graduate nursing practice	Edward F. Coppinger
H.3617	An Act relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems	Mark J. Cusack
H.3620	An Act to encourage, and improve the level of availability of nursing staff	Michael S. Day
H.3621	An Act to encourage, and improve the level of availability of physicians	Michael S. Day
H.3628	An Act relative to clinical laboratories	Marjorie C. Decker
H.3765	An Act relative to the community health initiative payment	Todd M. Smola
H.642	An Act relative to individuals from birth to age twenty-two in need of short-term inpatient skilled nursing and rehabilitation services	Mathew J. Muratore
S.1336	An Act expanding access to the certified nurses’ aides certification process	Joanne M. Comerford
S.1341	An Act further regulating the sale of tobacco products	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1364	An Act to repeal the state menthol ban	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1377	An Act relative to the health care workforce	Cindy F. Friedman
S.1386	An Act relative to the determination of need of new technology	John F. Keenan
S.1397	An Act to protect youth from the harms of tobacco and e-cigarette products	Jason M. Lewis
S.1401	An Act to enhance hospital care for those with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities	Jason M. Lewis
S.1417	An Act ensuring access to a resident representative in long-term care facilities	Mark C. Montigny
S.1421	An Act to combat V.I.P. syndrome to protect health care integrity and quality	Mark C. Montigny
S.1428	An Act relative to smoking cessation agents	Michael O. Moore
S.1455	An Act relative to essential health services	Marc R. Pacheco
S.1460	An Act relative to determinations of need	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.1466	An Act to protect essential health services	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1470	An Act relative to personal health information portability and accessibility	Bruce E. Tarr

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

Healthcare Facilities; Workforce Development; Health Information Technology; Tobacco 9:00am - 1:00pm

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