Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Service

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Disability and Health presumption

Joint Committee on Public Service

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Hearing Room A2

Rep. Daniel J. Ryan	Sen. Michael D. Brady
House Chair	Senate Chair

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following bills:

Disabilities/ Health Presumption

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by [July26,2025], subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Public Service page.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Donna.loconte@masenate.gov or

Seda.korroch@mahouse.gov or mailed to the Joint Committee on Public Service.

Please submit by Friday, June 3, 2025 at 5:00pm:

CHAIR MICHAEL D. BRADY
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE
ATTN: AL DEGIROLAMO
24 BEACON ST ROOM 416A
BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email to Donna LoConte Donna.loconte@masenate.gov. Deadline to sign up is Monday, May 26, 2025 at 5:00pm.

For in-person and remote testimony please include:
1. Name;
2. Organization you represent;
3. Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;
4. Mailing address;
5. Email address;
6. Telephone number;
7. In-person or remote testimony;
8. Bills testifying on;
9. Whether support or oppose.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Michael D. Brady. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Donna LoConte donna.loconte@masenate.gov). Senate Chair Brady’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1200.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Service - 5-28-2025	5/28/2025 1:00 PM	01:07:33

Disability and Health Presumption 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2753	An Act relative to firefighter retirement benefits	David Biele
H.2836	An Act relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters	Sean Garballey
H.2841	An Act providing equity and fairness to POST-certified police officers disabled by cardiac disease	Colleen M. Garry
H.2842	An Act providing equity and fairness to POST-certified police officers disabled by cardiac disease	Colleen M. Garry
H.2846	An Act relative to disability or death cause by contagious disease; presumption	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2850	An Act relative to the cancer presumption for police officers	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2851	An Act relative to disability or death cause by contagious disease; presumption	Carlos González
H.2853	An Act relative to PTSD and accidental disability	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2891	An Act relative to pensions for children of public safety officers killed in the line of duty	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.2901	An Act providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2909	An Act relative to the disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)	Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.
H.2940	An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
H.2961	An Act relative to disability or death caused by contagious disease; presumption	Greg Schwartz
H.2978	An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.4102	An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation	Colleen M. Garry
H.4103	An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Steven Forget, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office	Natalie M. Higgins
H.4104	An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation	Dawne Shand
S.1788	An Act relative to PTSD and accidental disability	Michael D. Brady
S.1797	An Act relative to disability or death caused by infectious diseases, presumption	Nick Collins
S.1821	An Act relative to disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.1849	An Act relative to court officers injured on duty	Paul R. Feeney
S.1860	An Act relative to firefighter retirement benefits	Paul R. Feeney
S.1877	An Act relative to the cancer presumption for police officers	Joan B. Lovely
S.1882	An Act relative to call and volunteer firefighters and EMTs	Paul W. Mark
S.1887	An Act relative to pensions for children of public safety officers killed in the line of duty	Michael O. Moore
S.1894	An Act providing disability compensation for qualified correctional officers	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1895	An Act providing equity and fairness to POST-certified police officers disabled by cardiac disease	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1902	An Act relative to surviving family members of public emergency medical technicians	Michael F. Rush
S.1903	An Act relative to disability retirees and restoration to service	Michael F. Rush
S.1909	An Act providing equity to police officers disabled by cardiac disease	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1911	An Act providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	John C. Velis
S.1912	An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters	John C. Velis
S.1914	An Act relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters	John C. Velis

Present (8)

Daniel J. Ryan (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

Colleen M. Garry (HOU)

Natalie M. Higgins (HOU)

John Francis Moran (HOU)

David Allen Robertson (HOU)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Absent (3)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)
*

Alan Silvia (HOU)
*

Todd M. Smola (HOU)
*

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