Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, June 23, 2025

Start Time:

9:00 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual
B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Patient Safety and Quality, Healthcare Facilities, Workforce Development, Health Equity, and Children’s Health

The Joint Committee on Public Health will conduct a hybrid public hearing in Hearing Room B1 on June 23, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on bills relating to patient safety and quality, healthcare facilities, workforce development, health equity, and children’s health.

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

Please be advised that all written testimony submitted will be read by Committee Members and staff and may be made publicly available at the discretion of the Chairs. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness, or safety of the testifier or others.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by August 22, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

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/ixcKdyatZyAizGZT9).

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, June 20, 2025. 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 or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Marjorie C. Decker

Joint Committee on Public Health

ATTN: Ramla Hagi

24 Beacon St., Room 130

Boston, MA 02133

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 Ramla.Hagi@mahouse.gov and Matthew.Murphy@masenate.gov.

If you have Accessibility needs, click here.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Health	6/23/2025 9:00 AM	02:15:36

Agenda
Documents

Patient Safety and Quality, Healthcare Facilities, Workforce Development, Health Equity, and Childre 9:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2558	An Act relative to prescription eyewear	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.2492	An Act require a suitable ride home from the hospital for all cognitively impaired discharges	John J. Marsi
H.2459	An Act relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures	Hannah Kane
H.2458	An Act establishing a commission to study the promotion of direct primary care services	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.2448	An Act promoting patient safety and equitable access to care	Natalie M. Higgins
S.1522	An Act promoting patient safety and equitable access to care	Lydia Edwards
H.2401	An Act providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations	Mindy Domb
S.1485	An Act providing for safe and consensual sensitive examinations	Joanne M. Comerford
H.2362	An Act relative to chaperones for medical exams	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
S.1491	An Act relative to chaperones for medical exams	Brendan P. Crighton
H.2415	An Act relative to safer treatment	Carole A. Fiola
H.1358	An Act advancing health care research and decision-making centered on patients and people with disabilities	Marjorie C. Decker
H.4078	An Act relative to establishing protocols for the early detection and treatment of patients with sepsis	Christopher Richard Flanagan
H.4077	An Act mandating retrofitting accessibility for all medical facilities	Christopher Richard Flanagan
H.2396	An Act relative to safe patient handling and mobility in certain health facilities	Marjorie C. Decker
S.1535	An Act relative to safe patient handling and mobility in certain health facilities	Paul R. Feeney
H.2544	An Act relative to nursing career pathways in long term care	Thomas M. Stanley
H.2537	An Act relative to primary care access	Greg Schwartz
H.2451	An Act to improve access to family physicians	Kate Hogan
H.2408	An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies	Paul J. Donato
H.2397	An Act establishing a nursing workforce center	Marjorie C. Decker
S.1543	An Act establishing a nursing workforce center	Cindy F. Friedman
H.2388	An Act to encourage, and improve the level of availability of physicians	Michael S. Day
H.2387	An Act to encourage, and improve the level of availability of nursing staff	Michael S. Day
H.2381	An Act relative to creating accessible CNA training	Tackey Chan
H.2365	An Act relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel	Bruce J. Ayers
H.2364	An Act providing safeguards for home healthcare workers	Bruce J. Ayers
S.1632	An Act providing safeguards for home healthcare workers	John C. Velis
H.2508	An Act promoting best practices in youth athletic coaching	Edward R. Philips
H.2501	An Act relative to LGBTQ+ health disparities	Samantha Montaño
S.1505	An Act relative to LGBTQ+ health disparities	Julian Cyr
S.1633	An Act relative to staffing at home health and hospice agencies	John C. Velis
S.1627	An Act establishing a commission on quality patient outcomes and nurse staffing	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1615	An Act to improve health care coordination and safe discharge	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1614	An Act ensuring home care patient safety	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1637	An Act wiring medical facilities, nursing homes, and medical training to support safer electromagnetic radiation exposures and to support reduction of other environmental hazards	John C. Velis
S.1613	An Act to increase access to health transportation	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1532	An Act relative to patient identity and privacy protection in waiting rooms	Paul R. Feeney

	Document
	H1358 - Votes of House Committee Members
	H2508 - Votes of House Committee Members

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

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