Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, July 14, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Public Health Hearing on professional licensure, clinical laboratories, food safety, and miscellaneous matters.

The Joint Committee on Public Health will conduct a hybrid public hearing in Hearing Room A1 on July 14, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on bills relating to professional licensure, clinical laboratories, food safety, and miscellaneous matters.

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

All matters filed in the House that are listed below are required to be reported on by September 12, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

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.

The Committee will accept written and oral testimony in-person and virtually on the following bills:

Bill Number	Bill Title	Bill Sponsor
S1587	An Act enabling registered dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide	Moore, Michael O. (SEN)
H2490	An Act establishing a physical therapy licensure compact	Madaro, Adrian C. (HOU)
S1506	An Act establishing a physical therapy licensure compact	DiDomenico, Sal N. (SEN)
H4119	An Act establishing an emergency medical services licensure compact	Davis, Leigh (HOU)
H2563	An Act establishing the dentist and dental hygienist compact	Williams, Bud L. (HOU)
S1494	An Act establishing the dentist and dental hygienist compact	Cronin, John J. (SEN)
H2528	An Act establishing the psychology interjurisdictional compact	Sabadosa, Lindsay N. (HOU)
S1487	An Act establishing the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact	Creem, Cynthia Stone (SEN)
H2386	An Act prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Day, Michael S. (HOU)
H2504	An Act providing for consumer access to and the right to practice complementary and alternative health care services	Murray, Brian W. (HOU)
S1481	An Act providing for consumer access to and the right to practice complementary and alternative health care services	Collins, Nick (SEN)
S1526	An Act putting patients over profits in hospital licensure	Eldridge, James B. (SEN)
H2484	An Act relative to anesthesiologist assistants	Livingstone, Jay D. (HOU)
S1499	An Act relative to anesthesiologist assistants	Cronin, John J. (SEN)
S1496	An Act relative to certainty of continuing education for chiropractors	Cronin, John J. (SEN)
S1623	An Act relative to certified medication aides	Tarr, Bruce E. (SEN)
H2536	An Act relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Schwartz, Greg (HOU)
S1488	An Act relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Creem, Cynthia Stone (SEN)
H377	An Act relative to growing resouces to optimize the utilization of group therapeutic care	Giannino, Jessica Ann (HOU)
S292	An Act relative to growing resources to optimize the utilization of group therapeutic care	Velis, John C. (SEN)
H2513	An Act relative to health care transparency	Plouffe, Bridget (HOU)
S1500	An Act relative to health care transparency	Cronin, John J. (SEN)
H2489	An Act relative to including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, Marnie's Law	Luddy, Hadley (HOU)
H2425	An Act relative to medical physics	Garballey, Sean (HOU)
S1490	An Act relative to modernizing the regulation of clinical laboratories	Crighton, Brendan P. (SEN)
S215	An Act relative to physical therapy	Cronin, John J. (SEN)
H2531	An Act relative to physician assistant interstate compact	Sabadosa, Lindsay N. (HOU)
S1608	An Act relative to physician assistant interstate compact	Oliveira, Jacob R. (SEN)
H3960	An Act relative to physician relocation	Lipper-Garabedian, Kate (HOU)
H2551	An Act relative to public health volunteer responders	Vargas, Andres X. (HOU)
S1502	An Act relative to removing barriers to care for physician assistants	Cyr, Julian (SEN)
H2402	An Act relative to the board of registration in naturopathy	Domb, Mindy (HOU)
S1547	An Act relative to the board of registration in naturopathy	Jehlen, Patricia D. (SEN)
S1601	An Act relative to the reform of the personal care attendant system	O'Connor, Patrick M. (SEN)
H2512	An Act relative to truth in advertising	Plouffe, Bridget (HOU)
H2371	An Act removing barriers to care for physician assistants	Barber, Christine P. (HOU)
S1581	An Act to combat V.I.P. syndrome to protect health care integrity and quality	Montigny, Mark C. (SEN)
H2405	An Act to ensure safe medication administration	Donahue, Daniel M. (HOU)
S1525	An Act to ensure safe medication administration	Eldridge, James B. (SEN)
S1512	An Act to promote economic opportunity by licensing home kitchens	Jr. Driscoll, William J. (SEN)
H2486	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Livingstone, Jay D. (HOU)
S1628	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Tarr, Bruce E. (SEN)
S1534	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Feeney, Paul R. (SEN)
H2395	An Act relative to clinical laboratories	Decker, Marjorie C. (HOU)
H2439	An Act relative to clinical laboratory testing	Gordon, Kenneth I. (HOU)

***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.cloud.microsoft/g/XR67MD4ZMS).

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 11, 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 Microsoft account or do not wish to use the Microsoft form can submit testimony and/or sign up to testify by emailing matthew.murphy@masenate.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.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Health	7/14/2025 10:00 AM	03:22:52

Public Health Legislation 10:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.1587	An Act enabling registered dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide	Michael O. Moore
H.2490	An Act establishing a physical therapy licensure compact	Adrian C. Madaro
S.1506	An Act establishing a physical therapy licensure compact	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.4119	An Act establishing an emergency medical services licensure compact	Leigh Davis
H.2563	An Act establishing the dentist and dental hygienist compact	Bud L. Williams
S.1494	An Act establishing the dentist and dental hygienist compact	John J. Cronin
H.2528	An Act establishing the psychology interjurisdictional compact	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.1487	An Act establishing the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact	Cynthia Stone Creem
H.2386	An Act prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Michael S. Day
H.2504	An Act providing for consumer access to and the right to practice complementary and alternative health care services	Brian W. Murray
S.1481 C	An Act providing for consumer access to and the right to practice complementary and alternative health care services	Nick Collins
S.1526	An Act putting patients over profits in hospital licensure	James B. Eldridge
H.2484	An Act relative to anesthesiologist assistants	Jay D. Livingstone
S.1499	An Act relative to anesthesiologist assistants	John J. Cronin
S.1496	An Act relative to certainty of continuing education for chiropractors	John J. Cronin
S.1623	An Act relative to certified medication aides	Bruce E. Tarr
H.2536	An Act relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Greg Schwartz
S.1488	An Act relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Cynthia Stone Creem
H.377	An Act relative to growing resources to optimize the utilization of group therapeutic care	Jessica Ann Giannino
S.292	An Act relative to growing resources to optimize the utilization of group therapeutic care	John C. Velis
H.2513	An Act relative to health care transparency	Bridget Plouffe
S.1500	An Act relative to health care transparency	John J. Cronin
H.2489	An Act relative to including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, Marnie's Law	Hadley Luddy
H.2425	An Act relative to medical physics	Sean Garballey
S.1490	An Act relative to modernizing the regulation of clinical laboratories	Brendan P. Crighton
S.215	An Act relative to physical therapy	John J. Cronin
H.2531	An Act relative to physician assistant interstate compact	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.1608	An Act relative to physician assistant interstate compact	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.3960	An Act relative to physician relocation	Kate Lipper-Garabedian
H.2551	An Act relative to public health volunteer responders	Andres X. Vargas
S.1502	An Act relative to removing barriers to care for physician assistants	Julian Cyr
H.2402	An Act relative to the board of registration in naturopathy	Mindy Domb
S.1547	An Act relative to the board of registration in naturopathy	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1601	An Act relative to the reform of the personal care attendant system	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.2512	An Act relative to truth in advertising	Bridget Plouffe
H.2371	An Act removing barriers to care for physician assistants	Christine P. Barber
S.1581	An Act to combat V.I.P. syndrome to protect health care integrity and quality	Mark C. Montigny
H.2405	An Act to ensure safe medication administration	Daniel M. Donahue
S.1525	An Act to ensure safe medication administration	James B. Eldridge
S.1512	An Act to promote economic opportunity by licensing home kitchens	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
H.2486	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Jay D. Livingstone
S.1628	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1534	An Act to protect the independence of clinical decision making	Paul R. Feeney
H.2395	An Act relative to clinical laboratories	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2439	An Act relative to clinical laboratory testing	Kenneth I. Gordon

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