Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, September 8, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Matters relating to healthcare and human services

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live-streamed and recorded for viewing on the “Hearings & Events” page of the General Court’s website.

Written testimony is encouraged in lieu of or in addition to oral testimony; and may be submitted via email to JointCommittee.ConsumerProtection&ProfessionalLicensure@malegislature.gov or mailed to the Chairs:

Senator Pavel Payano
Senate Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 413-B
Boston, MA 02133

Representative Tackey Chan
House Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 42
Boston, MA 02133

Please include the bill number and “TESTIMONY” in the subject line of the email. The Committee will accept written testimony on any bill up until such is acted on. Registration is not required to submit written testimony.

Registration to present oral testimony, both remotely and in-person, is required. To register, please provide your contact information into this FORM not later than Sunday, September 7th at 5pm. If providing testimony remotely, you will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the registration deadline closes. The Committee may accept in-person oral testimony on the day of without prior registration. Please note that there is a time limit of 3-minutes per person for all oral testimony.

Testimony submitted to the Committee will be made publicly available. By submission, you agree to release to the public all information you have included unless you clearly advise the Committee otherwise in writing.  The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other personal sensitive information provided will not be published.  Nevertheless, the Committee advises that you do not include any information you do not intend to make public, such as medical or other sensitive information.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs.  Further, the Committee may schedule an executive session to coincide with this hearing, and Committee members would expect to be provided any further advanced notice and materials to review.

Pursuant to House Rule 27, the Committee shall make a final report on all House filed bills heard on this date not later than November 7, 2025 (with a possible 30 additional calendar days thereafter). Pursuant to Joint Rule 10, the Committee shall make a final report on all Senate filed bills heard on this date not later than December 3, 2025.

This public hearing will be chaired by Chair Payano. Do not hesitate to contact Tom Mahoney (Thomas.Mahoney@masenate.gov) with any inquiries regarding Senate filed matters or Marissa Dakin (Marissa.Dakin@mahouse.gov) with any inquiries regarding House filed matters.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - 9-8-2025	9/8/2025 10:00 AM	02:41:36

Matters relating to healthcare and human services 10:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.367	An Act to reduce inequities in access to hearing aids	Carole A. Fiola
H.378	An Act for the protection and privacy of social care information	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.380	An Act establishing the social work licensure compact in Massachusetts	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.419	An Act alleviating the burden of medical debt for patients and families	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.427	An Act relative to the occupational therapist interstate licensure compact	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.444	An Act enabling trained dental hygienists to administer dermal fillers and botox	Frank A. Moran
H.455	An Act relative to the dental licensure compact in Massachusetts	Edward R. Philips
H.461	An Act relative to consumer health data	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.465	An Act relative to the licensing of limited registration dentists	Danillo A. Sena
H.469	An Act in relation to prohibiting price gouging with respect to goods, services and supplies during a declared public health emergency	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.476	An Act relative to medical debt exclusion from creditor reports	Bud L. Williams
H.3894	An Act authorizing the town of Cohasset to issue five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Cohasset	Joan Meschino
H.4073	An Act relative to fair medical debt reporting and collection	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.4184	An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to grant four additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises	Maura T. Healey
S.214	An Act alleviating the burden of medical debt for patients and families	John J. Cronin
S.242	An Act to expand access to lactation care and services	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.246	An Act to reduce inequities in access to hearing aids	Adam Gómez
S.250	An Act relative to consumer health data	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.252	An Act establishing the social work licensure compact	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.256	An Act relative to the occupational therapist interstate licensure compact	Joan B. Lovely
S.257	An Act relative to the dental licensure compact in Massachusetts	Paul W. Mark
S.258	An Act protecting the privacy of social care information	Paul W. Mark
S.276	An Act authorizing the town of Cohasset to issue five additional licenses for the sale of alcohol to be drunk on the premises	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.284	An Act enabling trained dental hygienists to administer dermal fillers and botox	Pavel M. Payano

Present (9)

Tackey Chan (HOU)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU)

Lisa Field (HOU)

James K. Hawkins (HOU)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Joseph D. McKenna (HOU)

Estela A. Reyes (HOU)

Amy Mah Sangiolo (HOU)

Tommy Vitolo (HOU)

Absent (2)

Mary S. Keefe (HOU)
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Joan Meschino (HOU)
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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Matters relating to healthcare and human services 10:00am - 1:00pm

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

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