Third Division Chair
Ruth.Balser@mahouse.gov
State House
24 Beacon St.
Room 163
Boston, MA, 02133
Room 163
Boston, MA, 02133
Phone:
(617) 722-2199
Fax:
(617) 626-0203
| Bill | Docket | Bill Pinslip/Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.543 | HD.307 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 543) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to encourage strategies to develop school students’ social-emotional learning competencies. Education. | |
| H.544 | HD.770 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 544) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to require the development of standards for prohibiting or limiting the use of suspension and expulsion in preschools. Education. | |
| H.724 | HD.1357 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 724) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to improve nursing home job standards and care quality. Elder Affairs. | |
| H.725 | HD.1575 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 725) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to the authority of the Attorney General to protect nursing home residents and other patients from abuse and neglect. Elder Affairs. | |
| H.726 | HD.2410 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 726) of Ruth B. Balser and others that the Department of Public Health establish an exchange to facilitate the purchasing of personal protective equipment by elder care providers. Elder Affairs. | |
| H.727 | HD.2981 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 727) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to care in nursing homes. Elder Affairs. | |
| H.851 | HD.271 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 851) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to preserving open space in the Commonwealth. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. | |
| H.1038 | HD.292 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1038) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to prohibit benefit limits and exclusions for behavioral health disorders on certain disability insurance policies. Financial Services. | |
| H.1039 | HD.656 | By Representatives Balser of Newton and Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1039) of Ruth B. Balser, Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others providing continuity of care for mental health treatment insurance coverage. Financial Services. | |
| H.1040 | HD.670 | By Representatives Balser of Newton and Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1040) of Ruth B. Balser, Thomas M. Stanley and others for legislation to require health care coverage for emergency psychiatric services. Financial Services. | |
| H.1041 | HD.671 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1041) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to mental health or substance use disorder insurance benefits. Financial Services. | |
| H.1042 | HD.1702 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1042) of Ruth B. Balser and Natalie M. Higgins relative to the display of information on enrollment cards of health plans. Financial Services. | |
| H.1043 | HD.2300 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1043) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to insurance coverage for mammograms and breast cancer screening. Financial Services. | |
| H.1196 | HD.2191 | By Representatives Sabadosa of Northampton and Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1196) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Ruth B. Balser and others relative to insurance coverage for abortion and abortion-related care. Financial Services. | |
| H.1240 | HD.475 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1240) of Ruth B. Balser, Mindy Domb and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to MassHealth rate parity for behavioral health inpatient providers. Health Care Financing. | |
| H.1241 | HD.1501 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1241) of Ruth B. Balser relative to making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling law. Health Care Financing. | |
| H.1460 | HD.298 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1460) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to require county and state correctional facilities to provide substance abuse services to certain inmates. The Judiciary. | |
| H.1461 | HD.299 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1461) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to establish the Department of Mental Health as the oversight agency for the mental health system within the state prison system. The Judiciary. | |
| H.1462 | HD.1608 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1462) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to pretrial release and probation. The Judiciary. | |
| H.1463 | HD.3772 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1463) of Ruth B. Balser and Jacqueline Parker relative to probate court proceedings involving children. The Judiciary. | |
| H.2062 | HD.429 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2062) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to payments for psychological services provided by MassHealth. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2063 | HD.430 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2063) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2064 | HD.446 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2064) of Ruth B. Balser for legislation to provide that network hospitals be compensated for behavioral health services to certain MassHealth patients. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2065 | HD.477 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2065) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to provide mental health benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis to certain residents of the Commonwealth. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2066 | HD.672 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2066) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to ensuring access to addiction services to residents of secure facilities approved by the Department of Public Health or the Department of Mental Health. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2067 | HD.1419 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2067) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to persons in the custody of the correctional facilities receiving medication for opioid use disorders. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2085 | HD.4010 | By Representatives Decker of Cambridge and Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2085) of Marjorie C. Decker, Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to authorize the Commissioner of Mental Health to have supervision over the provision of mental health services to prisoners. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. | |
| H.2224 | HD.300 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2224) of Ruth B. Balser relative to requiring choke response employee training in all restaurants. Public Health. | |
| H.2225 | HD.432 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2225) of Ruth B. Balser for legislation to include psychologists in the definition of nursing practice. Public Health. | |
| H.2226 | HD.1612 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2226) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to establish a commission (including members of the General Court) to study the need to reduce salt and sugar content in meals served in restaurants, schools, and public spaces. Public Health. | |
| H.2227 | HD.1620 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2227) of Ruth B. Balser, Sarah K. Peake and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to the monitoring and operation of nuclear reactors. Public Health. | |
| H.2416 | HD.305 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2416) of Ruth B. Balser, Brian W. Murray and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to clarifying the standards for requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in rehabilitated buildings. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | |
| H.2417 | HD.1009 | By Representatives Balser of Newton and Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2417) of Ruth B. Balser, Paul J. Donato and others relative to the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in certain new family dwellings. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | |
| H.2418 | HD.1165 | By Representatives Balser of Newton and Miranda of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2418) of Ruth B. Balser, Liz Miranda and others relative to local and state law enforcement involvement in federal immigration enforcement. Public Safety and Homeland Security. | |
| H.4119 | HD.4407 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Ruth B. Balser and Michael Nogrady relative to the use of white noise reverse alarms on motor vehicles operating on construction sites. Labor and Workforce Development. | |
| H.4120 | HD.4418 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to library access to electronic books and digital audiobooks. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. | |
| H.4730 | HD.5035 | By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4730) of Ruth B. Balser and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings in the city of Newton. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.] | |
| H.310 | HD.779 | By Ms. Balser of Newton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 310) of James Ryan relative to requiring notification of fraud by the Division of Professional Licensure and boards of registration. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. This bill is by request. * |
* — Legislator is not a sponsor of this measure.