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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1494 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1080
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John J. Lawn, Jr.
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans
or programs provided by the public employer.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:John J. Lawn, Jr.10th Middlesex1/18/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/31/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/31/2023Peter Capano11th Essex1/31/2023Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire1/31/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/31/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/31/2023Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/31/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/31/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/31/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/31/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/31/2023Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth1/31/2023Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth1/31/2023Ryan M. Hamilton15th Essex1/31/2023William C. Galvin6th Norfolk2/2/2023 2 of 2
Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/2/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/2/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/2/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/2/2023Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk2/2/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/7/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden2/7/2023Jon Santiago9th Suffolk2/7/2023Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk2/7/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/8/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/15/2023Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/23/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/23/2023Jonathan D. Zlotnik2nd Worcester3/1/2023Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk3/2/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1494 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1080
By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1080) of
John J. Lawn, Jr. and others for legislation to mandate cancer screenings for firefighters through
health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer. Financial Services.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans
or programs provided by the public employer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 A firefighter employed as a full-time paid employee of a fire department of the State or a
2City, Town, Fire or Water District, shall be provided a cancer screening examination conducted
3by a physician not less than three years after the start of the firefighter’s employment as a
4firefighter and every three years thereafter during the course of the firefighter’s employment.
5 This section shall also apply to members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire
6department, members of the 104th fighter wing fire department, and members of the Devens fire
7department established pursuant to chapter 498 of the acts of 1993 and, for the purposes of this
8section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Military Reservation, the Barnes
9Air National Guard Base and the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone established pursuant to said
10chapter 498 shall be fire districts. 2 of 2
11 The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when applicable, the
12following cancers:
13 Colon; Lung; Bladder; Oral; Thyroid; Skin; Blood; Breast; Cervical; Testicular; and
14Prostate.
15 All costs associated with screenings provided under this section shall be borne by the
16firefighter’s health care benefits plan or program provided by the firefighter’s employer. No co-
17payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such
18examinations.