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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 890 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1721 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Edward R. Philips |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the health of public safety officers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk1/11/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 890 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1721 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1721) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Edward R. Philips relative to the health of public safety officers exposed to hypodermic syringes |
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| 20 | 20 | | or hypodermic needles. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1835 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the health of public safety officers. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 1: Chapter 263 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition is |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2hereby amended by adding after section 1A the following new section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 1B. Blood Testing |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Anyone under arrest shall be subject to a blood test, provided that one or more public |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5safety personnel including but not limited to police officers, fire fighters or emergency medical |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6technicians (EMT) were or are suspected to have been exposed to potential blood-borne |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7pathogens. Exposure incidents include, but are not limited to, being stuck by a hypodermic |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8syringe, being stuck by hypodermic needle, or being bitten. The arrested individual shall be |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9tested immediately after arrest, and three months later, if the first test proved negative. The name 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10of the tested person shall be subject to a confidentiality agreement with the police safety |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11personnel who receives the result of the test, and the Department of Public Health shall maintain |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12a record of the test results to provide care to anyone infected. |
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