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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1308 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2144
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Gerard J. Cassidy
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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 to promote team based health care.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth1/18/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1308 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2144
By Representative Cassidy of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2144) of
Gerard J. Cassidy relative to multidisciplinary health care teams and further regulating advanced
practice nurses. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2242 OF 2021-2022.]
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 to promote team based health care.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 112 Section 80B, as amended by Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2020, is hereby
2amended by adding at the end of the seventh paragraph the following:
3 Said regulations shall further require an advance practice nurse who has independent
4practice authority, under sections 80E or 80H, to practice within a health care system and have
5clinical relationships with physicians that provide for consultation, collaborative management, or
6referral, as indicated by the health status of the patient. For purposes of this section, a clinical
7relationship shall mean a professional collaboration between an advance practice nurse and
8physician licensed by the Commonwealth and in the same specialty as the advanced practice
9nurse, that, within the health care system and as indicated by the health status of the patient,
10effectively provides for consultation, collaborative management or referral.