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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2278 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3519 |
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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 | | Kate Lipper-Garabedian |
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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 waiving education requirements for skilled veterans to be LPNs. |
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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:Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex1/19/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/3/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/3/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/3/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/22/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2278 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3519 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3519) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and others that the Board of Registration in Nursing be |
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| 20 | 20 | | authorized to establish a waiver program for military personnel who satisfactorily complete |
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| 21 | 21 | | medical training offered through the military. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3675 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to waiving education requirements for skilled veterans to be LPNs. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2section 76B, the following section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Section 76C. The board of registration in nursing shall create a waiver program for |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4military personnel who satisfactorily complete medical training offered through the military so |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5that they may sit for the licensed practical nursing certification without the need to graduate from |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6an approved practical nursing program. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 SECTION 2. The department of public health shall promulgate regulations no later than |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8January 1, 2024. |
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