Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H5014 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5014
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4	4	________________________________________
5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, September 5, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Health Care Financing, to whom were referred the
7	7	Bill allowing spouses to serve as caregivers (Senate, No. 67); the Bill
8	8	establishing peer-run respite centers throughout the Commonwealth
9	9	(Senate, No. 1238); the Bill to remove administrative barriers to
10	10	behavioral health services (Senate, No. 1253); the Bill to expand equitable
11	11	perinatal mental health services (Senate, No. 1261); the Bill clarifying
12	12	mandatory overtime protections (House, No. 1867); the Bill clarifying the
13	13	wage act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages
14	14	(House, No. 1881); the Bill relative to professional employer
15	15	organizations (House, No. 1887); the Bill to promote the recruitment and
16	16	retention of hospital workers (House, No. 1924); the Bill relative to
17	17	worker compensation protections for certified medical cannabis patients
18	18	and their caregivers (House, No. 1949); the Bill to expand equitable
19	19	perinatal mental health services (House, No. 1984); the Bill relative to
20	20	applied behavioral health clinic rates (House, No. 2006); the Bill to
21	21	improve access to family physicians (House, No. 2198); the Bill
22	22	establishing a physical therapy licensure compact (House, No. 2233); the
23	23	Bill to strengthen the direct care and dementia workforce (House, No.
24	24	2245); the Bill authorizing Massachusetts entry into the Interstate Medical
25	25	Licensure Compact (House, No. 2256); the Bill relative to timely
26	26	physician licensure (House, No. 2268); the Bill establishing the
27	27	psychology interjurisdictional compact (House, No. 2986); the Bill
28	28	establishing peer-run respite centers throughout the Commonwealth
29	29	(House, No. 3602); the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 757) of
30	30	John F. Keenan, John J. Cronin, Rodney M. Elliott, Joanne M. Comerford
31	31	and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote
32	32	workforce development and provider retention at community health
33	33	centers; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 760) of John F.
34	34	Keenan and Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to behavioral health
35	35	clinic rates; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 775) of Joan B.
36	36	Lovely, Robyn K. Kennedy, Mathew J. Muratore, Michael D. Brady and 2 of 3
37	37	other members of the General Court for legislation relative to family
38	38	members serving as caregivers; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
39	39	No. 795) of Patrick M. O'Connor, Paul R. Feeney and James B. Eldridge
40	40	for legislation to maintain independent authority over nursing licensure in
41	41	the commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 808) of
42	42	Bruce E. Tarr and Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to spouses as
43	43	caregivers; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1184) of
44	44	Marjorie C. Decker for legislation to assure coverage and reimbursement
45	45	for covered health care services and to establish a community health
46	46	worker workforce development task force (including members of the
47	47	General Court) to provide health equity; the petition (accompanied by bill,
48	48	House, No. 1193) of Denise C. Garlick and others relative to maintaining
49	49	independent authority over nursing licensure in the Commonwealth; the
50	50	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1210) of Mary S. Keefe and
51	51	others for legislation to establish a community health center nurse
52	52	practitioner residency program for the purposes of recruiting and retaining
53	53	nurse practitioners at community health centers; and the petition
54	54	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1232) of James J. O'Day and others
55	55	relative to family members serving as caregivers, reports recommending
56	56	that the accompanying order (House, No. 5014) ought to be adopted
57	57	[Senator O'Connor dissents].
58	58	For the committee,
59	59	JOHN J. LAWN, JR. 3 of 3
60	60	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5014
61	61	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
62	62	House of Representatives, September 5, 2024.
63	63	1 Ordered, That the committee on Health Care Financing be authorized to sit during a
64	64	2recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of Senate documents numbered
65	65	367, 757, 760, 775, 795, 808, 1238, 1253 and 1261 and House documents numbered 1184, 1193,
66	66	41210, 1232, 1867, 1881, 1887, 1924, 1949, 1984, 2006, 2198, 2233, 2245, 2256, 2268, 2986 and
67	67	53602, relative to perinatal mental health, physical therapy and other health care financing issues.
68	68	6 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
69	69	7and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
70	70	8recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
71	71	9on or before December 31, 2024.