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