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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1148 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1212 |
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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 | | Marc R. Pacheco |
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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 continuation of health insurance in the case of plant closings. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1148 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1212 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1212) of Marc R. Pacheco for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to continuation of health insurance in the case of plant closings. Labor and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1239 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 continuation of health insurance in the case of plant closings. |
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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. Section one hundred and fifty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine A of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3line 5 after the words "chapter one hundred and seventy-five" the following words:- or a contract |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4for hospital and medical services pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six A and chapter |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5one hundred and seventy-six B or an agreement for dental services pursuant to chapter one |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6hundred and seventy-six E or an agreement for optometric services pursuant to chapter one |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7hundred and seventy-six F or a health maintenance contract pursuant to chapter one hundred and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8seventy-six G and,. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 2. Section one hundred and fifty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine A of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11adding the following paragraph as a second paragraph:- |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 No person shall by a special contract with an employee or by any other means exempt |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13himself from this section. The president and treasurer of a corporation and any officers or agents |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14having the management of such corporation shall be deemed to be a person having employees in |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15his service within the meaning of this section. |
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