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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Rebecca L. Rausch
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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 supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and MiddlesexLindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/23/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/14/2023 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212
By Ms. Rausch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 212) of Rebecca L. Rausch,
Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge for legislation to support access to training on
reproductive and gender-affirming care. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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 supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming 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 SECTION 1. Section 9A of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 8, by inserting after the word “assigned” the
3following words:- . Exclusively for the purposes of learning reproductive or gender-affirming
4care, a student of medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a
5legally chartered medical school wherever located may practice medicine in a licensed health
6care facility where reproductive or gender-affirming care may be lawfully provided and under
7the supervision of a health care provider licensed in the commonwealth who, acting within the
8scope of that license, may provide reproductive or gender-affirming care.