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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2168 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 684
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark C. Montigny
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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 to enhance oral health through public health dental hygienists.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2168 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 684
By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 684) of Mark C. Montigny for
legislation to enhance oral health through public health dental hygienists. Financial Services.
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 to enhance oral health through public health dental hygienists.
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 51 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended in the third paragraph by inserting after the fourth sentence
3the following sentences:-
4 No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance
5coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement
6with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement
7and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental
8hygienist.
9 SECTION 2. Section 193U of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
10hereby amended in the second paragraph by inserting after the first sentence the following
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12 No medical malpractice insurer shall refuse primary medical malpractice insurance
13coverage to a licensed dentist on the basis of their entry into a written collaborative agreement
14with a public health dental hygienist. A dentist who enters into such a collaborative agreement
15and the dentist's insurer shall be indemnified from claims made against said public health dental
16hygienist.