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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3085 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1362 |
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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 | | Carole A. Fiola |
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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 defining invasive surgical procedures. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3085 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1362 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1362) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carole A. Fiola relative to defining certain invasive surgical procedures. Health Care Financing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1177 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to defining invasive surgical procedures. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 112 Sections 66 to 73 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2inserting at the end of section 66B the following: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 For the purposes of sections 66 to 73, inclusive and any rules or regulations promulgated |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4pursuant thereto, “invasive surgical procedures” shall be defined as any procedures which |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5structurally alter the human body by the incision or destruction or cutting of tissues. Invasive |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6surgical procedures also include the diagnostic or therapeutic treatment of conditions or disease |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7processes by any instruments causing localized alteration or transposition of live human tissue, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8or surgically implanted artificial prosthetics, which include lasers, ultrasound, ionizing radiation, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9scalpels, probes, and needles. The tissue can be cut, injected, burned, vaporized, frozen, sutured, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10probed, or manipulated by closed reductions for major dislocations or fractures, or otherwise 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11altered by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, chemical means, or other means. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12Invasive surgical procedures do not include the use of an epinephrine auto-injector to counteract |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13anaphylaxis. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict, limit or expand the current |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15scope of practice authorized under Chapter 112 and in effect upon passage of this act, of any |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16profession licensed under Chapter 112. |
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