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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2180 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2365 |
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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 | | Bruce J. Ayers |
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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 the civilian certification of military medical personnel. |
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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:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2180 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2365 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2365) of Bruce |
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| 19 | 19 | | J. Ayers relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel. Public Health. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2126 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 the civilian certification of military medical personnel. |
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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 Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 9K the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 9L. (a) For the purposes of this section, "military medical personnel" shall mean |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4an individual who has served as a medic in the United States Army, medical technician in the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5United States Air Force, corpsman in the United States Navy or health services technician in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6United States Coast Guard and who was discharged or released from such service under |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7conditions other than dishonorable. In order to be eligible for participation in the program |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8established pursuant to this section, the military medical personnel shall be: (i) an active-duty |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9transitioning service member, (ii) a veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10chapter 4, who has been discharged from service no longer than 1 year prior to the date of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11application to the program, or (iii) a member of the National Guard or Reserve. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13veterans’ services, in cooperation with the department of public health and the bureau of health |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14professions licensure, shall establish a program through which military medical personnel may |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15practice and perform certain delegated acts that constitute the practice of medicine under the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16order and supervision of a registered physician in the commonwealth, licensed pursuant to this |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17chapter; provided, that such acts shall reflect the level of training and experience of the military |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18medical personnel and shall be within the scope of services for which the supervising physician |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19can provide adequate supervision to ensure that accepted standards of medical practice are |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20followed. The supervising physician shall retain responsibility for the care of the patient. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21 (c) Any licensed physician, professional corporation of registered physicians pursuant to |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22chapter 156A, or licensed hospital or clinic may submit an application to the department of |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23public health to be certified as a participating facility in the program pursuant to this section. The |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24department of public health, in cooperation with the bureau of health professions licensure may, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25at their discretion, approve other facilities, organizations or locations in which military medical |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26personnel may practice medicine under the conditions herein described. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27 (d) The department of veterans’ services, in cooperation with the department of public |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28health and the bureau of health professions licensure, shall establish program requirements for |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29participating military medical personnel, supervising physicians, licensees, and employers, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30including, but not limited to, special limited registration for participating military medics, and the 3 of 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31bureau of health professions licensure shall promulgate regulations to implement the program |
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| 61 | 61 | | 32pursuant to this section. |
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