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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2447 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2489 |
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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 | | Hadley Luddy and Kip A. Diggs |
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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 including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Marnie's Law. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Hadley Luddy4th Barnstable1/16/2025Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/16/2025Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/20/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2447 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2489 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Luddy of Orleans and Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 20 | 20 | | House, No. 2489) of Hadley Luddy, Kip A. Diggs and Patrick M. O'Connor relative to including |
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| 21 | 21 | | inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education. Public Health. |
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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 including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Marnie's Law. |
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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 81C of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3sentences:- An approved school’s curriculum shall include education on inflammatory breast |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4cancer, which shall be developed in consultation with experts on the study, diagnosis and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5treatment of inflammatory breast cancer. Approved schools may receive funds from private |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6sources for costs related to the inflammatory breast cancer education component. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 SECTION 2. This act shall be known as “Marnie’s Law.” |
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