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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 205 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3881 |
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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 | | Adam J. Scanlon |
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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 increasing access to medical care for veterans. |
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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:Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol1/7/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 205 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3881 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3881) of Adam J. Scanlon relative to increasing access to medical care for veterans by providing |
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| 20 | 20 | | use of commuter rail, subway, bus, shuttle and boat services at no cost. Veterans and Federal |
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| 21 | 21 | | Affairs. |
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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 increasing access to medical care for veterans. |
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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 5 of Chapter 161A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2following paragraph:— (s) The authority and any regional or local transportation authority in the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Commonwealth shall permit any veteran, as certified by the United States Department of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4Defense, to use commuter rail, subway, bus, shuttle and boat services at no cost to said veteran; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5provided that said veteran is utilizing transportation to travel to or from a Veterans |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6Administration hospital for medical care; and provided further, that said veteran presents proof |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7of a medical appointment on the date of travel in the form of a notice from the Veterans |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Administration indicating the veteran’s name and the date and location of said appointment. |
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