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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4024 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64 |
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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 | | Michael S. Day, (BY REQUEST) |
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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 |
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| 12 | 12 | | proposal for constitutional amendment: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to health care. |
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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:Vincent Lawrence Dixon60 Lake Street Unit N, Winchester, MA |
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| 17 | 17 | | 01890 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4024 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64 |
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| 21 | 21 | | By Representative Day of Stoneham (by request), a petition (accompanied by proposal for |
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| 22 | 22 | | constitutional amendment, House, No. 64) of Vincent Lawrence Dixon for a legislative |
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| 23 | 23 | | amendment to the Constitution to establish a right to health care. Health Care Financing. |
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| 24 | 24 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 27 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 26 | 26 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 30 | 30 | | _______________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to health care. |
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| 32 | 32 | | A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in |
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| 33 | 33 | | joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if |
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| 35 | 35 | | similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the |
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| 36 | 36 | | state election next following]: |
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| 37 | 37 | | ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1 ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2 1.) The Constitution of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is hereby, and thus |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3amended, to provide that: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 4 Each, and every inhabitant of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has a Right to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 5Health Care. 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 6 2.) The provision of this Right, with equality for all individuals, shall be subject to |
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| 44 | 44 | | 7appropriate legislation by the Great and General Court. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 8 The roles, and decision-making of all personal physicians, hospital physicians, and all |
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| 46 | 46 | | 9other medical personnel, who are appropriately involved in the care of any individual, shall be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 10respected, according to all appropriate medical standards, laws, and regulations. |
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