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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1009 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1576 |
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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 | | Liz Miranda |
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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 culturally competent and effective health care. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Liz MirandaSecond Suffolk 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1009 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1576 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1576) of Liz Miranda for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to culturally competent and effective health care. Public Health. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1413 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 culturally competent and effective health care. |
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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 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 244 the following new section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 245: Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the Board of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4Registration in Medicine shall collect data and information concerning the cultural, ethnic, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5linguistic, and educational composition of the physician workforce. The Board of Registration in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6Medicine shall provide such data to the Center for Health Information and Analysis, to be made |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7publicly available for the purposes of assessing the impact of physician workforce diversity and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8health outcomes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2 of 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 (a) The Board of Registration in Medicine shall request all applicants who submit |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10applications for licensure under Section 2 of Chapter 112 of the Massachusetts General Laws on |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11or after January 1, 2027, to provide the following information with their application: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 1. Demographic information, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, and gender |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 identity. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 2. Linguistic information |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 3. Medical specialty/subspecialty |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 4. Primary and secondary practice location, if known at the time of application; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 5. Duration of practice in Massachusetts; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18 6. Employment status: Part-time / full-time / per diem |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 (b) The Board of Registration in Medicine shall ask all license holders to provide the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20following information when they renew their licenses on or after January 1, 2027, in addition to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21any other information required by the relevant disciplining authority: |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22 1. The information in subsection a(1) through (6) of this section, except, after license |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23holders who have provided this information one time, they shall be requested to provide only |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24changes to this information with subsequent renewals; |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25 2. Whether the licensee is currently practicing; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26 3. Primary and secondary practice location at the time of renewal; and |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27 4. Employment status: Part-time / full-time / per diem 3 of 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28 (c) License applicants and licensees are not required to provide the requested data, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29participation shall be voluntary. Data collected under this section shall be held separately and |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30will not be considered part of determinations for granting or renewing licensure. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31 (d) Data collected under this section shall be aggregated, de-identified and made publicly |
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| 61 | 61 | | 32available by the Center for Health Information and Analysis website no more than 60 days after |
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| 62 | 62 | | 33the end of each year. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 34 (e) The Board of Registration in Medicine and The Center for Health Information and |
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| 64 | 64 | | 35Analysis shall not sell the information collected pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section |
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| 65 | 65 | | 36to any third party. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 37 SECTION 2. The Center for Health Information and Analysis shall report on the data |
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| 67 | 67 | | 38collected under this section to the Clerks of the House and Senate, the Joint Committee on Public |
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| 68 | 68 | | 39Health, and the Department of Public Health no later than February 28th of each calendar year. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 40 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective 90 days after enactment. |
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