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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 283 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1792 |
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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 D. Brady |
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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 mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 283 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1792 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1792) of Michael D. Brady for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2604 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters. |
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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 Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 101A the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 101B. (a) Any permanent, full-time, call, volunteer, intermittent, part-time or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4reserve firefighter may participate in any bladder, cervical, lung or testicular cancer screening or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5evaluation upon the referral of such firefighter’s primary care physician. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 Such screenings or evaluations shall be deemed to be medically necessary for the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7purposes of coverage by any insurance plan, including but not limited to, any such firefighter |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8insured under chapter 32A, 175, 176A, 176B or 176G or any other general or special law. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (b) Screening or evaluation services performed under this section shall be covered by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10such insurance plan for the cost of the screening or evaluation and shall not be subject to any co- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11payment, deductible, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement. |
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