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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1057 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 690 |
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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 | | Brendan P. Crighton |
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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 mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans |
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| 13 | 13 | | or programs provided by the public employer. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird EssexMarcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/28/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/28/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester2/28/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester2/28/2025John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth2/28/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/28/2025Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth2/28/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/28/2025Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/28/2025Dylan A. FernandesPlymouth and Barnstable2/28/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/28/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/28/2025John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire2/28/2025Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex2/28/2025Joan B. LovelySecond Essex3/8/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1057 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 690 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 690) of Brendan P. Crighton, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Marcus S. Vaughn, Steven George Xiarhos, Paul K. Frost and other members of the General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Court for legislation to mandate access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care |
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| 22 | 22 | | benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer. Financial Services. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 608 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans |
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| 31 | 31 | | or programs provided by the public employer. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 A firefighter employed as a full-time paid employee of a fire department of the state or a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2city, town, fire or water district, shall be provided a cancer screening examination conducted by a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3physician not less than three years after the start of the firefighter’s employment as a firefighter |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4and every three years thereafter during the course of the firefighter’s employment. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 This section shall also apply to members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6department, members of the 104th fighter wing fire department, and members of the Devens fire |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7department established pursuant to chapter 498 of the acts of 1993 and, for the purposes of this |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Military Reservation, the Barnes 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9Air National Guard Base and the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone established pursuant to said |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10chapter 498 shall be fire districts. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when applicable, the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12following cancers: colon; lung; bladder; oral; thyroid; skin; blood; breast; cervical; testicular; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13prostate. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 All costs associated with screenings provided under this section shall be borne by the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15firefighter’s health care benefits plan or program provided by the firefighter’s employer. No co- |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17examinations. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 This act shall take effect immediately upon passage. |
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