By Ms. Flanagan of Leominster, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2093) of Jennifer L. Flanagan and others for legislation to expand the membership of the Public Health Council and to provide for the appointment of an optometrist to said Council.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Gale D. Candaras

Louis L. Kafka

Christine E. Canavan

 

 

 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act authorizing the addition of an Optometrist to the Public Health Council.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 3 of chapter 17 of the General Laws, as amended by section 5 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006, is hereby further amended by striking out the subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

 

(c) 7 of the appointed members shall be providers of health services:  1 shall be the chief executive officer of an acute care hospital appointed by the Massachusetts Hospital Association; 1 shall be the chief executive officer of a skilled nursing facility appointed by the Massachusetts Extended Care Federation; 2 shall be registered nurses, to be appointed by the board of registration of nurses and shall be the highest vote-getters on a mail ballot sent to the address of record of all registered nurses licensed by the board of registration of nurses, 1 of whom shall be a nurse executive, 1 shall be an optometrist appointed by the Massachusetts Society of Optometrist and 2 shall be physicians appointed by the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1 of whom shall be a primary care physician.