Hearings scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Committee on CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Public Hearing to be held in Room B-1 at 10:30 A.M.
Senate, No. 97
Petition of Mark C. Montigny for legislation relating to anti-human trafficking and protection.
Senate, No. 126
Petition of Susan C. Tucker, Karen E. Spilka, John W. Scibak, Richard T. Moore and other members of the General Court for legislation to eliminate wage disparity among direct care workers for the mentally retarded.
House, No. 107
Petition of Peter J. Koutoujian and others relative to accountability and wage parity of community direct care workers for persons with mental retardation.
House, No. 748
Petition of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to wage parity for direct care employees of providers of services to the Department of Mental Retardation.
Committee on ELDER AFFAIRS
Public Hearing to be held in Room B-2 at 11:00 A.M.
Senate, No. 392
Petition of Steven A. Baddour for legislation relative to medication technician.
Senate, No. 395
Petition of Stephen M. Brewer, Anthony J. Verga, Barbara A. L'Italien, Kathi-Anne Reinstein and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote fire safe multiple dwelling residences for elders, infirm, and ailing.
Senate, No. 397
Petition of Scott P. Brown, Richard R. Tisei, Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to residents of nursing and assisted living facilities.
Senate, No. 406
Petition of Robert L. Hedlund, Scott P. Brown, Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr and other members of the General Court for legislation to require notification by nursing homes, rest homes and long term care facilities if certain health or safety concerns cannot be addressed.
Senate, No. 408
Petition of Robert L. Hedlund, Scott P. Brown, Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr and other members of the General Court for legislation to require written responses to inquiries from family members and guardians of nursing home, rest home and long-term care facility residents.
Senate, No. 418
Petition of Richard T. Moore for legislation to further regulate investigation of abuse against residents of long term care facilities.
Senate, No. 421
Petition of Richard T. Moore, Joan M. Menard, Susan C. Tucker, Edward M. Augustus, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the prevention of falls in the elderly community
Senate, No. 422
Petition of Richard T. Moore, Susan C. Tucker, Susan C. Fargo, Edward M. Augustus, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to prevent falls among older adults
Senate, No. 431
Petition of Susan C. Tucker, Jarrett T. Barrios, Denis e Provost, Edward M. Augustus, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to increase the personal care allowance for residents of long term care facilities
House, No. 599
Petition of Bruce J. Ayers and Michael W. Morrissey relative to requiring defibrillators in senior housing facilities.
House, No. 604
Petition of Robert Correia and others relative to protective services for elderly persons suffering abuse.
House, No. 622
Petition of Elizabeth A. Poirier and others relative to establishing multi-disciplinary teams with district attorneys to investigate elder abuse.
House, No. 623
Joint petition of Denise Provost and others for legislation to provide for the establishment of senior citizen safety zones in cities and towns.
Committee on
LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing to be held in Room B-2 at 2:00 P.M.
Senate, No. 1051
Petition of Steven A. Baddour for legislation relative to unemployment insurance reform.
Senate, No. 1063
Petition of John A. Hart, Jr. and Karen E. Spilka for legislation to restore fairness in the unemployment insurance law for workers in temporary jobs.
Senate, No. 1069
Petition of Patricia D. Jehlen, Susan C. Fargo and Elizabeth A. Malia for legislation to promote fairness in unemployment insurance for workers seeking part-time work.
Senate, No. 1072
Petition of Patricia D. Jehlen, Susan C. Fargo, Elizabeth A. Malia and William . Lantigua for legislation to restore fairness in the unemployment insurance law for workers in temporary jobs.
Senate, No. 1087
Petition of Robert A. O'Leary, John P. Fresolo and Elizabeth A. Malia for legislation to promote fairness for workers requalifying for unemployment insurance.
Senate, No. 1089
Petition of Marc R. Pacheco for legislation to promote fairness in unemployment insurance for workers seeking part-time work.
S 1096
Petition of Thomas McGee for legislation relative to posting employment opportunities.
H 1773
Petition of Willie Mae Allen and others for legislation relative to unemployment insurance for certain employees.
H 1775
Petition of Antonio F. D. Cabral and Patricia D. Jehlen relative to unemployment insurance for persons holding more than one job.
H 1787
Petition of James H. Fagan for legislation to include employees of churches and other religious organizations under the laws governing unemployment compensation.
H 1799
Petition of Bradley H. Jones, Jr, and others relative to reform of the unemployment insurance system.
H 1804
Petition of Kay Khan and others relative to unemployment benefits in severance and retirement agreements.
H 1818
Petition of Frank I. Smizik and others relative to increasing fairness for workers.
H 1834
Petition of Pam Richardson and others relative to unemployment insurance.
H 1836
Petition of Michael J. Rodrigues and others relative to unemployment insurance fraud.
H 1843
Petition of Michael F. Rush and others for legislation further regulate notifications to employees of job layoffs and plant closings.
H 1846
Petition of John W. Scibak and others relative to posting employment opportunities.
H 185
Petition of Ellen Story for legislation to provide unemployment benefits to certain employees of public educational institutions.
H 1854
Petition of David M. Torrisi relative to unemployment insurance reform.
H 1855
Petition of Patricia A. Walrath and others relative to notification of eligibility for unemployment compensation.
Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 10:00 A.M
S 1210
Petition of Jarrett T. Barrios for legislation to provide for the licensing and regulation of lactation consultants.
S 1211
Petition of Stephen M. Brewer, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Todd M. Smola, Harold P. Naughton and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to surgical technology.
S 1226
Petition of Susan C. Fargo, Gale D. Candaras and James E. Timilty for legislation to ensure consumer choice of nurse practitioner services.
S 1263
Petition of Richard T. Moore for legislation relative to the compensation and expense to members of the board of registration of medicine.
S 1265
Petition of Richard T. Moore for legislation relative to continuing education for prescribers.
S 1270
Petition of Richard T. Moore for legislation relative to boards of registration.
S 1292
Petition of Richard T. Moore for legislation to provide continuity between training and scope of practice.
S 1314
Petition of Keyoto Goya for legislation to prohibit the licensure as a physician of anyone convicted of a felony.
H 2044
Petition of Daniel E. Bosley for legislation to improve thecare of optometric patients.
H 2063
Petition of Paul C. Casey and others relative to determination of need for freestanding ambulatory surgery centers.
H 2077
Petition of Brian S. Dempsey for legislation to authorize the Department of Public Health to certify medication technicians for dispensing certain oral medications in nursing facilities.
H 2093
Petition 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.
H 2101
Petition of Colleen M. Garry and others relative to the credentialing of sonographers and vascular technologists providing ultrasound diagnostic services.
H 2105
Joint petition of Thomas A. Golden, Jr., and others relative to the scope of practice by optometrists.
H 2110
Petition of William G. Greene, Jr., relative to the granting of licenses to certain persons for the practice of speech-language pathology.
H 2132
Petition of Thomas P. Kennedy relative to the performing of surgery by podiatrists.
H 2136
Petition of Thomas P. Kennedy relative to the definition of “surgery”.
H 2166
Petition of Peter J. Koutoujian and others to establish a collaborative drug therapy management to improve pharmaceutical care for patients in Massachusetts.
H 2194
Petition of Ronald Mariano relative to standards for physicians performing ocular surgery.
H 2225
Petition of Denise Provost and others relative to providing for the registration of naturopathic doctors.
H 2244
Petition of John W. Scibak and others relative to behavior analysts.
H 2245
Joint petition of Brian A. Joyce and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the use of behavior modification techniques used in the Commonwealth.
H 2252
Petition filed at the request of Robert P. Spellane and others for legislation to establish a board of registration of licensed clinical exercise physiologists.
H 2269
etition of James E. Vallee relative to the registration of podiatrists.
Committee on Public Service
Public Hearing to be held in Room A-2 at 10:30 A.M.
Senate, No. 1464
Petition of Scott P. Brown, John P. Fresolo and Richard J. Ross for legislation relative to the police career incentive pay program.
Senate, No. 1490
Petition of John A. Hart, Jr. for legislation relative to contagious diseases.
H 2413
Petition of Demetrius J. Atsalis and Robert B. McCarthy relative to the residency requirements of fire and police personnel.
H 2418
Petition of John J. Binienda and John P. Fresolo relative to the career incentive pay program for city and town police departments and the Department of the State Police.
H 2449
Petition of Robert K. Coughlin and others relative to including certain county employees under the heart law, so-calied
H 2450
Petition of Robert K. Coughlin and John P. Fresolo for legislation to include a masters in public administration under the so-called Quinn Bill.
H 2485
Petition of Christopher G. Fallon for legislation to establish a career incentive pay program for certain fire fighters.
H 2518
Petition of John P. Fresolo and another relative to cancer presumption for police officers.
H 2520
Petition of John P. Fresolo and another for legislation to create a rebuttable presumption of job relatedness for certain public employees in the Commonwealth suffering from certain disabling conditions caused by exposure to an infectious disease
H 2523
Petition of John P. Fresolo and another relative to the residency requirements of fire and police personnel.
H 2524
Petition of John P. Fresolo and another that certain county employees in correctional facilities be placed under the hypertension presumption law, so-called.
H 2543
Petition of Colleen M. Garry for legislation to establish a career incentive pay program for firefighters.
H 2553
Petition of Mary E. Grant and others relative to the benefits for uniformed members of the Bureau of Fire Control.
H 2578
Petition of Frank M. Hynes and another for legislation to place county correction officers under the “heart law”, so-called, of the public employees disability retirement law.
H 2584
Petition of Louis L. Kafka relative to residency requirements for police officers and fire fighters.
H 2588
Petition of Louis L. Kafka relative to residency requirements for police officers and fife fighters.
H 2627
Petition of Paul Kujawski and another relative to line of duty benefits for certain public safety personnel due to impairment of health caused by hypertension.
H 2689
Petition of Jeffrey Davis Perry and Donald F. Humason, Jr. relative to repealing residency requirements for police and fire department members.
H 2699
Petition of Kathi-Anne Reinstein for legislation to include dive teams and K-9 units of the State Police in the definition of disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer.
H 2700
Petition of Kathi-Anne Reinstein that police officers of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement be included under the heart law.
H 2739
Petition of Angelo M. Scaccia relative to the career incentive pay program for police officers.
H 2760
Petition of Walter F. Timilty and Kathi-Anne Reinstein for legislation to include certain state police positions in the law relative to retirement for disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer.
H 2763
Petition of A. Stephen Tobin for legislation relative to educational credits for public safety officers.
H 2784
Petition of Martin J. Walsh relative to the career incentive pay program for police officers.
H 2788
Petition of Martin J. Walsh relative to creating a rebuttable presumption of job relatedness for certain public safety personnel suffering from disabling conditions caused by exposure to infectious diseases.
H 2807
Petition of Martin J. Walsh relative to death, disability or medical claims for certain safety and medical service personnel
Committee on FINACIAL SERVICES
Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 1:00 P.M.
Senate, No. 580
Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to uninsured motorist coverage.
Senate, No. 581
Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to uninsured motorist coverage benefits.
Senate, No. 640
Petition of Steven A. Tolman, Willaim N. Brownsberger and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation that provision be made to establish a special commission to research the benefits of competition for our current automobile insurance rating system, and methods of incorporating such benefits.
Senate, No. 646
Petition of Susan C. Tucker, Mark C. Montigny, Benjamin Swan, Denis E. Guyer and other members of the General Court for legislation to reduce automobile insurance costs and premiums in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 910
Petition of Garrett J. Bradley for legislation to repeal the law relative to no-fault motor vehicle insurance.
House, No. 915
Petition of William N. Brownsberger and others for legislation to discourage uninsured motorists by limiting their bodily injury liability compensation.
House, No. 916
Petition of William N. Brownsberger and others relative to establishing a special commission to research the benefits of competition for our current automobile insurance rating system, and methods of incorporating such benefits.
H 923
Petition of Jennifer M. Callahan, Bradley H. Jones Jr. and another relative to providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to automobile insurance fraud in the commonwealth
House, No. 942
Petition of Robert F. Fennell relative to establishing a motor vehicle insurance discount program for certain students maintaining a 3.0 grade point average.
House, No. 944
Petition of Robert F. Fennell that the Rating Bureau within the Division of Insurance be directed to study direct payment and referral repair shop plans by motor vehicles insurers.
House, No. 1001
Petition of Ronald Mariano relative to group auto discounts under the safe driver insurance plan.
House, No. 1022
Petition of Ronald Mariano relative to private passenger automobile insurance.
House, No. 1023
Petition of Ronald Mariano and others relative to reforming private passenger automobile insurance in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 1024
Petition of Ronald Mariano relative to group marketing plans.
House, No. 1086
Petition of Robert P. Spellane relative to group auto discounts on bank account balances under the safe driver insurance plan.
House, No. 1103
Petition of Robert P. Spellane relative to group marketing plans.
House, No. 1120
Petition of James T. Welch for legislation to establish a universal driver's trust fund to offset the costs of uninsured motorists.
House, No. 3783
Petition of Christopher G. Fallon for legislation to provide for the reduction of motor vehicle insurance rates for certain disabled persons.