JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH

House Staff:
Room 130
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-2130

Senate Staff:
Room 504
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Telephone: (617) 722-1572


It shall be the duty of the committee on Public Health to consider all matters concerning the public health of the Commonwealth and such other matters as may be referred.

Public Health, – Senators Fargo, Montigny, Buoniconti, Chandler,  Flanagan and Hedlund; Representatives  Sanchez of Boston, Balser of Newton, Toomey of Cambridge, Quinn of Dartmouth,  Murphy of Lowell, Turner of Dennis, Aguiar of Fall River, Brady of Brockton, Lewis of Winchester, Evangelidis of Holden and Humason of Westfield

Members appointed to the committee:

Fargo of Third Middlesex - Chair
Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth - Vice-Chair
Buoniconti of Hampden
Chandler of First Worcester
Flanagan of Worcester and Middlesex
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk

Sanchez of Boston,Chair
Balser of Newton - Vice-Chair
Toomey of Cambridge
Quinn of Dartmouth
Murphy of Lowell
Turner of Dennis
Aguiar of Fall Riverr
Brady of Brockton
Lewis of Winchester
Evangelidis of Holden
Humason of Westfield

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:



Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD1286 S796 Baddour An Act Relating to safety regulations for school athletic programs. 
SD350 S797 Brewer An Act relative to surgical technology. 
SD1729 S798 Brown An Act relative to medical malpractice 
SD1367 S799 Buoniconti An Act establishing a special commission to study physician recruitment and workforce development in Massachusetts. 
SD1778 S800 Buoniconti An Act Establishing a Commission to Reduce Unnecessary Wait Time for Children with Special Health Care Needs To Receive Needed Medical Equipment Such as Wheelchairs and Lifts. 
SD347 S801 Candaras An Act relative to infectious disease control 
SD1285 S802 Chandler An Act to direct tobacco tax revenues to reduce tobacco use and its harms. 
SD1453 S803 Chandler An Act providing for safe patient handling. 
SD2026 S804 Chandler An Act making technical corrections to chapter 530 of the 2008 session laws. 
SD428 S805 Creem An Act to conduct a comprehensive study of oral injuries in school sports. 
SD1071 S806 Creem An Act relative to the creation of a sports injury commission . 
SD1559 S807 Creem An Act Creating A Special Task Force To Make An Investigation And Study Of Issues Relating To The Practice Of Defensive Medicine. 
SD357 S808 Downing An Act Relative to Nursing Facility Class. 
SD300 S809 Eldridge An Act reassigning the town of Southborough to a different emergency services region 
SD1563 S810 Fargo An Act to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth. 
SD1586 S811 Fargo An Act to establish community based grant programs to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth. 
SD1592 S812 Fargo An Act to ensure the availability of medications in time of an emergency. 
SD1607 S813 Fargo An Act restricting the sale of tobacco products at locations where health professionals are employed. 
SD1621 S814 Fargo An Act to provide for the autonomy for hospital medical staffs. 
SD1625 S815 Fargo An Act to provide information on the health benefits of breastfeeding. 
SD1505 S816 Flanagan An Act Concerning Environmentally Preferable Cleaning Supplies. 
SD286 S817 Galluccio An Act to create environmental justice. 
SD443 S818 Hedlund An Act relative to the duties of undertakers. 
SD834 S819 Jehlen An Act Relative to Accessible Medical Equipment. 
SD848 S820 Jehlen An Act restricting access to birth records. 
SD1449 S821 Jehlen An Act Relative to HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the Commonwealth . 
SD853 S822 Kennedy An Act relative to birth, marriage and death records. 
SD1332 S823 Kennedy An Act relative to podiatrists performing surgery. 
SD1335 S824 Kennedy An Act relative to the signing of death certificates. 
SD1343 S825 Kennedy An Act relative to funerals. 
SD1629 S826 Kennedy An Act relative to the definition of surgery. 
SD1769 S827 Kennedy An Act relative to truth in advertising. 
SD1926 S828 Kennedy An Act to promote urinary incontinence health management. 
SD1954 S829 Kennedy An Act to clarify the site assignment process. 
SD1418 S830 McGee An Act to the placement of automatic external defibrillators. 
SD1885 S831 McGee An Act relative to health care providers and first responders education. 
SD1900 S832 McGee An Act further regulating the rights of adopted children. 
SD1906 S833 McGee An Act Establishing an organ donation registration fund. 
SD91 S834 Menard An Act relative to the expansion of medical peer review. 
SD913 S835 Menard An Act regulating pharmacy audits. 
SD938 S836 Menard An Act relative to medical spas. 
SD1577 S837 Menard An Act relative to voluntary school based influenza prevention pilot program. 
SD798 S838 Montigny An Act codifying the Hepatitis C program 
SD815 S839 Montigny An Act providing for disclosure of certain information relating to tobacco products sold in the Commonwealth 
SD1345 S840 Montigny An Act Relative to Primary Stroke Designation Hospitals 
SD1350 S841 Montigny An Act relating to training for certified nurses' aides and direct care workers 
SD1356 S842 Montigny An Act requiring automated external defibrillators in schools 
SD1417 S843 Montigny An Act to Prevent Unscrupulous Medical Debt Recovery Practices. 
SD1493 S844 Montigny An Act Relative to Nurse Anesthetists. 
SD1178 S845 Moore An Act Relative to Safe Work Hours for Physicians in Training and Protection of Patients 
SD1179 S846 Moore An Act Relative to Volunteer Physicians 
SD1180 S847 Moore An Act Relative to a Board of Midwifery 
SD1181 S848 Moore An Act Relative to MassHealth Enrollment for Persons Leaving Correctional Facilities 
SD1184 S849 Moore An Act Regarding Medical Record Retention Requirements 
SD1185 S850 Moore An Act to Establish a Vision Care Registry 
SD1186 S851 Moore An Act Relative to the Statewide Head Injury Program 
SD1191 S852 Moore An Act Making Technical Corrections Ensuring Access to Medically Necessary Post-Acute Care Services 
SD1192 S853 Moore An Act to Modernize Determination of Need Review for Non-Acute Hospitals 
SD1193 S854 Moore An Act Adopting the Nurse Licensure Compact 
SD1194 S855 Moore An Act to Promote the Elimination of Medication Waste in Certain State Facilities 
SD1195 S856 Moore An Act Requiring Hospitals to Notify Patients of Physician Discipline 
SD1198 S857 Moore An Act Prohibiting the Use of All Latex Gloves and Products by Persons who Handle Food 
SD1211 S858 Moore An Act Relative to the Health Disparities Council 
SD1213 S859 Moore An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Childhood Vaccines Program and the Massachusetts Immunization Registry 
SD1219 S860 Moore An Act Relative to Home Health Aides 
SD1222 S861 Moore An Act Promoting Healthy Alternatives in Public School Food Programs. 
SD1223 S862 Moore An Act Relative to the Labeling of Certain Food Products 
SD1224 S863 Moore An Act Relative to Disciplinary Actions Under the Board of Registration in Medicine. 
SD1225 S864 Moore An Act Relative to Technical Changes Pertaining to the Board of Registration in Medicine. 
SD1234 S865 Moore An Act Relative to the Division of Medical Assistance. 
SD1243 S866 Moore An Act Relative to the Board of Registration in Nursing. 
SD1244 S867 Moore An Act Relative to Centers of Excellence. 
SD1246 S868 Moore An Act Establishing a Massachusetts Comparative Cost Effectiveness Institute. 
SD1249 S869 Moore An Act Requiring the Public Reporting of Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions. 
SD1255 S870 Moore An Act Relative to Personal Trainers. 
SD1256 S871 Moore An Act to Require Equitable Payment from the Commonwealth. 
SD1261 S872 Moore An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Overtime for the Health Care Workforce. 
SD1267 S873 Moore An Act Strengthening Health Reform. 
SD1268 S874 Moore An Act Relative to Patient Safety 
SD1406 S875 Moore An Act Relative to the Registration of Podiatrists. 
SD1673 S876 Moore An Act to Promote the Nursing Profession and Promote Safe Patient Care. 
SD1901 S877 Moore An Act Relative to Health Care Provider Transportation. 
SD1950 S878 Moore An Act to Improve the Delivery of Health Care. 
SD662 S879 Morrissey An Act relative to restroom access for medical reasons. 
SD2046 S880 Morrissey An Act further regulating the site assignment process. 
SD984 S881 O'Leary An Act relative to the pronouncement of death in a rest home. 
SD987 S882 O'Leary An Act studying the health effects of toxic mold. 
SD1589 S883 O'Leary An Act Relative to Encouraging HIV Testing 
SD1608 S884 O'Leary An Act Relative to Specialty Licensure. 
SD1815 S885 O'Leary An Act Intructing DPH to Conduct a Study of Community Health Trends . 
SD1945 S886 O'Leary An Act Relative to Health Care Providers and First Responders Education. 
SD2006 S887 O'Leary An Act Relative to the Practice of Medicine. 
SD821 S888 Pacheco An Act to ensure safe medication administration. 
SD839 S889 Pacheco An Act establishing a board of registration in naturopathy. 
SD911 S890 Pacheco An Act relative to patient safety. 
SD1834 S891 Pacheco An Act relative to volunteer dentistry. 
SD1873 S892 Pacheco An Act ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters . 
SD1881 S893 Pacheco An Act relative to specialty health care providers. 
SD1884 S894 Pacheco An Act relative to specialty health care providers. 
SD998 S895 Spilka An Act Creating A Metro West Public Health District . 
SD1681 S896 Spilka An Act relative to women’s health and cancer recovery. 
SD680 S897 Tarr An Act encouraging organ donation 
SD843 S898 Tarr An Act to protect essential health services 
SD1519 S899 Tarr An Act further regulating hospitals. 
SD1684 S900 Tarr An Act expanding the determination of need threshold. 
SD1147 S901 Timilty An Act relative to cleanliness in restaurants and bars. 
SD1153 S902 Timilty An Act relative to parity in the restroom facility requirement for stadiums. 
SD1161 S903 Timilty An Act further regulating tanning facilities. 
SD1935 S904 Timilty An Act relative to ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters. 
SD1020 S905 Tisei An Act Relative to Cigar Bars. 
SD40 S906 Tolman An Act to assure safe humane care of day surgery patients. 
SD41 S907 Tolman An Act relative to screening for developmental disabilities. 
SD818 S908 Tolman An Act regulating the reporting of opiod overdoses. 
SD1340 S909 Tucker An Act reducing medication errors in the Commonwealth . 
HD4373 1116 Golden An Act relative to the monitoring of controlled substances. 
HD1431 H2017 Atkins An Act relative to the creation of a sports injury commission. 
HD891 H2018 Atsalis An Act relative to funding dental services provided by a community health center located in a primary service area of cape cod hospital. 
HD1267 H2019 Ayers An Act relative to regulating the practice of human body piercing. 
HD1753 H2020 Bosley An Act prioritizing e-health institute funding for computerized physician order entry in community hospitals. 
HD667 H2021 Bradley An Act relative to food allergens. 
HD1140 H2022 Bradley An Act requiring the reporting of Autism by persons examining or treating such disease. 
HD1292 H2023 Bradley An Act further regulating early childhood immunizations. . 
HD353 H2024 Brownsberger An Act to protect parients from breakthrough seizures. 
HD2154 H2025 Brownsberger An Act relative to the use of HEPA vacuums. 
HD913 H2026 Callahan An Act relating to safe patient handling in certain health facilities. 
HD990 H2027 Callahan An Act relative to gentamycin pediatric risk notification. 
HD1015 H2028 Callahan An Act relative to parental notification of medical malpractice or error sustained by minors. 
HD1210 H2029 Callahan An Act relative to emergency medical care. 
HD908 H2030 Canavan An Act relative to needlestick injury prevention in public health facilities and settings. 
HD926 H2031 Canavan An Act establishing a patient care commission 
HD2167 H2032 Canessa An Act relative to a registered nurse seat on the public health council. 
HD1093 H2033 Clark An Act Relative to Educational Information about Premature Infants' Risks and Healthcare Needs. 
HD2168 H2034 Coakley-Rivera An Act relative to security of name changes and requests. 
HD1378 H2035 Costello An Act relative to vision safety with eye glasses. 
HD1748 H2036 D'Amico An Act relative to optometrists. 
HD1739 H2037 deMacedo An Act Relative to Controlled Substances. 
HD1758 H2038 deMacedo An Act Relative to Oxycontin and other Schedule II Controlled Substances. 
HD2385 H2039 Dempsey An Act to the disclosure of postoperative ocular care. 
HD2394 H2040 Dempsey An Act further regulating the issuance of death certificate. 
HD2408 H2041 Dempsey An Act relative to medication technician. 
HD3881 H2042 Dempsey An Act Relative to the Issuance of Public Health Warnings. 
HD897 H2043 DiNatale An Act relative to HLTV 111 Tests. 
HD740 H2044 Donato An Act relative to the registration of podiatrists. 
HD1692 H2045 Driscoll An Act relative to annual immunization against influenza for children. 
HD1041 H2046 Ehrlich An Act Relative to Pollution Health Effects Mitigation. 
HD3561 H2047 Fagan An Act relative to the testing of infants for crabbe disease. 
HD3037 H2048 Fennell An Act relative to prescription drugs. . 
HD3040 H2049 Fennell An Act to establish a reporting system for drug overdoses. 
HD423 H2050 Fox An Act to establish a lupus erythematosus study and registry. 
HD461 H2051 Fox An Act promoting research and protecting public safety and environment. 
HD1670 H2052 Frost An Act requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments. 
HD1672 H2053 Frost An Act relative to creating a grant program for medical students. 
HD1151 H2054 Garballey An Act restricting the sale of tobacco products at locations where health professionals are employed. 
HD603 H2055 Garry An Act relative to sonographers and vascular technologists. 
HD606 H2056 Garry An Act protecting victims of sexual assault. 
HD1441 H2057 Golden An Act relative to reciprocity. 
HD1580 H2058 Golden An Act relative to mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation devices. 
HD1590 H2059 Golden An Act relative to the definition of medical peer review committee. 
HD2681 H2060 Golden An Act relative to optometrists scope of practice. 
HD255 H2061 Greene An Act relative to speech language pathologists. 
HD1818 H2062 Haddad An Act Relative To Defibrillators. 
HD649 H2063 Harkins An Act relative to student health and education. 
HD652 H2064 Harkins An Act relative to the security of vital records and verification of identity . 
HD2311 H2065 Hill An Act relative to childhood immunizations. 
HD1568 H2066 Jones An Act Relative to Optometrists. 
HD1572 H2067 Jones An Act Relative to Electronic Prescriptions. 
HD1593 H2068 Jones An Act Relative to Protecting Children from Hazardous Substances . 
HD1611 H2069 Jones An Act Relative to Nursing in the Commonwealth. 
HD1678 H2070 Jones An Act relative prescription drug waste. 
HD3439 H2071 Kafka An Act relative to the definition of a pharmacy. 
HD3440 H2072 Kafka An Act providing for unused medication return by health care facilities. 
HD3448 H2073 Kafka An Act relative to the expansion of medical peer review. 
HD3463 H2074 Kafka An Act Relative to Public Access of Private Restrooms. 
HD3464 H2075 Kafka An Act Relative to Nutrition and Wellness in the Public Schools. 
HD327 H2076 Kane An Act relative to flavored cigarettes in the Commonwealth. 
HD304 H2077 Kaufman An Act relative to access to epinephrine in schools. 
HD768 H2078 Kaufman An Act requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities. 
HD1209 H2079 Keenan An Act Relative to Increasing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Board of Allied Health Professionals. 
HD1708 H2080 Khan An Act relative to a board of registration in midwifery. 
HD1718 H2081 Khan An Act relative to the title of practitioners of dentistry. 
HD1731 H2082 Khan An Act relative to nurse anesthetists. 
HD1774 H2083 Khan An Act relative to the expiration date of professional licenses at the Board of Allied Health. 
HD1780 H2084 Khan An Act to reduce medication errors in the Commonwealth. 
HD1790 H2085 Khan An Act establishing the Massachusetts commission on advanced practice nursing . 
HD2266 H2086 Khan An Act creating a nursing advisory board. 
HD2524 H2087 Koczera An Act relative to returning prescription medication to pharmacies. 
HD619 H2088 Koutoujian An Act relative to a Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury registry. 
HD628 H2089 Koutoujian An Act to prevent prescription fraud. 
HD630 H2090 Koutoujian An Act to develop a pilot program for unused prescription medication disposal. 
HD633 H2091 Koutoujian An Act relating to internet prescription consumer protection. 
HD638 H2092 Koutoujian An Act relative to school nutrition. 
HD648 H2093 Koutoujian An Act relative to the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities. 
HD688 H2094 Koutoujian An Act relative to air quality in schools and public buildings. 
HD693 H2095 Koutoujian An Act to protect the environment in the Commonwealth. 
HD1929 H2096 Koutoujian An Act relative to medical examiners. . 
HD1931 H2097 Koutoujian An Act relative to cancer screening for municipal employees. . 
HD1932 H2098 Koutoujian An Act relative to the treatment of hemophilia. 
HD1933 H2099 Koutoujian An Act to increase patient protections of blood banking operations. 
HD1934 H2100 Koutoujian An Act providing for the prevention of influenza in health care workers and high risk patients. 
HD1935 H2101 Koutoujian An Act relative to health care providers and first responders education. 
HD1936 H2102 Koutoujian An Act relative to pneumococcal disease. 
HD1937 H2103 Koutoujian An Act requiring automatic external defibrilators in health and wellness facilities. 
HD1938 H2104 Koutoujian An Act relative to mutual aid for local public health. 
HD1939 H2105 Koutoujian An Act relative to mandatory reporting of overdoses. 
HD1941 H2106 Koutoujian An Act relative to the marketing and distribution of tobacco products. 
HD1945 H2107 Koutoujian An Act promoting better health in public schools through improved contracting with farms in the commonwealth. 
HD1948 H2108 Koutoujian An Act relative to healthy cosmetics. 
HD1949 H2109 Koutoujian An Act provide written requiring the public reporting of potentially preventable hospital readmissions. 
HD1952 H2110 Koutoujian An Act to improving access to eye and vision care in rural and underserved areas of the commonwealth. 
HD1953 H2111 Koutoujian An Act regulating pharmacy audits. 
HD1988 H2112 Koutoujian An Act enhancing public health. 
HD1990 H2113 Koutoujian An Act protecting the public health. 
HD1992 H2114 Koutoujian An Act improving public health. 
HD2338 H2115 Koutoujian An Act to prevent prescription fraud. 
HD2559 H2116 Koutoujian An Act relative to eliminating health disparities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 
HD3838 H2117 Koutoujian An Act to increase the presence of dental hygienists on the board of registration in dentistry. . 
HD1234 H2118 Kulik An Act investigate the use of computed tomography (CT) scans in the Commonwealth. 
HD2819 H2119 Lantigua An Act relative to the notification of mammographic examinations. 
HD1415 H2120 Malia An Act relative to the health care of minors. 
HD444 H2121 Mariano An Act relative to comanagement of ocular surgical patients. 
HD2275 H2122 McCarthy An Act establishing a special commission on improper needle disposal in public recreation areas. 
HD3103 H2123 Moran An Act relative to a patient's report card of nursing. 
HD197 H2124 Murphy An Act relative to proper identification when requesting copies of birth certificates. 
HD3302 H2125 Murphy An Act providing for consumer access to healing arts. 
HD140 H2126 O'Flaherty An Act relative to immunity. 
HD852 H2127 Patrick An Act to establish the Massachusetts Health Care Trust . 
HD3370 H2128 Peisch An Act Creating a Special Task Force to Make an Investigation and Study on Issues Related to the Practice of Defensive Medicine. 
HD1658 H2129 Peterson An Act relative to prohibiting the distribution, possession and use of all tobacco products. 
HD1240 H2130 Pignatelli An Act relative to retracting hypodermic needles. _______________ 
HD2125 H2131 Pignatelli An Act regarding hospital medical record retention requirements. _______________ 
HD974 H2132 Poirier An Act relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research. 
HD1104 H2133 Poirier An Act relative to access to certain birth records. 
HD3925 H2134 Poirier An Act preserving dates of birth from city and town records. 
HD3927 H2135 Poirier An Act promoting sterilization during surgery. 
HD1215 H2136 Polito An Act requiring defibrillators in public schools. 
HD2237 H2137 Provost An Act relative to accessible medical equipment. . 
HD3222 H2138 Provost An Act to improve the delivery of Health Care. . 
HD3936 H2139 Provost An Act to reduce Healthcare - associated infections. . 
HD3959 H2140 Provost An Act relative to reporting on health effects of particulate matter. 
HD3158 H2141 Quinn An Act providing for sharps collection centers on the premises of licensed pharmacies and drug stores. 
HD3845 H2142 Quinn An Act providing for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratory science practitioners and for related purposes. 
HD1854 H2143 Reinstein An Act prohibiting advertising by pharmaceutical companies. 
HD1867 H2144 Reinstein An Act further regulating pharmacists. 
HD1903 H2145 Reinstein An Act relative to firefighters. 
HD1987 H2146 Reinstein An Act Eliminating Age Discrimination In The MassHealth Program. 
HD1991 H2147 Reinstein An Act to Promote the Development Of Small house Nursing Homes In Massachusetts. 
HD1995 H2148 Reinstein An Act Regarding MassHealth Applications. 
HD2003 H2149 Reinstein An Act Protecting Seniors from the flu. 
HD2025 H2150 Reinstein An Act Eliminating Age Discrimination In The MassHealth Program. 
HD2534 H2151 Rodrigues An Act relative to prescription assistance programs. 
HD2114 H2152 Scibak An Act relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication. 
HD2132 H2153 Scibak An Act to require health care entities to participate in the 340B prescription drug discount program. 
HD2138 H2154 Scibak An Act providing for health care facilities and hospice programs to return certain unused pharmaceutical drugs. 
HD2139 H2155 Scibak An Act providing for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program. 
HD2141 H2156 Scibak An Act providing for the establishment and operation of a cancer drug repository program. 
HD2150 H2157 Scibak An Act prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food. 
HD3401 H2158 Scibak An Act concerning the authority of the department of public health to operate the public health hospitals. 
HD3899 H2159 Scibak An Act relative to making technical corrections to chapter 530 of the 2008 session laws. 
HD3216 H2160 Smizik An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health. 
HD3218 H2161 Smizik An Act to require environmentally safe alternatives to harmful cleaning products. 
HD640 H2162 Speliotis An Act relative to smoking near public buildings and workplaces. 
HD762 H2163 Spellane An Act to ensure quality, affordability and access to primary and preventive health care, to eliminate health disparities, and to enhance economic growth throughout the Commonwealth. 
HD3239 H2164 Spiliotis An Act Realtive to Patient Safety. 
HD3240 H2165 Spiliotis An Act Relative to patient Safety and Health Care . 
HD3707 H2166 Spiliotis An Act Providing for a Long Term Care Ombudsman in Hospitals. 
HD3736 H2167 Spiliotis An Act Relative to Health Based Risk Assessments of Nuisances. 
HD3892 H2168 Story An Act relative to the labeling of food. 
HD3718 H2169 Swan An Act relative to funeral home expenses. 
HD3729 H2170 Swan An Act relative to the department of social services. 
HD3730 H2171 Swan An Act relative to realistic allowable costs for funerals of indigents. 
HD2673 H2172 Timilty
HD2719 H2173 Timilty An Act relative to patient's rights. 
HD787 H2174 Toomey An Act to promote healthy behaviors. 
HD1130 H2175 Torrisi An Act relative to the voluntary closure of long term care facilities. 
HD3385 H2176 Torrisi An Act relative to smoking bars. 
HD2578 H2177 Turner An Act amending the children’s medical security plan. 
HD3308 H2178 Vallee An Act Relative to Ionizing Radiation. 
HD581 H2179 Walsh An Act requiring doctor gratuity reporting. 
HD583 H2180 Walsh An Act relative to the transporting of deceased persons. 
HD585 H2181 Walsh An Act to establish a reporting system for drug overdoses. . 
HD923 H2182 Walsh An Act relative to safeguarding and monitoring prescription drugs. . 
HD2908 H2183 Walsh An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the aids virus and infectious hepatitis . 
HD3475 H2184 Walsh An Act Relative to Video and Audio Patient Protection System. 
HD3608 H2185 Walsh An Act Ensuring Access to Life-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screenings . 
HD2205 H2186 Walz An Act relative to the removal or transportation of trash. 
HD1100 H2187 Webster An Act relative to the sale of hypodermic needles 
HD1368 H3475 Costello An Act reducing children's exposure to second hand smoke. 
HD819 H3476 Kaufman An Act establishing a board of registration in naturopathy. 
HD1152 H3477 Kulik An Act to protect farm viability. 
HD808 H3478 Richardson An Act establishing a student athlete sports injury commission. 
HD831 H3479 Walsh An Act Requiring Pain Management and Prescription Drug Abuse Training For Prescribing Medical and Healthcare Providers. 
HD1577 H3591 Callahan An Act relative to a nurse deputy commissioner at the department of public health. 
HD1608 H3592 Callahan An Act relative to tick borne illnesses. 
HD1576 H3593 Jones An Act prohibiting the possession of tobacco by minors. 
HD1578 H3594 Jones An Act Relative to Eliminating A Clinically Ineffective Health Care Mandate. 
HD1451 H3595 Koutoujian An Act relative to foods containing artificial trans fat. 
HD1558 H3596 Patrick AN ACT RELATIVE TO NUCLEAR REACTORS; MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE; CHARGES AND ASSESSMENTS . 
HD1445 H3597 Pedone An Act Providing For The Information Submitted By Hospital Medical Staff. 
HD2143 H3598 Scibak An Act to provide coverage for hearing aids. 
HD2216 H3599 Speranzo An Act Establishing a Prescription Monitoring Program Task Force. 
HD2682 H3715 Binienda An Act Relative to Menu Labeling in Restaurants. 
HD2689 H3716 Golden An Act Relative to Ensuring Sanitary Condition in Physician's Offices. 
HD2750 H3717 Grant An Act amending the membership of the health care quality and cost council. 
HD3135 H3718 Grant An Act relative to a nurse deputy commissioner at the department of public health. 
HD2845 H3719 Guyer An Act Relative to Staffing of Ambulances. 
HD2663 H3720 Rice An Act relating to food establishment inspections. 
HD2666 H3721 Rodrigues An Act relative to mobile spas. 
HD2994 H3722 Smola An Act Requiring Legible Pharmaceutical Orders and Prescriptions. 
HD2619 H3723 Vallee An Act further regulating public toilets. 
HD3578 H3827 Koutoujian An Act relative to the study on methods to reduce incidents of suicide. 
HD3688 H3828 Polito An Act relative to a medical emergency response plan for schools. 
HD3744 H3829 Spiliotis An Act Relative to Noisome Trades. 
HD4108 H3910 Callahan An Act relative to hospital-acquired septic infections. 
HD4233 H3911 Callahan An Act relative to pregnancy termination. 
HD900 H3912 Canavan An Act relative to patient safety. 
HD4224 H3913 Golden An Act relative to the release of bodies by the medical examiner. 
HD4219 H3914 Keenan An Act relative to Commonwealth Care. 
HD4047 H3915 Koutoujian An Act regulating wholesale prescription drugs. 
HD4072 H3916 Koutoujian An Act further regulating funeral directors. 
HD4068 H3917 Kujawski relative to health care records
HD4125 H3918 McMurtry An Act relative to food service establishments. 
HD4133 H3919 Naughton An Act relative to patient medical records. 
HD4198 H3920 Pignatelli An Act to eliminate antiquated language in health care requirements. 
HD4244 H3921 Poirier An Act relative to improving the fair share employer contribution. 
HD4114 H3922 Reinstein An Act relative to dental hygienists. 
HD4205 H3923 Scibak An Act establishing the Alzheimer's State Plan Commission. 

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