By Mr. Sánchez of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 623) of Jeffrey Sánchez, Harriette L. Chandler and Denise Provost for legislation to direct MassHealth to fully implement consumer choice of physician assistant services. Health Care Financing.
By Mr. Scaccia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2223) of Angelo M. Scaccia and others relative to annual rate adjustments for certain inpatient behavioral health providers. Health Care Financing.
By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3502) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr., and others relative to notification of changes to flexible spending accounts. Labor and Workforce Development.
By Representatives Gentile of Sudbury and Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3614) of Carmine L. Gentile, Natalie Higgins and others relative to the tracking and testing of sexual assault kits. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1064) of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.
By Mr. Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2457) of Sean Garballey and others relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers. Public Health.
By Messrs. Rogers of Cambridge and Hecht of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2475) of David M. Rogers and others relative to improving environmental conditions to reduce asthma in schools. Public Health.
By Representative Kaufman of Lexington and Senator Donnelly, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 439) of Jay R. Kaufman and others relative to the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children’s products. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
By Mr. Scaccia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2407) of Angelo M. Scaccia and others for legislation to provide that network hospitals be compensated for behavioral health services to certain MassHealth patients. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.
By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 594) of Jennifer E. Benson and others that the Office of Medicaid be directed to establish a bundled payment pilot program. Health Care Financing.
