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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.

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Feb 27 2012 10:30 AM Late Filed Petitions

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Bill Num. Title Sponsor Report Type
S.1079  An Act relative to adult dental restoration  Harriette L. Chandler   Favorable 
H.1529  An Act relative to adult dental restoration  John W. Scibak   Accompanied by 
S.1123  An Act requiring automated external defibrillators in schools  Mark C. Montigny   Favorable 
S.1147  An Act relative to volunteer physicians  Richard T. Moore   Favorable 
H.585  An Act to protect patients from breakthrough seizures  William N. Brownsberger   Favorable 
H.3864  An Act to promote health through workplace safety for social workers  Jeffrey Sánchez   Redraft 
H.592  An Act to promote health through workplace safety for social workers  Sean Garballey   Accompanied by 
S.1206  An Act to promote the public health through workplace safety for social workers  Sal N. DiDomenico   Accompanied by 
H.594  An Act relative to access to epinephrine in schools  Jay R. Kaufman   Favorable 
H.599  An Act to provide personal care attendant orientation program  Jason M. Lewis   Favorable 
H.1494  An Act relative to foods containing artificial trans fat  Kay Khan   Favorable 
H.1500  An Act relative to the health care of minors  Elizabeth A. Malia   Favorable 
H.1507  An Act relative to improving health care quality and cost in the medical device industry  Vincent A. Pedone   Favorable 
H.2342  An Act relative to a lung cancer research fund  Thomas P. Conroy   Favorable 
H.2368  An Act relative to certified professional midwives  Kay Khan   Favorable 
H.2375  An Act relative to a child health policy council  Jeffrey Sánchez   Favorable 
H.3696  An Act relative to public health data sharing with the Boston Public Health Commission  Jeffrey Sánchez   Favorable 
H.3865  An Act relative to the establishment of a commission to modernize HIV/AIDS Prevention and treatment  Jeffrey Sánchez   Redraft 
H.2908  An Act relative to the establishment of a commission tomodernize HIV/AIDS Prevention and treatment  Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.   Accompanied by 
H.1157  An Act to promote healthy people and a healthy economy in Massachusetts  Jeffrey Sánchez   Favorable with Changes 
H.3627  establishing the Massachusetts commission on advanced practice nursing  Jeffrey Sánchez   Redraft 
H.1491  establishing the Massachusetts commission on advanced practice nursing  Kay Khan   Accompanied by 
H.3614  An Act encouraging nurse practitioner and physician assistant practice of primary care.  Jeffrey Sánchez   Redraft 
H.1477  An Act to streamline health care services by allowing nurse practitioners to verify medical papers and records  Paul J. Donato   Accompanied by 
H.1509  An Act relative to the study of primary care residency training programs at community health centers   Vincent A. Pedone   Accompanied by 
H.1520  An act encouraging nurse practitioner and physician assistant practice of primary care  Jeffrey Sánchez   Accompanied by 
H.2897  An Act relative to creating a grant program for medical students  Paul K. Frost   Accompanied by 
H.2907  An Act to increase the number of primary care providers in Massachusetts  Tom Sannicandro   Accompanied by 
H.3594  An Act to increase routine screening for HIV  Jeffrey Sánchez   Redraft 
H.2906  An Act to increase routine screening for HIV  Byron Rushing   Accompanied by 
S.1108  An Act to increase routine screening for HIV  Patricia D. Jehlen   Accompanied by 

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Bill Num. Title Sponsor Arrived Hearing Schedule
H.3746  An Act to permit the scattering of unclaimed human body cremated remains at sea.  James M. Cantwell      Scheduled For 2/27/2012 10:30:00 AM  
S.1133  An Act relative to certified professional midwives  Richard T. Moore       
H.583  An Act relative to funding dental services provided by a community health center located in a primary service area of cape cod hospital.  Demetrius J. Atsalis    2/14/2011   
H.584  An Act relative to regulating the practice of human body piercing.  Bruce J. Ayers    2/14/2011   
H.586  An Act relative to public safety  Michael A. Costello    2/14/2011   
H.587  An Act reducing children's exposure to second hand smoke.  Michael A. Costello    2/14/2011   
H.588  An Act relative to vision safety with eye glasses.  Michael A. Costello    2/14/2011   
H.589  An Act Relative to Oxycontin and other Schedule II Controlled Substances  Viriato Manuel deMacedo    2/14/2011   
H.590  An Act relative to HLTV 111 tests  Stephen L. DiNatale    2/14/2011   
H.593  An Act relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers  Sean Garballey    2/14/2011   
H.595  An Act relative to returning prescription medication to pharmacies.  Robert M. Koczera    2/14/2011   
H.596  An Act relative to eliminating health disparities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Peter J. Koutoujian    2/14/2011   
H.598  An Act to improve health care access  Stephen Kulik    2/14/2011   
H.600  An Act regarding registered nurse first assistants  David Paul Linsky    2/14/2011   
H.601  An Act making technical changes regarding the use of lead-based materials in dwellings.   Timothy R. Madden    2/14/2011   
H.602  An Act relative to transparent billing practices  Ronald Mariano    2/14/2011   
H.603  An Act relative to birth records  James R. Miceli    2/14/2011   
H.604  An Act relative to patient medical records.   Harold P. Naughton, Jr.    2/14/2011   
H.605  An act to establish a subcommittee of dental hygienists within the board of registration in dentistry  William Smitty Pignatelli    2/14/2011   
H.606  An act to eliminate antiquated hospital bed de-licensure rules  William Smitty Pignatelli    2/14/2011   
H.607  An Act preserving dates of birth from city and town records   Elizabeth A. Poirier    2/14/2011   
H.609  An Act relative to access to certain birth records  Elizabeth A. Poirier    2/14/2011   
H.610  An Act relative to improving the fair share employer contribution   Elizabeth A. Poirier    2/14/2011   
H.611  An Act relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research  Elizabeth A. Poirier    2/14/2011   
H.612  An Act relative to accessible medical equipment  Denise Provost    2/14/2011   
H.615  An Act prohibiting advertising by pharmaceutical companies  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/14/2011   
H.616  An Act further regulating pharmacists.  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/14/2011   
H.617  An Act relative to the safe dispensing of pain management medication  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.618  An Act to require health care entities to participate in the 340B prescription drug discount program  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.619  An Act providing for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.620  An Act providing for health care facilities and hospice programs to return certain unused pharmaceutical drugs  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.621  An Act providing for the establishment and operation of a cancer drug repository program  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.622  An Act prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.623  An Act relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s project.  John W. Scibak    2/14/2011   
H.624  An Act to require environmentally safe alternatives to harmful cleaning products.   Frank I. Smizik    2/14/2011   
H.625  An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health.  Frank I. Smizik    2/14/2011   
H.626  An Act requiring legible pharmaceutical orders and prescriptions.   Todd M. Smola    2/14/2011   
H.627  An Act relative to smoking near public buildings and workplaces.  Theodore C. Speliotis    2/14/2011   
H.628  An Act relative to developing an HIT revolving loan program   Christopher N. Speranzo    2/14/2011   
H.629  An Act relative to consent and counseling  Ellen Story    2/14/2011   
H.630  An Act relative to the labeling of food   Ellen Story    2/14/2011   
H.631  An Act amending the children’s medical security plan.  Cleon H. Turner    2/14/2011   
H.632  An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the AIDS virus and infectious hepatitis  Martin J. Walsh    2/14/2011   
H.633  An Act relative to video and audio patient protection system.   Martin J. Walsh    2/14/2011   
H.634  An Act relative to the sale of hypodermic needles.  Daniel K. Webster    2/14/2011   
H.1462  An Act to protect the health and safety of people in restaurants  Ruth B. Balser    2/16/2011   
H.1463  An Act relative to transparent evidence-based mental health care  Ruth B. Balser    2/16/2011   
H.1464  An Act relative to enhancing integrated mental health and health care  Ruth B. Balser    2/16/2011   
H.1465  An Act relative to the use of HEPA vacuums.  William N. Brownsberger    2/16/2011   
H.1466  An Act relative to air quality in schools and public buildings  William N. Brownsberger    2/16/2011   
H.1468  An Act establishing a patient care commission.  Christine E. Canavan    2/16/2011   
H.1469  An Act relative to patient safety  Christine E. Canavan    2/16/2011   
H.1470  An Act relative to an affordable health plan  Michael A. Costello    2/16/2011   
H.1471  An Act relative to transparent billing practices  Michael A. Costello    2/16/2011   
H.1472  An Act relative to medication technician.  Brian S. Dempsey    2/16/2011   
H.1475  An Act relative to reciprocal benefits contracts  Paul J. Donato    2/16/2011   
H.1479  Act to establish folic acid awareness programs for young girls and women   Gloria L. Fox    2/16/2011   
H.1480  An Act promoting research and protecting public safety and environment  Gloria L. Fox    2/16/2011   
H.1482  An Act to reduce the cost of outpatient care  William C. Galvin    2/16/2011   
H.1483  An Act relative to pupil dental health  Sean Garballey    2/16/2011   
H.1484  An Act relating to safe patient handling in certain health facilities  Denise C. Garlick    2/16/2011   
H.1485  An Act protecting victims of sexual assault  Colleen M. Garry    2/16/2011   
H.1486  An Act relative to sonographers and vascular technologists  Colleen M. Garry    2/16/2011   
H.1487  An Act to protect the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth  Susan Williams Gifford    2/16/2011   
H.1489  An Act requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities.  Jay R. Kaufman    2/16/2011   
H.1490  An Act relative to the title of practitioners of dentistry  Kay Khan    2/16/2011   
H.1492  An Act creating a nursing advisory board  Kay Khan    2/16/2011   
H.1493  nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts  Kay Khan    2/16/2011   
H.1495  An Act promoting patient engagement in health care decisions  Kay Khan    2/16/2011   
H.1496  An Act to improving access to eye and vision care in rural and underserved areas of the commonwealth  Peter J. Koutoujian    2/16/2011   
H.1497  An Act prohibiting the use of prescriber-identifiable data for marketing purposes   Stephen Kulik    2/16/2011   
H.1499  An Act relative to protecting public health  David Paul Linsky    2/16/2011   
H.1501  An Act improving the children's medical security program and simplifying the administration process  Elizabeth A. Malia    2/16/2011   
H.1502  An Act relative to the retirement rights of the employees of the Departments of Public Health, Mental Health, and Developmental Services.  Elizabeth A. Malia    2/16/2011   
H.1503  An Act providing access to patient protection services for all Massachusetts residents  Elizabeth A. Malia    2/16/2011   
H.1504  An Act concerning restaurant rejuvenation   Aaron Michlewitz    2/16/2011   
H.1505  An Act relative to a patient's report card of nursing   Michael J. Moran    2/16/2011   
H.1506  An Act protecting patients from preventable medical errors by prohibiting mandatory overtime  James J. O'Day 
John Hart, Jr. 		 2/16/2011   
H.1508  An Act relative to adminstrative simplification in health insurance   Vincent A. Pedone    2/16/2011   
H.1510  An Act Providing For The Information Submitted By Hospital Medical Staff.  Vincent A. Pedone    2/16/2011   
H.1511  An Act to protect the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth  George N. Peterson, Jr.    2/16/2011   
H.1512  An Act relative to prohibiting the distribution, possession and use of all tobacco products.  George N. Peterson, Jr.    2/16/2011   
H.1513  An Act relative to healthy cosmetics.  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/16/2011   
H.1514  An Act relative to firefighters.  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/16/2011   
H.1515  An Act relative to specialty licensure  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/16/2011   
H.1516  An Act requiring ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/16/2011   
H.1521  An Act to ensure transparency in prescription drug practices in the Commonwealth  Jeffrey Sánchez    2/16/2011   
H.1522  An Act relative to to self referral.  Jeffrey Sánchez    2/16/2011   
H.1523  Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to reducing the wait time for medical equipment for children with special health care needs  Jeffrey Sánchez    2/16/2011   
H.1524  An Act relative to improving asthma in schools  Jeffrey Sánchez    2/16/2011   
H.1525  An Act relative to nutrition in government buildings  Jeffrey Sánchez    2/16/2011   
H.1527  An Act Banning the Sale of Cigars in Packages of Less Than Five  Tom Sannicandro    2/16/2011   
H.1530  An Act regarding MassHealth applications  Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.    2/16/2011   
H.1531  An Act to require health care coverage for the medically necessary treatment for disease, illness, injury, or bodily dysfunction required by a student's individual educational program  Frank I. Smizik    2/16/2011   
H.1532  An Act relative to noisome trades.   Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/16/2011   
H.1533  An act to improve emergency medical services training  Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/16/2011   
H.1534  An Act providing for a long term care Ombudsman in Hospitals.   Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/16/2011   
H.1535  An Act relative to maternity patients' rights  Harriett L. Stanley    2/16/2011   
H.1536  An Act relative to dental hygienists  David B. Sullivan    2/16/2011   
H.1537  An Act relative to funeral home expenses  Benjamin Swan    2/16/2011   
H.1538  An Act establishing a special commission to study and recommend improvements in the delivery of prescription drug benefits for the citizens of the Commonwealth  Walter F. Timilty    2/16/2011   
H.1539  An Act relative to patients rights  Walter F. Timilty    2/16/2011   
H.1540  An Act to promote healthy behaviors  Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.    2/16/2011   
H.1541  An Act relative to smoking bars   David M. Torrisi    2/16/2011   
H.1542  An Act relative to ionizing radiation   James E. Vallee    2/16/2011   
H.1543  An Act ensuring access to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings   Steven M. Walsh    2/16/2011   
H.1544  An Act requiring doctor gratuity reporting  Steven M. Walsh    2/16/2011   
H.1546  An Act relative to the removal or transportation of trash  Martha M. Walz    2/16/2011   
H.1843  An Act relative to proper identification when requesting copies of birth certificates  James M. Murphy    2/18/2011   
H.2336  An Act further regulating early childhood immunizations  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2337  An Act relative to food allergens  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2338  An Act requiring the reporting of autism by persons examining or treating such disease  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2341  An Act relative to pediatric home care services  Michael D. Brady    2/25/2011   
H.2343  An Act relative to the public health effects of hazardous air pollutants   Lori A. Ehrlich    2/25/2011   
H.2344  An Act relative to prescription drugs   Robert F. Fennell    2/25/2011   
H.2345  An Act to establish a reporting system for drug overdoses   Robert F. Fennell    2/25/2011   
H.2346  An Act to protect the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth  Anne M. Gobi    2/25/2011   
H.2347  An Act clarifying participation in athletic safety programs  Patricia A. Haddad    2/25/2011   
H.2351  An Act relative to health care cost for small business  Randy Hunt    2/25/2011   
H.2352  An Act relative to prescription drug coupons  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2353  An Act relative to managed care organization  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2354  An Act relative to suspending prescription drug coverage from minimum creditable coverage  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2355  An Act relative to nursing in the Commonwealth  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2356  An Act Relative to Electronic Prescriptions.  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2358  An Act prohibiting the possession of tobacco by minors  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2359  An Act relative to prescription drug waste  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2360  An Act Relative to Protecting Children from Bisphenol-A  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2361  An Act relative to safe cosmetics in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2362  An Act relative to the definition of a pharmacy.   Louis L. Kafka    2/25/2011   
H.2363  An Act to provide for the autonomy of hospital medical staffs  Louis L. Kafka    2/25/2011   
H.2364  An Act providing for unused medication return by health care facilities.   Louis L. Kafka    2/25/2011   
H.2365  An Act to improve the safety of prescriptions  Louis L. Kafka    2/25/2011   
H.2366  An Act Relative to public access of private restrooms   Louis L. Kafka    2/25/2011   
H.2370  An Act relative to biomass facilities and solid waste combustion  Peter V. Kocot    2/25/2011   
H.2371  An Act relative to prohibition on public-private cost shift   Aaron Michlewitz    2/25/2011   
H.2372  An Act further regulating tanning facilities  James J. O'Day    2/25/2011   
H.2373  An Act relative to death benefit claims  James J. O'Day    2/25/2011   
H.2376  An Act relative to portable medical records  Tom Sannicandro    2/25/2011   
H.2377  A bill to require health care providers to provide an electronic health record  Tom Sannicandro    2/25/2011   
H.2378  An Act relative to electronic and portable health records  Tom Sannicandro    2/25/2011   
H.2379  An Act creating a special commission to study the health impacts of wind turbines  Todd M. Smola    2/25/2011   
H.2382  An Act relative emergency room overcrowding  Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/25/2011   
H.2383  An Act relative to manufacturer rebates and discount programs  David B. Sullivan    2/25/2011   
H.2384  An Act relative to realistic allowable costs for funerals of indigents   Benjamin Swan    2/25/2011   
H.2386  An Act requiring the Department of Public Health to implement a provider choice system for certain vaccines   Steven M. Walsh    2/25/2011   
H.2891  An Act tracking emergency room service transfers  Tackey Chan    3/1/2011   
H.2892  An Act relative to security of name changes and requests  Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera    3/1/2011   
H.2893  An Act relative to food establishments  Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera    3/1/2011   
H.2894  An Act promoting radon testing  Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera    3/1/2011   
H.2895  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  Nick Collins    3/1/2011   
H.2896  An Act to provide immediate relief to small businesses on health care costs  Linda Dorcena Forry    3/1/2011   
H.2898  An Act relative to medical equipment suppliers  Louis L. Kafka    3/1/2011   
H.2899  An Act relative to medical equipment suppliers  Louis L. Kafka    3/1/2011   
H.2900  An Act relative to the study on methods to reduce incidents of suicide   Peter J. Koutoujian    3/1/2011   
H.2901  An Act relative to a special commission to study electric and magnetic fields  David Paul Linsky    3/1/2011   
H.2902  An Act relative to food service establishments   Paul McMurtry    3/1/2011   
H.2903  An Act relative to Restaurant Rejuvenation   Vincent A. Pedone    3/1/2011   
H.2904  An Act establishing a special commission on direct entry midwives and home birth in the Commonwealth  Vincent A. Pedone    3/1/2011   
H.2905  An Act relative to reporting on health effects of particulate matter  Denise Provost    3/1/2011   
S.1066  An Act relative to air quality inspections in public buildings  Steven A. Baddour    3/1/2011   
S.1067  An Act relative to ionizing radiation.   Frederick E. Berry    3/1/2011   
S.1068  An Act expanding the determination of need threshold  Frederick E. Berry    3/1/2011   
S.1071  An Act relative to infectious disease control.  Gale D. Candaras    3/1/2011   
S.1072  An Act relative to the registration of clinical exercise physiologists  Gale D. Candaras    3/1/2011   
S.1073  An Act regarding spouses as caregivers  Gale D. Candaras    3/1/2011   
S.1074  An Act regulating cadmium in children's jewelry  Gale D. Candaras    3/1/2011   
S.1075  An Act to direct tobacco tax revenues to reduce tobacco use and its harms.  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1076  An Act providing for safe patient handling.  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1077  An Act to establish a subcommittee of dental hygienists within the board of registration in dentistry.  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1078  An Act promoting patient engagement in health care decisions  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1080  An Act to create a genetic bill of rights  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1081  An Act to encourage the recycling of unused medications  Harriette L. Chandler    3/1/2011   
S.1084  An Act relative to improving provider choice in the administration of childhood immunizations   Katherine M. Clark    3/1/2011   
S.1085  An Act to conduct a comprehensive study of oral injuries in school sports  Cynthia S. Creem    3/1/2011   
S.1086  An Act relative to the creation of a sports injury commission   Cynthia S. Creem    3/1/2011   
S.1087  An Act to improve health care access  Sal N. DiDomenico    3/1/2011   
S.1088  An Act relative to Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) providers  James B. Eldridge    3/1/2011   
S.1089  An Act preventing harmful chemicals from contaminating the water supply  James B. Eldridge    3/1/2011   
S.1090  An Act prohibiting the participation of health care professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners  James B. Eldridge    3/1/2011   
S.1095  An Act to provide for the autonomy for hospital medical staffs  Susan C. Fargo    3/1/2011   
S.1096  An Act to ensure the availability of medications in time of an emergency  Susan C. Fargo    3/1/2011   
S.1099  An Act relative to medication administration in nursing homes  Barry R. Finegold    3/1/2011   
S.1100  An Act concerning environmentally preferable cleaning supplies.  Jennifer L. Flanagan    3/1/2011   
S.1102  An Act promoting healthy behaviors   Jennifer L. Flanagan    3/1/2011   
S.1103  An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services  Jennifer L. Flanagan    3/1/2011   
S.1104  An act to expand the scope of acupunture to treat drug addiction  Jennifer L. Flanagan    3/1/2011   
S.1105  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.  John Hart, Jr.    3/1/2011   
S.1106  An Act to increase access to vaccines  John Hart, Jr.    3/1/2011   
S.1107  Ac Act relative to prescription drug rebates  Robert L. Hedlund    3/1/2011   
S.1110  An Act relative to the signing of death certificates  Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1111  An Act relative to funerals  Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1112  An Act relative to the definition of surgery  Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1113  An Act relative to truth in advertising   Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1114  An Act to promote urinary incontinence health management   Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1115  An Act to clarify the site assignment process   Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1117  An Act ensuring access to basic health care for children and young adults.  Thomas M. McGee    3/1/2011   
S.1118  An Act relative to health care providers and first responders education.   Thomas M. McGee    3/1/2011   
S.1119  An Act codifying the Hepatitis C program.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.1120  An Act providing for disclosure of certain information relating to tobacco products sold in the Commonwealth.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.1121  An Act relating to training for certified nurses' aides and direct care workers.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.1122  An Act relative to primary stroke designation hospitals.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.1124  An Act to prevent unscrupulous medical debt recovery practices.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.1125  An Act relative to healthy schools  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1126  An Act relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimers Project  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1127  An Act relative to dental hygienists  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1128  An Act relative to other tobacco products  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1129  An Act relative to lyme disease and associated co-infections  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1130  Resolve to protect the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1131  An Act adopting the nurse licensure compact  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1132  An Act prohibiting the use of all latex gloves and products by persons who handle food  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1134  An Act relative to Cimex Lectularius   Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1135  An Act relative to concussion prevention  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1136  An Act relative to disciplinary actions under the Board of Registration in Medicine  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1137  An Act relative to health care provider transportation   Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1138  An Act relative to Home Health Aides  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1139  An Act relative to MassHealth enrollment for persons leaving correctional facilities  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1140  An Act relative to medical spas  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1141  An Act relative to patient safety  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1142  An Act relative to patient, medical intern, and resident-physician safety and protection  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1144  An Act relative to technical changes pertaining to the Board of Registration in Medicine  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1146  An Act relative to the statewide head injury program  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1148  An Act requiring hospitals to notify patients of physician discipline  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1149  An Act to establish a vision care registry  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1151  An Act to prohibit mandatory overtime for the health care workforce  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1152  An Act to promote the elimination of waste in certain state facilities  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1153  An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1154  An Act modernizing determination of need review for non-acute hospitals  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1155  An Act relative to public health volunteer responders  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1156  An Act to ensure safe medication administration.  Marc R. Pacheco    3/1/2011   
S.1157  An Act relative to home generated sharps management  Marc R. Pacheco    3/1/2011   
S.1159  An Act relative to cigar bars  Anthony W. Petruccelli    3/1/2011   
S.1160  An Act providing training for certain local boards and commissions.  Michael J. Rodrigues    3/1/2011   
S.1161  An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health  Stanley C. Rosenberg    3/1/2011   
S.1163  An Act relative to safety in youth sports  Richard J. Ross    3/1/2011   
S.1164  An Act relative to foods containing artificial trans fat  Michael F. Rush    3/1/2011   
S.1165  An Act reducing health care cost trends  Michael F. Rush    3/1/2011   
S.1166  An Act protecting public health  Karen E. Spilka    3/1/2011   
S.1168  An Act to protect essential health services.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.1169  An Act further regulating hospitals.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.1170  An Act expanding the determination of need threshold.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.1171  An Act relative to cleanliness in restaurants and bars.  James E. Timilty    3/1/2011   
S.1172  An Act relative to parity in the restroom facility requirement for stadiums.  James E. Timilty    3/1/2011   
S.1173  An Act relative to ensuring regulatory parity among ambulatory surgicenters.   James E. Timilty    3/1/2011   
S.1174  An Act relative to screening for developmental disabilities.  Steven A. Tolman    3/1/2011   
S.1175  An Act further regulating tanning facilities.  James E. Timilty    3/1/2011   
S.1176  An Act to assure safe humane care of day surgery patients.  Steven A. Tolman    3/1/2011   
S.1178  An Act relative to investigations by boards of registration in medicine, nursing and psychologists  Steven A. Tolman    3/1/2011   
S.1179  An Act relative to the pronouncement of death in a rest home.  Daniel A. Wolf    3/1/2011   
H.3162  An Act requiring identification of food allergens in eating establishments  Paul K. Frost    3/2/2011   
H.3164  An Act relative to ensuring sanitary condition in physician's offices  Thomas A. Golden, Jr.    3/2/2011   
S.1864  An Act to allow out-of-state physicians to order home care in the Commonwealth  Michael R. Knapik    3/2/2011   
H.3253  An Act to limit smoking to detached single family residences  Jennifer E. Benson    3/9/2011   
H.3296  An Act relative to safe disposal of prescription drugs  James R. Miceli    3/14/2011   
H.3297  An Act relative to condominium sanitary code enforcement  Jeffrey Sánchez    3/14/2011   
H.3295  An Act relative to unborn children  Viriato Manuel deMacedo 
Sheila C. Harrington 		 3/15/2011   
S.280  An act to protect against unfair prescription drug practices.  Mark C. Montigny    4/5/2011   
S.291  An Act making technical corrections to the lockbox provision of the Commonwealth’s prescription monitoring program.  Steven A. Tolman    4/5/2011   
H.3261  An Act relative to the research and treatment of Lyme Disease  David Paul Linsky    4/6/2011   
H.3363  An Act relative to the substitution of generic drugs  William C. Galvin    4/13/2011   
H.3364  An Act relative to responsible prescription prescribing  Thomas A. Golden, Jr.    4/13/2011   
H.3365  An Act relative to drug disposal by mail  Thomas A. Golden, Jr.    4/13/2011   
H.3366  An Act to provide clear expiration date and method of proper disposal methods of medication  Russell E. Holmes    4/13/2011   
H.3367  An Act to reduce healthcare costs by promoting provider education through academic detailing  Jason M. Lewis    4/13/2011   
H.3368  An Act permitting Hookah bars  Paul McMurtry    4/13/2011   
H.3370  An Act relative to the Massachusetts state office for pharmacy services  John W. Scibak    4/13/2011   
H.2452  An Act to curtail tobacco addiction and related health care costs  Jonathan Hecht    5/3/2011   
H.3515  An Act relative to the practice of medical physics  Carlo Basile    6/17/2011   
S.1957  An Act relative to volunteer ambulance service  Benjamin B. Downing    7/8/2011   
H.3645  An act relative to patient access to information regarding breast reconstructive surgery  William C. Galvin    7/12/2011   
H.1055  An Act relative to childhood immunizations  John D. Keenan    7/14/2011   
H.3615  An Act relative to health care records  Harold P. Naughton, Jr.    7/20/2011   
H.3602  An Act relative to safe disposal of medical sharps  Carolyn C. Dykema    9/8/2011   
H.3603  An Act increasing transparency by pharmacy benefits managers.  John W. Scibak    9/28/2011   
H.2339  An Act to repeal the medical peer review statute  Garrett J. Bradley    11/7/2011   
H.3746  An Act to permit the scattering of unclaimed human body cremated remains at sea.  James M. Cantwell    11/7/2011  Scheduled For 2/27/2012 10:30:00 AM  
H.3885  An Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana  NONE    2/1/2012   
H.3310  An Act promoting equal choice and related cost savings  Alice K. Wolf    3/16/2011   
H.591  An Act restricting the sale of tobacco products at locations where health professionals are employed  Sean Garballey    2/14/2011   
H.597  An Act to investigate the use of computed tomography (CT) scans in the Commonwealth.  Stephen Kulik    2/14/2011   
H.608  An Act promoting sterilization during surgery   Elizabeth A. Poirier    2/14/2011   
H.613  An Act to improve the delivery of health care  Denise Provost    2/14/2011   
H.614  An Act to reduce healthcare - associated infections  Denise Provost    2/14/2011   
H.1473  An Act to the disclosure of postoperative ocular care.  Brian S. Dempsey    2/16/2011   
H.1476  An Act relative to the registration of podiatrists  Paul J. Donato    2/16/2011   
H.1517  An Act to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth  Jeffrey Sánchez 
Byron Rushing 		 2/16/2011   
H.2339  An Act to repeal the medical peer review statute  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2340  An Act to repeal the medical peer review statute  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2357  An Act Relative to Optometrists.  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2367  An Act establishing a board of registration in naturopathy  Jay R. Kaufman    2/25/2011   
H.2374  An Act creating a special task force to make an investigation and study on issues related to the practice of defensive medicine  Alice Hanlon Peisch    2/25/2011   
H.2380  An Act relative to the reduction of duplicate diagnostic testing  Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/25/2011   
H.2381  An Act to reduce preventable hospital readmissions   Joyce A. Spiliotis    2/25/2011   
S.1083  An Act relative to premature infant hospital discharge and quality improvement  Katherine M. Clark    3/1/2011   
S.1092  An Act to establish community based grant programs to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth  Susan C. Fargo    3/1/2011   
S.1109  An Act relative to podiatrists performing surgery  Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1116  An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care  Thomas P. Kennedy    3/1/2011   
S.1133  An Act relative to certified professional midwives  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1150  An Act to improve the delivery of health care  Richard T. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.1162  An Act relative to medical malpractice   Richard J. Ross    3/1/2011   
S.1167  An Act relative to the release of a body by the medical examiner to a person charged with an offense which resulted in the death of the deceased.   Karen E. Spilka    3/1/2011   
H.3163  An Act relative to optometrists scope of practice  Thomas A. Golden, Jr.    3/2/2011