Massachusetts House Bill 3248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-06-13 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4605
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

By Mr. Lewis of Framingham, a petition of Jack Lewis and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study the licensing of foreign-trained medical professionals with the goal of expanding and improving medical services in rural and underserved areas. Public Health.

To increase access to healthcare in underserved areas of Massachusetts

Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Sen. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Sean Garballey [D]
Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Jay Kaufman [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]
Rep. Peter Kocot [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Chris Walsh [D]
Rep. Timothy Whelan [R]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-13	House	Accompanied a new draft, see H4605
2018-05-29	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-05-21	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday June 13, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-04-26	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-04-24	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 16, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-03-09	House	Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
2017-10-17	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/24/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2017-01-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2017-01-23	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

H311 (Similar To) 2018-07-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4706
S1385 (Similar To) 2018-03-26 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H1255 (Similar To) 2018-05-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4528
H1181 (Similar To) 2018-05-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4528
H1182 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
S2074 (Similar To) 2017-05-22 - Placed on file
H25 (Similar To) 2018-03-29 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4350
H4098 (Similar To) 2018-05-10 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Resolves of 2018
S2149 (Similar To) -
S2344 (Similar To) 2018-03-22 - Reprinted as amended, see S2373
H4605 (Replaced by) 2018-06-19 - New draft substituted, see H4617
H4962 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - Resolve passed and laid before the Governor

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3248
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3248.pdf