Health care must be a right of all residents. Our fragmented system is costly, inequitable, and often does not provide optimal care.

Please take a moment to look at the health care bills I have filed and co-sponsored this session, which appear in the tabs below.

Filed bills

Filed bills

Co-sponsored Senate bills

Co-sponsored Senate bills

  • S.153: An Act to ensure timely physician licensure
  • S.549: An Act relative to women’s health
  • S.563: An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions
  • S.587: An Act to establish health equity for pregnant persons
  • S.588: An Act relative to mental health parity implementation
  • S.589: An Act relative to limits on insurers’ retroactive clawbacks for mental health and substance use disorder services
  • S.592: An Act relative to consumer transparency about provider networks
  • S.595: An Act concerning the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines pertaining to dogs harbored upon the insured property
  • S.610: An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks
  • S.611: An Act to promote value-based insurance design in the Commonwealth
  • S.671: An Act relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative
  • S.672: An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services
  • S.675: An Act establishing a community health center transition fund
  • S.677: An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children
  • S.678: An Act improving public health through a common application for core food, health and safety-net programs
  • S.683: An Act establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts
  • S.699: An Act regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility
  • S.703: An Act to define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings
  • S.706: An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability
  • S.1154: An Act to protect children’s mental health services
  • S.1208: An Act relative to end of life options
  • S.1209: An Act to remove obstacles and expand abortion access
  • S.1212: An Act relative to the restoration of MassHealth adult dental benefits
  • S.1213: An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities
  • S.1230: An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants
  • S.1233: An Act to update postural screenings in schools
  • S.1234: An Act modernizing childhood lead poisoning prevention
  • S.1255: An Act relative to workforce development and patient safety
  • S.1267: An Act granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts
  • S.1274: An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools
  • S.1284: An Act to require the disclosure of lead in water pipes
  • S.1291: An Act to protect youth from the health risks of sugary drinks
  • S.1293: An Act to promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund
  • S.1294: An Act relative to strengthening the local and regional public health system
  • S.1330: An Act to support access, value and equity in health care
  • S.1332: An Act relative to out-of-hospital birth access and safety
  • S.1335: An Act advancing the health of pregnant persons
  • S.1340: An Act relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers
  • S.1463: An Act relative to furthering the success of opiate intervention programs
  • S.1489: An Act further regulating group insurance benefits for state employees and retired state employees
  • S.1685: An Act to ensure affordable health connector coverage
Co-sponsored House bills

Co-sponsored House bills

  • HD.2922: An Act relative to capping the price of life saving prescription drugs
  • H.907: An Act relative to the continuity of care of mental health treatment
  • H.908: An Act requiring mental health parity for disability policies
  • H.1036: An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions
  • H.1102: An Act to establish health equity for pregnant persons
  • H.1182: An Act relative to Medicaid coverage for doula services
  • H.1194: An Act establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts
  • H.1747: An Act helping overdosing persons in emergencies
  • H.1748: An Act to expand access to patient centered care for opioid use disorder
  • H.1926: An Act relative to end of life options
  • H.3784: An Act relative to health insurance benefits for state employees

A society should be judged by how we treat our elders.

A recent study by the University of Massachusetts measured the Elder Economic Security index, which is essentially the resources that elders require in order to age in place and meet their individual needs. Sixty-one percent of elderly individuals in Massachusetts live below the index cut-off line for minimum required resources. That means their income doesn’t allow them to age in place independently while meeting basic needs. In fact, because of our relatively high cost of living, Massachusetts is the second worst state in the nation for elder economic security, second only to Mississippi.

Please take a moment to look at the elder-focused bills I have filed and co-sponsored this session, which appear in the tabs below.

Filed bills

Filed bills

Co-sponsored bills

Co-sponsored bills

  • S.352: An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities
  • S.358: An Act relative to home care
  • S.367: An Act to improve Alzheimer’s and dementia care in Senior Care Options program
  • S.984: An Act to prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents
  • H.1926: An Act relative to end of life options
  • H.3579: An Act to protect elder housing

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