Connecting Hispanic Communities across the Commonwealth Springfield-Representative Jeffrey Sánchez (Jamaica Plain) will be joining Representative Coakley-Rivera (Springfield) for a city-wide tour of the Springfield hospitals and the business district. This visit will serv ...
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Sánchez Passes Revision to Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
(BOSTON) – State Representative Jeffrey Sánchez led his colleagues in the House of Representatives in passing an act adopting the revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. This legislation aims to clarify the state’s current organ donation law and also harmonize it with current f ...
Joint Committee on Public Health Passes Patient Safety Bill
Bill filed by Co-Chair Jeffrey Sánchez to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety passes unanimously BOSTON—The Joint Committee on Public Health voted unanimously in favor of House Bill 1519, “An act reducing medical errors and improving patient safety” today. Sp ...
Representative Sánchez Refutes Massachusetts Medical Society Testimony on Primary Care Workforce Bill
BOSTON—The Massachusetts Medical Society?s (MMS) written testimony in opposition to House 1520, “An Act encouraging nurse practitioner and physician assistant practice of primary care” misconstrues the bill?s intent to ensure access to quality, safe primary care medical serv ...
Sánchez promoted to Chairman of House Committee on Public Health
BOSTON – State Representative Jeffrey Sánchez (D-Boston) was recently promoted by Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo to Chairman of the House Committee on Public Health. The promotion places Sánchez in a pivotal position in terms of state legislation, as he will be shep ...