This letter was originally published in the January 29, 2016 issue of the Jamaica Plain Gazette. You can find it online. We write to update you on the recent substance abuse legislation unanimously passed on Jan. 13 by the Massachusetts House of Representatives. As th ...
Category: Legislative
House Passes Bill on Regulating Tanning Beds
House Passes Senate Bill 1994, An Act further regulating tanning facilities BOSTON—The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday, which will ban anyone under 18 years old from using or operating an indoor tanning bed. This bill, which has been f ...
House Passes Legislation on Health Disparities
House passes Health Care Financing Chairman Sánchez’ bill, An Act to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Commonwealth, which establishes an Office of Health Equity. BOSTON— The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation today, which woul ...
Rep. Sánchez Votes to Repeal License Suspension Law
Representative Sánchez joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives today to vote in support of a bill repealing a 1989 law that automatically suspended the driver’s licenses for drug offenders whose crimes had nothing to do with operating a motor vehicle. This is j ...
Rep. Sánchez Delivers Keynote Address at Lawrence City Council Inauguration, Stresses Collaboration and Economic Development
On Monday, January 6 Representative Sánchez addressed a packed audience at Lawrence High School in a congratulatory speech to the Lawrence City Council, Lawrence School Committee, and Greater Lawrence Technical School Committee. In his speech he stressed the importance of ...
House Advances Bill Authorizing Med Assistants to Administer Vaccines
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 29, 2015....In an effort to make immunizations more readily available and ease burdens on staff at busy health centers, the House this month advanced a bill authorizing medical assistants to give vaccines to patients. Medical assistants perform m ...
Sánchez Named Chair of Top Health Committee
Representative Sánchez is named the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing by Speaker Robert DeLeo BOSTON—House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo today named State Representative Jeffrey Sánchez (D-Boston) House Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Fi ...
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