H5631

Mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer

Chamber Passed·7/31/26
Introduced Text

Massachusetts H5631 mandates cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer.

Massachusetts H5631 amends the General Laws to mandate cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer. The bill requires these screenings to be provided without co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense, except when necessary to maintain the plan's tax-exempt status. Screenings must be conducted every three years and include tests for various types of cancer.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 153–0 · Jul 31
Current
Ways and Means Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

0
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Roll Call Votes

House Passed to be engrossed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS

153 Yea

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0 Nay

5 Absent

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History

Aug 4

Senate

Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Jul 31

House

Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

Jul 31

House

Pending new draft of H4946