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An Act relative to patient access to certain health care services

Filed by John J. Lawn, Jr.  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2477  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD3498

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-19JointHearing scheduled for 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-09-29JointHearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-09-29JointHearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-22HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-04-15HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

2 committee votes

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-11-25 13:00  ·  Shall the bill be reported favorably?

favorable · 10

adverse · 1

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2026-04-09 13:40  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 13

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-29Public Health (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (J)
FavorableHealth Care Financing (J)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.