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H1147 • 2025

An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements

An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements

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Sponsor
Patricia A. Duffy
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H5037
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements

An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1147) of Patricia A.
  • Duffy and others relative to reimbursement of public health dental hygienists.
  • Financial Services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H5037

  2. 2025-10-15 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/27/2025 from 10:30 AM-04:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements
By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1147) of Patricia A. Duffy and others relative to reimbursement of public health dental hygienists. Financial Services.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1147

The fifth sentence of the third paragraph of section 51 of chapter 112 is hereby amended by striking out the words “by Medicaid but except as required by federal Medicaid law, shall not seek reimbursement from any other insurance or third party payor”.

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