H2918 • 2025

An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters

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Sponsor: Rita A. Mendes
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters

An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2918) of Rita A.
Mendes relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters.
Public Service.

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Bill History

2026-03-19 House
Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
2025-12-08 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2025-09-11 House
Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-05-28 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters
By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2918) of Rita A. Mendes relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

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Bill H.2918

Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 101A the following section:-

Section 101B. (a) Any permanent, full-time, call, volunteer, intermittent, part-time or reserve firefighter may participate in any bladder, cervical, lung or testicular cancer screening or evaluation upon the referral of such firefighter’s primary care physician.

Such screenings or evaluations shall be deemed to be medically necessary for the purposes of coverage by any insurance plan, including but not limited to, any such firefighter insured under chapter 32A, 175, 176A, 176B or 176G or any other general or special law.

(b) Screening or evaluation services performed under this section shall be covered by such insurance plan for the cost of the screening or evaluation and shall not be subject to any co-payment, deductible, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement.

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