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H4613 • 2025

An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care

An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care

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Sponsor
Public Health (J)
Last action
2025-12-04
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care

An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-04 House

    Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-10-20 House

    Reported from the committee on Public Health

  3. 2025-10-20 House

    New draft of H2550

  4. 2025-10-20 House

    Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4613

SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 244 the following section:-

Section 245: Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the Board of Registration in Medicine and the Center for Health Information and Analysis shall collect and make publicly available data and information concerning the cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and educational composition of the physician workforce for the purposes of assessing the impact of physician workforce diversity and health outcomes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Health care facilities licensed under Section 51 of Chapter 111 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall provide to both the Board of Registration in Medicine and the Center for Health Information and Analysis, including but not limited to the following data on a yearly basis for physicians, medical fellows, interns, and residents:

I. Demographic information, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation

II. Linguistic information

III. Medical specialty/subspecialty

IV. Duration of practice in Massachusetts

V. Duration of practice at current facility

VI. Highest Professional Level / Leadership Appointment

VII. Highest Academic Appointment

VIII. Highest Educational Debt

IX. Employment status: Part-time / full-time / per diem

This data shall be aggregated and made publicly available on the Board of Registration in Medicine website no more than 60 days after the end of each year.

SECTION 2. The Center for Health Information and Analysis shall report on the data collected under this section to the Clerks of the House and Senate, the Joint Committee on Public Health, and the Department of Public Health no later than February 28th of each calendar year.

SECTION 3. This act shall become effective 90 days after enactment.

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