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S3106 • 2025

An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices

An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices

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Sponsor
Ways and Means (S)
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
Passed to be engrossed -139 YEAS to 0 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 221 )
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices

An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices Senate, June 1, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act of 2025 (Senate, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices Senate, June 1, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act of 2025 (Senate, No.
  • 2579),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled "An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices" (Senate, No.
  • 3050).

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 House

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5550 , and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  2. 2026-07-01 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending

  3. 2026-07-01 House

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-07-01 House

    Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  5. 2026-07-01 House

    Ordered to a third reading

  6. 2026-07-01 House

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-07-01 House

    Read third

  8. 2026-07-01 House

    Passed to be engrossed -139 YEAS to 0 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 221 )

  9. 2026-06-08 House

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

  10. 2026-06-04 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  11. 2026-06-04 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  12. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  13. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Recommended new draft for S2579

  14. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Substituted as a new draft for S2579

  15. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices
Senate, June 1, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act of 2025 (Senate, No. 2579),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled "An Act relative to toxic-free medical devices" (Senate, No. 3050).

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.3106

SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 249 the following section:-

Section 250. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:-

“DEHP”, Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate.

“Intentionally added DEHP”, DEHP that a manufacturer has intentionally added to an intravenous solution container or intravenous tubing product; provided, however, that such DEHP has a functional or technical effect on the product.

“Intravenous solution container”, a container used to hold medicine, fluid or nutrition therapy that is intravenously delivered to a patient in a hospital, outpatient facility or other health care facility; provided, however, that an intravenous solution container shall not include: (i) human blood collection or storage bags; or (ii) apheresis and cell therapy blood kits and bags, including integral tubing, as contained in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

“Intravenous tubing product”, tubing for intravenously administering fluids, medication or nutrients directly to an adult, child or infant.

“Ortho-phthalate”, a class of chemicals that are esters of ortho-phthalic acid, including DEHP and: (i) butyl benzyl phthalate; (ii) dibutyl phthalate; (iii) dicyclohexyl phthalate; (iv) diethyl phthalate; (v) diisobutyl phthalate; (vi) diisodecyl phthalate; (vii) diisononyl phthalate ; (viii) di-n-hexyl phthalate; (ix) di-n-octyl phthalate; (x) di-n-pentyl phthalate; or (xi) diisoheptyl phthalate.

(b) A person or entity shall not manufacture, sell or contribute into commerce in the commonwealth intravenous solution containers made with intentionally added DEHP; provided, however, that an intravenous solution container may have trace amounts of DEHP if such DEHP is not used for a function or technical effect and is not more than 0.1 percent weight per weight. A person or entity may not replace DEHP with another ortho-phthalate in a new or revised intravenous solution container.

(c) A person or entity shall not manufacture, sell or contribute into commerce in the commonwealth intravenous tubing product made with intentionally added DEHP; provided, however, that an intravenous tubing product may have trace amounts of DEHP if it is not used for a functional or technical effect and is not more than 0.1 per cent weight per weight. A person or entity may not replace DEHP with another ortho-phthalate in a new or revised intravenous tubing product.

SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of section 1 shall take effect on January 1, 2030.

SECTION 3. Subsection (c) of section 1 shall take effect on January 1, 2035.

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