Section 232 – Collection, Recording and Analyzation of Data on Suicides in the Commonwealth; Annual Report
Section 232. The department, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security shall, subject to appropriation, collect, record and analyze data on all suicides in the commonwealth. Data collected for each incident shall include, to the extent possible and with respect to all applicable privacy protection laws, the following: (i) the means […]
Section 233 – Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council
Section 233. (a) As used in sections 233 and 234 the following word shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning: ”Palliative care”, patient and family-centered medical care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating the suffering caused by a medical illness or physical injury that substantially impacts a […]
Section 234 – Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program
Section 234. Subject to appropriation, there shall be a statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program within the department. The program shall work to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in the commonwealth by making comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care available to the public, health care providers […]
Section 235 – Surgical Technologists; Standards and Requisites for Employment; Waiver
Section 235. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ”Health care practitioner”, a person licensed or registered under section 2, 16, 74 or 74A of chapter 112 who conducts or assists with the performance of surgery; provided, however, that ”health care […]
Section 236 – Nondiscrimination in Access to Organ Transplantation
[Text of section added by 2016, 328. See also, Section 236 added by 2016, 332, Sec. 1 effective, below.] Section 236. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ”Auxiliary aids and services”, auxiliary aids and services as defined in the Americans with […]
Section 237 – Analysis of Population Health Trends; Opiate Overdoses
Section 237. The commissioner shall collect, record and analyze data, and shall assemble and maintain data systems, necessary to analyze population health trends. The commissioner shall give priority to analyzing fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses. The commissioner may identify and determine additional priorities for the reduction of morbidity and mortality. Notwithstanding section 74 of chapter […]
Section 238 – Promoting Awareness of Reproductive Health Care Facilities in the Commonwealth
Section 238. The department of public health shall develop and implement a public information campaign to promote awareness of reproductive health care facilities in the commonwealth, including those that offer or perform abortions. The campaign shall include, but not be limited to: (i) educating reproductive health care professionals, patients and the general public regarding any […]
Section 239 – Promulgation of Regulations Regarding the Advertisement and Sale of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
[Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2020. See 2019, 133, Sec. 26.] Section 239. The department of public health shall promulgate regulations concerning: (i) the sale of tobacco products, as defined in section 6 of chapter 270, to persons […]
Section 240 – Reimbursement for Travel and Ancillary Costs for Cancer Clinical Trials
Section 240. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ”Cancer clinical trials”, research studies that test new cancer treatments on people, including, but not limited to, medications, chemotherapies, stem cell therapies and other treatments. ”Inducement”, paying a person money, including a lump […]
Section 241 – Rare Disease Advisory Council; Membership; Duties; Funding; Reports
Section 241. (a) For the purposes of this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ″Rare disease”, any disease that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States, has status as an orphan disease for research purposes or is known to be substantially under-diagnosed and unrecognized […]