Text of MA S 212 (2024)

Supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care

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1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Rebecca L. Rausch _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Rebecca L. Rausch Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 1/23/2023 James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester 2/14/2023 1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2300 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212 By Ms. Rausch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 212) of Rebecca L. Rausch, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge for legislation to support access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act supporting access to training on reproductive and gender-affirming care. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 9A of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 2 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 8, by inserting after the word “assigned” the 3 following words:- . Exclusively for the purposes of learning reproductive or gender-affirming 4 care, a student of medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a 5 legally chartered medical school wherever located may practice medicine in a licensed health 6 care facility where reproductive or gender-affirming care may be lawfully provided and under 7 the supervision of a health care provider licensed in the commonwealth who, acting within the 8 scope of that license, may provide reproductive or gender-affirming care.