Our Bill Passed the Public Health Committee and
Heads to the Senate Ways and Means Committee
Now It’s Time to Send it to the Senate Floor!
Great News! The Massachusetts Safe Harbor Practitioner Exemption Bill, S.2634 (formerly S.665/H.3660), is one step closer to becoming law!
The Joint Committee on Public Health recently passed S.2634 out of committee and sent it to the Senate Ways and Means committee. When it passes this committee, it heads to the Senate floor for a vote.
Our immediate task is to urge legislators to send it now to the Senate floor for a vote. After passing the Senate, the bill will need to be voted on by the full House, before the session ends in July. Time is of the essence!
We acknowledge legislators are tied-up handling the COVID-19 crisis and we want to be sensitive to that. Yet, we believe S.2634 is now more important than ever given its potential to:
- Reduce the strain on allopathic care providers and
- Boost the economy by supporting small alternative health care businesses in Massachusetts
Help us move this bill forward by contacting your senator and letting them know that you support this bill to guarantee alternative health care practitioners in Massachusetts the freedom to practice their professions and to preserve your access to these critical health care professionals.
Even if your Senator is not on Senate Ways and Means Committee, and even if you’ve already contacted your legislators about this bill, informing them about the progress of S.2634 reminds them of your interests and encourages them to focus on this important, solution-oriented bill.
Please help get this bill the attention it deserves! Take Action Here.
Massachusetts is so close to becoming the 12th Safe Harbor state and we don’t want the issue to be forgotten during this time when legislators are so focused on COVID-19-specific legislation!
Together we can protect complementary and alternative health practitioners who are vulnerable to being charged criminally for practicing medicine – or other licensed health care professions – without a license. Please stand with us and contact your senator to urge their support of this important bill.
Thank you!