S665/H3660 remains in the Joint Committee on Public Health, where it is expected to receive a hearing in the fall. We are preparing for this important date by collecting more testimony (see June 3 post below for details). If you have not yet sent in your testimony, please send it today to carol@spiritofchange.org.  To pass this bill, we urgently need first-person accounts of why health freedom matters.  Share your stories of how holistic health has helped you and your clients.  Implore your legislators to enact this bill to ensure this most basic freedom – the right to safeguard and access holistic health practitioners.

Currently, 26 legislators have signed on as sponsors of this bill, and we expect to add more as the hearing date approaches. Legislators continue to respond positively during all lobbying efforts, easily grasping the common sense, no-cost benefits to consumers and practitioners the bill provides, while preserving health freedom options for Massachusetts residents. Maine’s passage of a similar safe harbor practitioner exemption law last month serves as further confirmation to legislators about the rationale and need for the passage of the bill in this state.