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Addressing Barriers to Care: What’s in the Legislature’s Final …

WEBRight before we finished our work for the year, the legislature passed a sweeping mental health bill, titled the Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care (ABC) with my strong support. This comprehensive legislation is driven by the recognition that mental health is as important as physical health and should be treated as such.

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The Mental Health ABC Act 2.0 unveiled today

WEBBy Jo Comerford. Posted November 9, 2021. In Updates from Jo, The People's Blog. Today, the Senate unveiled S.2572 – An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health, also called the Mental Health ABC Act, thanks to the inspired, fearless leadership of Senate President Karen Spilka, Ways and Means Chair Senator Michael …

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Home Jo Comerford, MA State Senator

WEBMailing Address Senator Jo Comerford Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133. Boston office (617) 722-1532 Massachusetts State House

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A call for health equity at all levels of government

WEBThis letter was offered to the American Nurses Association Massachusetts (ANAMASS) as part of their newsletter. Massachusetts is often celebrated nationally as a leader in health care. But if we […]

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Providers have earned our support; here's what's needed

WEBI’m grateful to the many colleagues who have led on these issues and more for years, knowing that we in the Legislature cannot continue asking providers to support our communities without first doing our part to support providers. Sen. Jo Comerford represents the Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District. Read this article as a PDF. …

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Action to STOP Clawbacks!

WEBIt’s been easy to offer strong support for An Act relative to limits on insurers’ retroactive clawbacks for mental health and substance use disorder services (S.589 and H.1078), filed by Senator Cindy Friedman and Representative Jim O’Day. And I have two main reasons: Number one: I’m a social worker and as such, I have seen the negative …

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Katelyn Billings

WEBShe looks forward to building on this foundation with Team Comerford. Katelyn lives in Boston, and in her free time you can find her walking along the esplanade, recipe testing (and sometimes failing) with her partner, or nose down into a paint-by-numbers. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 617-722-1532.

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About Jo Jo Comerford a Western Mass Resident and State Senator

WEBJo was elected to the State Senate to represent the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester district in 2018 as a write-in candidate. She is the first woman to hold the seat. Jo’s work. In her first term as a State Senator (2019-2020), Jo served as the Senate Chair for the Joint Committee on Public Health and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint

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Protecting our Natural Resources: Background on the Quabbin …

WEBIn partnership with Representative Aaron Saunders, we have introduced a bill (H.897/S.447) to acknowledge the efforts of Quabbin watershed communities by providing reasonable payments for local municipal needs (like water infrastructure). The bill also provides for more representation of Connecticut River Valley interests on a …

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Transforming so-called estate recovery in Massachusetts

WEBS.2818 and H.4978 (filed by Rep. Christine Barber) would make estate recovery more manageable and reasonable during the COVID-19 state of emergency by recognizing the additional burdens now placed on low-income families. Section 1: extends the 60 days limit to 180 days for the estate to respond to MassHealth regarding claims …

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End of Life Options Act & Community Immunity Act pass out of …

WEBI have been honored to serve as Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health during the 2019-2020 session. Since being appointed to this post by Senate President Karen Spilka back in February of 2019, I have had the opportunity to work, alongside my House and Senate colleagues on the Public Health Committee, on …

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Amtrak’s Valley Flyer Triples Train Service between WMass & NYC

WEBAmtrak’s Valley Flyer Triples Train Service between WMass & NYC

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Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery …

WEBJuly 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing on bills relative to creating resiliency in mental health and behavioral health care systems. (To view the full list of bills being heard, visit the hearing page .) We invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify

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Joint Committee on Ways and Means: 2023 Hearings

WEBPosted March 6, 2023. In Updates from Jo, Newsletters, The People's Blog. Now that Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll’s proposed budget is public (read more here), the Joint Committee on Ways and Means is holding hearings across Massachusetts over the next few weeks to gather testimony to inform the legislature’s budget proposals.

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Gender identity, conversion therapy ban, lifting the cap, and more

WEBSecond, we passed legislation to ban “conversion therapy.”. This practice is a remnant of our nation’s shameful history of oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, premised on the notion that their behavior reflects a mental disorder that must therefore be changed.

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The PACT Act 2022

WEBThe PACT Act 2022 is comprehensive pharmaceutical cost control legislation. This legislation puts the Senate at the forefront of the state’s efforts to tackle rapidly rising prescription drug costs by connecting greater drug price transparency with policies to improve oversight for the pharmaceutical industry and reduce overall drug costs to …

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What the heck is Joint Rule 10 Day

WEBBy Jo Comerford. Posted February 8, 2022. In The People's Blog. The legislature has just passed Joint Rule 10 Day (JR10). JR10 is an insider term for an important and quite a pressing matter: The fate of bills in committees. After holding public hearings, committees are supposed to make decisions about all the bills in their care by …

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