MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: September 2007

The Patient Safety Act: Decision Makers, Round 1

H.2059, the Patient Safety Act, will be heard by the Joint Committee on Public Health on Oct. 24. The bill may later be referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.

Below is a list of members of each of these committees, along with information about the districts they represent. We have also indicated whether or not they co-sponsored H.2059, and, for House members, how they voted on a similar bill last year.

All RNs should call their legislators about H.2059, but RNs living in districts represented by any of these members have a special responsibility.

The members of these committees will be the first to cast a vote on the Patient Safety Act. They need to hear from their constituents this fall.

If you live in one of these districts, it is imperative that you let your elected officials know that you need them to support this legislation.

The communities represented by each legislator are listed. Please call your representative and/or senator and urge them to vote for a favorable release of H.2059, the Patient Safety Act. If you’re not sure who your representative is, visit www.capwiz.com/massnurses and type in your address. Please call your legislator today!

Joint Committee on Public Health Sen. Susan C. Fargo/Chair (Democrat)

• Telephone: 617- 722-1572
• E-mail: Susan.Fargo@state.ma.us
• Represents: 3rd Middlesex: Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, Waltham, Weston

• Telephone: 617- 722-1639
• E-mail: Cynthia.Creem@state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Middlesex & Norfolk: Brookline, Newton, Wellesley

• Telephone: 617-722-1660
• E-mail: Stephen.Buoniconti@state.ma.us
• Represents: Hampden: Agawam, Chicopee, Springfield, West Springfield

• Telephone: 617-722-1544
• E-mail: Harriette.Chandler@state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Worcester: Worcester, Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, West Boylston
• Co-sponsored H.2059

• Telephone: 617-722-1646
• E-mail: Robert.Hedlund@state.ma.us
• Represents: Plymouth & Norfolk: Cohasset, Duxbury, Hing ham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth
• Co-sponsored H.2059

• Telephone: 617-722-2130
• E-mail: Rep.PeterKoutoujian@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 10th Middlesex: Newton, Waltham, Watertown
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2400
• E-mail: Rep.AliceWolf@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 25th Middlesex: Cambridge
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2692
• E-mail: Rep.TimothyToomey@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 26th Middlesex: Cambridge, Somerville
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2210
• E-mail: Rep.AnneGobi@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 5th Worcester: Barre, Brookfield, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Petersham, Phillipston, Spencer, Templeton, Ware, West Brookfield
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2130
• E-mail: Rep.JenniferCallahan@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 18th Worcester: Bellingham, Blackstone, Millville, Sutton, Uxbridge
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2220
• E-mail: Rep.MaryGrant@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 6th Essex: Beverly
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2040
• E-mail: Rep.JenniferFlanagan@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 4th Worcester: Leominster
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2140
• E-mail: Rep.CarlSciortino@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 34th Middlesex: Medford, Somerville
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2090
• E-mail: Rep.CleonTurner@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Barnstable: Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2305
• E-mail: Rep.RobertHargraves@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Middlesex: Ayer, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2803
• E-mail: Rep.DonaldHumason@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 4th Hampden: Westfield
• May 2006 vote: No on similar bill

• Telephone: (617) 722-1420
• E-mail: Richard.Moore@state.ma.us
• Represents: Worcester & Norfolk: Bellingham, Blackstone, Douglas, Dudley, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Northbridge, Oxford, Southbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Webster

• Telephone: 617-722-1551
• E-mail: Marc.Pacheco@state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Plymouth & Bristol: Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, Marion, Middleborough, Raynham, Taunton, Wareham
• Co-sponsored H.2059

• Telephone: 617-722-1578
• E-mail: Patricia.Jehlen@state.ma.us
• Represents: 2nd Middlesex: Medford, Somerville, Winchester, Woburn
• Co-sponsored H.2059

• Telephone: 617- 722-1572
• E-mail: Susan.Fargo@state.ma.us
• Represents: 3rd Middlesex: Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, Waltham, Weston

• Telephone: 617-722-1640
• E-mail: Karen.E.Spilka@state.ma.us
• Represents: 2nd Middlesex & Norfolk: Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medway, Natick , Franklin

• Telephone: 617-722-1291
• E-mail: Gale.Candaras@state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Hampden & Hampshire: Belchertown, East Longmeadow, Granby, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Springfield, Wilbraham
• May 2006 vote: No on similar bill (while House member)

• Telephone: 617- 722-1600
• E-mail: Bruce.Tarr@state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Essex & Middlesex: Boxford, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Middleton, Newbury, North Andover, North Reading, Rockport, Rowley, Wenham, West Newbury, Wilmington

• Telephone: 617-722-2430
• E-mail: Rep.PatriciaWalrath@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 3rd Middlesex: Bolton, Hudson, Maynard, Stow
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2430
• E-mail: Rep.StephenKulik@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: First Franklin: Belchertown, Chesterfield, Conway, Deerfield, Goshen, Huntington, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Pelham, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2552
• E-mail: Rep.FrankHynes@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 4th Plymouth: Marshfield, Scituate
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2582
• E-mail: Rep.RobertKoczera@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 11th Bristol: Acushnet, New Bedford
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2011
• E-mail: Rep.KayKhan@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 11th Middlesex: Newton
• May 2006 vote: Did not vote

• Telephone: 617-722-2210
• E-mail: Rep.DavidLinksy@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 5th Middlesex: Millis, Natick, Sherborn
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2263
• E-mail: Rep.MichaelKane@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 5th Hampden: Holyoke
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2210
• E-mail: Rep.PeterKocot@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Hampshire: Hatfield, Montgomery, Northampton, Southampton, Westhampton
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2080
• E-mail: Rep.ChristopherSperanzo@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 3rd Berkshire: Pittsfield
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2014
• E-mail: Rep.StevenD'amico@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 4th Bristol: Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: None. Elected November 2006

• Telephone: 617-722-2011
• E-mail: Rep.AngeloPuppolo@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 12th Hampden: East Longmeadow, Springfield, Wilbraham
• May 2006 vote: None. Elected November 2006

• Telephone: 617-722-2305
• E-mail: Rep.RobertHargraves@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 1st Middlesex: Ayer, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend
• Co-sponsored H.2059
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill

• Telephone: 617-722-2090
• E-mail: Rep.SusanGifford@hou.state.ma.us
• Represents: 2nd Plymouth: Bourne, Carver, Wareham
• May 2006 vote: Yes on similar bill