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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to medically necessary breast screenings and exams for equity and early detection"
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description: "An Act relative to medically necessary breast screenings and exams for equity and early detection"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4918"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4918 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-07-25"
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last_action: "2024-11-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56fb64cf-e7ea-4264-b4cd-5e1067070189"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4918"
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source_hash: "811bd0c2478b489adf7f7a5749c958dfb5c9b640b6029bde8460f0cb67d1707f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4918 (193rd) — An Act relative to medically necessary breast screenings and exams for equity and early detection
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4918.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
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- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
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- Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
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- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
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- James M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay D. Livingstone — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
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- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Judith A. Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Lydia Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
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- Rob Consalvo — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
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- Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
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- Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
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- Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
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- Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
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- William F. MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-25** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
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- **2024-07-25** Pending new draft of H4410
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- **2024-07-25** New draft of H4410
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- **2024-07-25** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2024-07-25** Rules suspended
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- **2024-07-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-05** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-24** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2971 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-10-24** Rules suspended
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- **2024-10-24** Read second `reading-2`
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- **2024-10-24** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2971 `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-10-24** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2024-10-28** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-10-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-10-30** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-31** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2024-10-31** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-11-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-11-13** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 231 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56fb64cf-e7ea-4264-b4cd-5e1067070189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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