SENATE DOCKET, NO. 00725 FILED ON: 01/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 00343
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sonia Chang-Diaz
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to promote healthy communities and the environment..
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PETITION OF:
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Sonia Chang-DiazSecond Suffolk Byron Rushing9th Suffolk Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.34th Middlesex Linda Dorcena Forry12th Suffolk Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex, Suffolk, and Essex James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester Ellen Story3rd Hampshire
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 00343
By Ms. Chang-Diaz, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 343) of Forry, Sciortino, Rushingand other members of the General Court for legislation to promote healthy communities and theenvironment [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSIONSEE SENATE , NO.
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OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to promote healthy communities and the environment.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authorityof the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, are2hereby amended by inserting after chapter 111K chapter 111L:3 Chapter 111L: Section 1.Definitions.4 Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following5meanings:6 “Communities Health Index,” a cumulative evaluation of the health of communities7based on specific health outcome indicators that ranks communities based on their health status
8so as to identify communities whose residents suffer disproportionately high rates of disease and9premature death.10 “Department,” the department of public health.11 “Environmental notification,” an environmental notification prepared pursuant to12section 62A of chapter 30 of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.13 “Health and Economic Impact Assessment” or “HIEA,” a combination of 14procedures, methods, and tools by which a regulation, program, or other project is assessed as to15its potential effects on the health and economic vitality of a population, and the distribution of 16those effects within the population. A HEIA evaluates objectively the potential health and17economic effects of a project before it is built or implemented. A HEIA encompasses a18heterogeneous array of qualitative and quantitative methods and tools to focus on health and19economic impacts and outcomes such as, but not limited to, obesity, physical inactivity, asthma,20injuries, residential and commercial property values and social equity. Health and economic21impacts and outcomes are the overall effects of a regulation, program, or other project, directly22and indirectly, on the health and economic vitality of a population. A HEIA may provide23recommendations to increase positive health and economic outcomes and minimize adverse24health and economic outcomes.25 “Most vulnerable community,” a community identified in the communities health26index as being in the percentiles having the worst health outcomes or a community where the27median household income is 65 percent or less than the statewide household median income or 28whose population includes 25 percent or more residents who are minorities foreign born, or 29lacking English language proficiency
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