# Massachusetts H 4162: An Act to increase access to healthcare for ostomy patients

Massachusetts H 4162, An Act to increase access to healthcare for ostomy patients, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Rob Consalvo (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-01-28 (Accompanied a new draft, see H4961) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4162
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to increase access to healthcare for ostomy patients
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-29
- Last action: 2026-01-28, Accompanied a new draft, see H4961
- Sponsor: Rob Consalvo (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: Financial Services
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rob Consalvo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David F. DeCoste (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joshua Tarsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Richard G. Wells Jr. (Democratic), House

## Actions (4)

- 2026-01-28: Accompanied a new draft, see H4961 (House)
- 2025-09-09: Hearing scheduled for 09/17/2025 from 12:30 PM-04:30 PM in Gardner Auditorium (legislature)
- 2025-06-02: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: Referred to the committee on Financial Services (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4162.pdf)

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4162.pdf)

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- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4162-194 (as of 2026-11-01).