# Massachusetts H 5628: An Act relative to specific medical diagnoses regarding the Department of Children and Families

Massachusetts H 5628, An Act relative to specific medical diagnoses regarding the Department of Children and Families, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities; status in committee, last action 2026-08-06 (Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5628
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to specific medical diagnoses regarding the Department of Children and Families
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-08-06
- Last action: 2026-08-06, Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Health Care Financing
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
- Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-30 | committee | Committee Redraft: Poll on H5286 (as redrafted, see email) | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-08-06: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (House)
- 2026-08-06: New draft of H5286 (House)
- 2026-08-06: Reported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5628.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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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/H5628.pdf)

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- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [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-H5628-194 (as of 2026-11-01).