Wishing our very own Kristen Kasper of North Andover the best
of luck ahead of this afternoon’s Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony!
This marks her first trip to the Olympics and she will be
representing Team USA in the Triathlon.
Keep track of all New England Olympic Athletes as they go
for the gold here: https://apps.bostonglobe.com/.../paris-olympics-2024-new.../
#Paris2024Olympics
#Paris2024
#northandoverma
#Olympics
#triathlon
#triathlete
#statesenatorbrucetarr
Last Friday, I was able to join Energy Secretary Rebecca
Tepper and CEC President Emily Reichert during their visit to Gloucester
Marine Genomics Institute, Inc. with my House colleague Rep.
Ann-Margaret Ferrante.
To learn more about our time together, read this Gloucester
Daily Times article by Ethan Forman:
https://www.gloucestertimes.com/.../article_9e58ea48-4608...
Featured Quote in the #GDT
article below
"For years we have fought the fight to have our
fisheries management decisions based on better science.” For years, he said,
there wasn’t the horsepower to change the regulatory framework, but there
wasn’t the eDNA to analyze the marine and benthic environments.
“But now, the curtain is opening, the spotlight is on and we
are able to understand the recruitment patterns, the reproductive patterns, the
migratory patterns of these fish in a much better way thanks to what is
happening here,” Tarr said. “If we didn’t have GMGI, we would still be having a
conversation with old tools.”
#gloucesterma
#inthenews
#featured
#GMGI
#statesenatorbrucetarr
Today, July 25th, 2024 the Senate considered, debated, and
passed, on a vote of 39-0, S.2889, An Act relative to long-term care and
assisted living, including my amendment #53, which was unanimously adopted.
Amendment #53 requires the creation of the Taskforce on
Long-Term Care Facilities in the Commonwealth, which will review the viability
and sustainability of long-term care facilities making recommendations on
various issues including, demand for long-term care facilities, geographic
accessibility, staffing challenges and workforce support, utilization of
pharmacists, policy reforms to strengthen quality of care, adequacy of payor
rates and costs and impacts of financing for construction, maintenance, and transportation
options.
Senators proposed 53 amendments to modify the bill, and you
can view them at:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2889/Amendments/Senate
To read the full text of the bill, visit:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2889
Yesterday, Wednesday, July 24th, 2024, the Senate enacted
the Conference Committee Report (H.4889) for An Act to provide for the future
information technology needs of Massachusetts and enacted the final version of
the bill, sent to the desk of Governor Healey for her consideration.
To read the full text of the bill, visit:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4889
To read the full press release, visit:
https://malegislature.gov/PressRoom/Detail...
#Passed
#Adopted
#InformationTechnology
#FutureTechAct
#Mapoli
#BeaconHill
#StateSenatorBruceTarr
Today the Massachusetts State Senate will convene in a full
formal session at 1PM to consider action on S. 2887, An Act relative to
disability pensions and critical incident stress management for violent crimes
(H.4746) and S.2888, FY’24 Supplemental Budget Appropriations.
S.2887 proposes to amend the General Laws (Accidental
Disability Pensions) by entitling police, firefighters, EMTs, or other public
safety employees who are subjected to serious violent attacks while in the
performance of their duties to additional pension benefits and would provide
notice of critical incident stress management debriefing programs for public
safety employees involved in certain serious incidents. This bill is based on
bills filed by myself and Senator Friedman (S.1736 & S.1680).
S.2888 proposes the Senate Ways & Means version of a
roughly $432 million FY’24 supplemental budget — appropriations include $228
million for home and community based services, $61.1 million for a health and
human services workforce reserve, $29.7 million for child care subsidies, $20
million for crime victim services bridge funding, $45 million for payments to
fiscally strained hospitals, $25 million for payments to fiscally strained
community health centers, and several smaller items.
Senators have filed 6 proposed amendments to modify S.2887
and 54 proposed amendments to modify S.2888, as reported favorably by the
Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
You can read the full text of the bills and the amendments
at:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2887
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2888
To watch LIVE, tune in here:
https://malegislature.gov/Events/Sessions/Detail/4967
#DisabilityPension #FY24SuppBudget #mapoli #legislature
#Senate #statesenatorbrucetarr
Today, Wednesday, July, 24th, 2024, the Senate debated and
approved by a vote of 40-0, S.2887, An Act relative to disability pensions and
critical incident stress management for violent crimes.
S.2887 amends the General Laws (Accidental Disability
Pensions) by entitling police, firefighters, EMTs, or other public safety
employees who are subjected to serious violent attacks while in the performance
of their duties to additional pension benefits and would provide notice of
critical incident stress management debriefing programs for public safety
employees involved in certain serious incidents.
This bill is based on bills filed by me and Senator Friedman
(S.1736 & S.1680).
To learn more about this bill, visit:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2887
#Passed
#Adopted
#DisabilityPension
#Mapoli
#BeaconHill
#StateSenatorBruceTarr
Today, Wednesday, July, 24th, 2024, the Senate debated and
approved by a vote of 38-1, S.2888, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal
year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for
certain other activities and projects.
To learn more about this legislation, visit:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2888
#Passed
#Adopted
#FY24SuppBudget
#Mapoli
#BeaconHill
#StateSenatorBruceTarr
