MA H1721

Establishes medical autonomy and privacy as civil rights, prohibiting public accommodations, employers, and public entities from requiring medical treatments, tests, procedures, specimen collection, or disclosure of health information as a condition of access or employment

Protects individuals from discrimination, coercion, retaliation, or disparate treatment based on their medical decisions, with rights extending to parents making choices for minor children

Rights cannot be suspended during declared emergencies, and collective agreements cannot substitute for individual informed consent

Allows private civil lawsuits with minimum $5,000 compensatory damages per violation, plus punitive damages, attorney's fees, back pay with 10% interest, and doubled damages for willful or grossly negligent violations

Exempts drug/alcohol testing and non-invasive testing for bona fide occupational requirements (e.g., pilot vision tests), and permits exclusion only when an individual poses a documented direct threat based on individualized assessment using fully-approved diagnostic tests