MA H242

Executive Office of Health and Human Services must create an integrated state plan within one year for training, education, and standards of care for healthcare providers treating patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders

Advisory committee on intellectual and developmental disabilities must be established within six months, comprising state agency designees, two healthcare providers with relevant expertise, two patient advocates or family members, and representatives from five trade organizations including the Arc of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Medical Society

Plan must include continuing education requirements for healthcare providers covering diagnosis, treatment, and care, including the physical and psychological impacts of emergency department boarding

Standards must address improving assessment and diagnosis during routine outpatient primary care examinations, with attention to patients with intersecting marginalized identities

State licensure boards would coordinate on adopting continuing education requirements related to intellectual and developmental disabilities as part of license renewals for physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, physician assistants, and nurses