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Mass. lawmakers hear emotional testimony for ‘Marney’s Law’ to boost IBC awareness in nursing curricula
Summary
Supporters urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance H2489, which would require education about inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) in certain health curricula; presenters said the measure would raise awareness and could reduce late-stage diagnoses but offered no fiscal request for the Commonwealth.
State Representative Diggs and advocates asked the Joint Committee on Public Health to report favorably on H2489, known as “Marney’s Law,” a bill that would add education about inflammatory breast cancer, or IBC, to training for certain health professionals. The bill’s supporters said the change would be low-cost and could reduce missed or delayed IBC diagnoses.
The bill’s backers described the bill as preventive and nonbudgetary. Representative Diggs, who testified in support, said the measure “is about awareness and being preventive.” Josh Koopman, a member of Marnie’s Army, quoted an oncologist’s letter to the…
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