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Massachusetts funeral directors ask for public-health worker status; committee hears logistical case
Summary
The Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to classify funeral directors as public-health workers for priority vaccination during public-health emergencies (H2463), arguing their close contact with deceased patients and entry to health-care settings warrants statutory clarity.
Stephen Jameli, first vice president of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association and a licensed funeral director at Mercadante Funeral Home in Worcester, told the Joint Committee on Public Health that H2463 would classify funeral directors as public-health workers and therefore make them eligible for vaccine priority during…
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