Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH › Title 950 CMR 131.00 - Alternative Address for Those Engages in Protected Health Care Services › Section 131.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Application
. Standard application form
				provided by the Program which must be completed by an applicant.
Certification
. The process by which an
				applicant is determined eligible to participate in the Program.
Gender-affirming Health Care Services
.
				This includes all supplies, care and services of a medical, behavioral health,
				mental health, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative,
				rehabilitative or supportive nature relating to the treatment of gender
				dysphoria.
Health Care Program Participant
. A
				person engaging in a legally-protected health care activity that is certified
				by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to participate in the Address
				Confidentiality Program.
Identification Card
. Card issued by
				the Secretary of the Commonwealth to a Health Care Program Participant upon
				certification, which includes the Health Care Program Participant's name,
				identification code, a designated substitute address, certification expiration
				date, and signature.
Identification Number
. A number
				assigned to a Health Care Program Participant upon acceptance into the
				Program.
Legally-protected Health Care
				Activity
. This includes:
(a) the exercise and enjoyment, or attempted
			 exercise and enjoyment, by any person of rights to reproductive health care
			 services or gender-affirming health care services secured by the constitution
			 or laws of the commonwealth or the provision of insurance coverage for such
			 services; or
(b) any act or
			 omission undertaken to aid or encourage, or attempt to aid or encourage, any
			 person in the exercise and enjoyment, or attempted exercise and enjoyment, of
			 rights to reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care
			 services secured by the constitution or laws of the commonwealth or to provide
			 insurance coverage for such services; provided, however, that the provision of
			 such a health care service by a person duly licensed under the laws of the
			 commonwealth and physically present in the commonwealth and the provision of
			 insurance coverage for such services shall be legally protected if the service
			 is permitted under the laws of the commonwealth, regardless of the patient's
			 location; and provided further, that "legally-protected health care activity"
			 shall not include any service rendered below an applicable professional
			 standard of care or that would violate antidiscrimination laws of the
			 commonwealth.
Program
. The Address Confidentiality
				Program established by M.G.L. c. 9A to provide designated addresses for
				survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking or those
				engaged in legally-protected health care services for use by state and local
				agencies. The Program is not a witness protection program.
Program Manager
. An employee of the
				Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth designated by the Secretary to
				administer the Address Confidentiality Program.
Reproductive Health Care Services
.
				This includes all supplies, care and services of a medical, behavioral health,
				mental health, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative,
				rehabilitative or supportive nature relating to pregnancy, contraception,
				assisted reproduction, miscarriage management or the termination of a
				pregnancy.
Residential Address
. Means the street
				name, street number, city or town, and zip code of the address where the Health
				Care Program Participant resides.
Secretary
. Means the State Secretary
				or the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Substitute Addresses
. The mailing and
				other addresses designated by the Secretary of the Commonwealth for use by
				Health Care Program Participants. The address is listed on the identification
				card.