Session Laws

RESOLVED, That a special commission is hereby established for the purpose of examining the procedures of admitting drug-alcohol patients for detoxification and extended drug-alcohol education and rehabilitation by insurance companies and health maintenance organizations and the denial of coverage for extended hospitalizations. Said commission shall consist of five members of the house of representatives, three members of the senate and nine members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a physician with no less than eight years experience dealing with drug-alcohol rehabilitation, one of whom shall be a drug-alcohol counselor with no less than eight years experience in the field, one of whom shall be a hospital administrator with no less than eight years experience, one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, one of whom shall be a member of the national Association of Treatment Providers, one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Association of Private Alcoholism Providers, one of whom shall be a member of the Association of Labor and Management Alcoholic Council of America, one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism Counselors and one lay person. Said commission may accept and expend gifts and grants of money from the Federal Government or any other public or private source. Said commission may travel within and without the commonwealth. Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the thirtieth day of December, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.