HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3703        FILED ON: 1/15/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1955

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Substance Abuse Treatment..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause 14 the following clause:-

(15) Persons with a medical diagnosis of opiate addiction shall be eligible through MassHealth for coverage of treatment including, but not limited to, opiate blocker implants.