HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3040        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2049

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to establish a reporting system for drug overdoses..

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 12A of Chapter 112 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the  2004 official addition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

In cases of physician examination or treatment of a person with injuries resulting from opiate, illegal, or illicit drug overdose, a hospital, community health center or clinic shall report such de-identified, aggregate information in such a manner as to be determined by the Department of Public Health.