HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 585        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2181

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 12A of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:-

In cases of 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 to be determined in conjunction with the Department of Public Health.