SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1863        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 742

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Regulating the Siting of Methadone Treatment Facilities..

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. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and in addition to the regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health, no methadone treatment facility shall be allowed to operate until approval has been received by the legislative body of the city or town in which it seeks to be sited on a permanent or temporary basis