SENATE DOCKET, NO. 724        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 751

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act providing for a study of sober homes..

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

That the bureau of substance abuse services, in consultation with the department of public health, shall conduct a study of alcohol and substance free housing, known as “sober homes”, including the problems that occur in this form of housing.

The bureau shall report to the general court the results of its study and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk of the senate, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the senate and house committees on ways and means no later than December 31, 2010.