HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3034        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2877

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the location of methadone clinics.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

1/21/2011

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

2/4/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3034        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2877

By Ms. Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2877) of Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera and Benjamin Swan for legislation to further regulate the location of methadone clinics in the vicinity of schools.  Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1927 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the location of methadone clinics.

 

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

Chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 9C the following section:—

Section 9D.  No licensed methadone dispensing facility or clinic shall be located within a radius of 1000 feet of the real property line of an elementary, secondary, vocational, public, or private school, licensed preschool, or any head start program or within 100 feet of a public park. Individuals operating said clinics have 1 year to comply.