SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2075        FILED ON: 8/16/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2006

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Frederick E. Berry

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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 requiring employees at residential facilities licensed by the department of mental health to be equipped with panic buttons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Frederick E. Berry

 

John F. Keenan

 

Anthony W. Petruccelli

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

Bruce E. Tarr

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2075        FILED ON: 8/16/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2006

By Mr. Berry, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2006) of Frederick E. Berry, John F. Keenan, Anthony W. Petruccelli, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation requiring employees at residential facilities licensed by the department of mental health to be equipped with panic buttons. Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act requiring employees at residential facilities licensed by the department of mental health to be equipped with panic buttons.

 

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. This act may be cited as "Stephanie's Law".

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a residential facility licensed by the department of mental health shall, as a condition of licensure, provide to the commissioner, upon application for initial license and upon any renewal thereof, evidence that the facility has supplied each employee with a panic button or similar security alert system that allows the employee to call for help in the event of an emergency.