HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2440        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1969

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

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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 72 hour emergency prescribing.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/15/2015

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

10/9/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/24/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

10/9/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

10/9/2019

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

10/9/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

10/9/2019

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

10/9/2019

Leah Cole

12th Essex

10/9/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

10/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2440        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1969

By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1969) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr., and others relative to the dispensing of controlled substances by emergency room physicians.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3359 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing.

 

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

Chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 50. A physician practicing in an emergency room shall not be permitted to provide to a patient seeking emergency care more than 72 hours worth of a controlled substance as defined by this chapter.