HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2940        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2083

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Chris Walsh

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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 to limit access to opiates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

10/24/2019

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

10/24/2019

Leah Cole

12th Essex

10/24/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

10/24/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

10/24/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2940        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2083

By Mr. Walsh of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2083) of Chris Walsh and others for legislation to limit the prescription of controlled substances to an amount necessary for seventy-two hours of medically legitimate treatment.  Public Health.

 

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 to limit access to opiates.

 

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.  Section 18 of Chapter 94C is hereby amended by the addition of subsection (b½), which provides as follows: -

(b½) No practitioner may issue to a person seeking treatment in an emergency room of an acute care hospital or in a clinic as defined by section 52 of chapter 111 a prescription for a controlled substance which authorizes a quantity of medication in excess of that which is customary within a 72 hour period of medically legitimate treatment.