SENATE DOCKET, NO. 967        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1819

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Viriato M. deMacedo

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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 addiction education for junior operators.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 967        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1819

By Mr. deMacedo, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1819) of Viriato M. deMacedo, Mathew Muratore, Bruce E. Tarr, Robert L. Hedlund and others for legislation relative to addiction education for junior operators.  Transportation.

 

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 addiction education for junior operators.

 

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 13D of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:-

A driver education course shall include a module on the science related to addiction and addictive substances approved by the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children’s Hospital.

SECTION 2. Subsection (c) of section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “course”, in line 47, the following words:- including a module on the science related to addiction and addictive substances approved by the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children’s Hospital and…

SECTION 3. Said subsection (c) is hereby amended by inserting after the word “curriculum”, in line 67, the following words:- including a module on the science related to addiction and addictive substances approved by the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children’s Hospital.

SECTION 4. The nineteenth paragraph of section 32G of said chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “section”, in line 199, the following sentence:- Said curriculum shall include a module on the science related to addiction and addictive substances approved by the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children’s Hospital.