SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1841        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 801

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 emergency administration of certain overdose prevention drugs.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1841        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 801

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 801) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr., James J. Dwyer, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court relative to the emergency administration of certain overdose prevention drugs.  The Judiciary.

 

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 the emergency administration of certain overdose prevention drugs.

 

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

Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 12EE the following section:-

Section 12FF.  No person, including any and all first responders and sworn law enforcement personnel, who, in good faith, renders or attempts to render emergency care, including but not limited to, providing naloxone or other similar opiate overdose antidote administration, to an individual who has or reasonably appears to have suffered an opioid overdose, shall be liable in a civil suit for damages as a result of any act or omission on his part while rendering such emergency care.