HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2878        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2396

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, 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 treatment for substance abuse.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/20/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/3/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

11/7/2017

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

11/7/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

11/7/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

11/7/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

11/7/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

11/7/2017

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/3/2017

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

11/7/2017

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

11/7/2017

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

11/7/2017

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

11/7/2017

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

11/7/2017

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

11/7/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2878        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2396

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2396) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to substance abuse treatment.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to treatment for substance abuse.

 

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 51 ½ of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as inserted by  Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2016, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) in its entirety and inserting the following thereof:-

“(d) If a person has received a substance evaluation and returns to an acute care hospital or emergency satellite facility within seven days of receipt of such evaluation suffering from an opiate-related overdose or has recently been administered naloxone, the attending physician may authorize the restraint of such person and apply for the treatment of such person for a 3-day period at a facility authorized for such purposes by the department of public health or the department of mental health.”