Section 51 1/2 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as inserted by section 32 of chapter 52 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsection:-
(d ½) A person presenting in an acute-care hospital or a satellite emergency facility who is reasonably believed by the treating clinician to be experiencing an opiate-related overdose, and who has experienced at least 1 other opiate-related overdose or potential overdose within a 30 day period, may be held, at the treating clinician’s discretion, for a period up to 72 hours for treatment, evaluation, and counseling.
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