HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 436        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 126

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patricia A. Haddad

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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 early intervention services for children with prenatal exposure to opioids.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/10/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/23/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/23/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/23/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/23/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/26/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/30/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/2/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/29/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/23/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/28/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/24/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/29/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/25/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 436        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 126

By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 126) of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to access to early intervention services for children with prenatal exposure to opioids.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to early intervention services for children with prenatal exposure to opioids.

 

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 of Chapter 111G of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following definitions:-

"Substance-Exposed Newborn", a newborn who was exposed to alcohol or other drugs ingested by the mother in utero, whether or not this exposure is detected at birth through a drug screen or withdrawal symptoms.

"Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome", symptoms and signs exhibited by a newborn due to drug withdrawal, the term used to represent the pattern of effects that are associated with opioid withdrawal in newborns.

Section 2 of Chapter 111G of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

The department shall review and revise the early intervention operational standards to ensure that children under the age of 3, who are diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and children under the age of 3, who meet the definition of substance-exposed newborns, are deemed categorically eligible for early intervention services until the child's third birthday.