HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1305        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1379

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Linda Dean Campbell

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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 reporting of drug overdose deaths.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

1/16/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/29/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1305        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1379

By Mrs. Campbell of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1379) of Linda Dean Campbell and others relative to the reporting of drug overdose deaths.  The Judiciary.

 

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 the reporting of drug overdose deaths.

 

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 12A of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 4 by inserting after the word “firearm,” the following words:- "or having examined or treated a person suspected of dying from injuries resulting from opiate, illegal or illicit drug overdose,".