HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 105        FILED ON: 1/7/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1719

 

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 creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/7/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/29/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/28/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/1/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/28/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/29/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/1/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/31/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

1/30/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/31/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/28/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 105        FILED ON: 1/7/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1719

By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1719) of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1065 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health.

 

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: Chapter 19 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section at the end thereof: -

Section 25. There shall be, within the department of mental health, at least two intensive stabilization and treatment units for patients who exhibit persistently aggressive or self-destructive behavior or exhibit atypically, intensively violent behavior that requires specialized care. One unit shall be designated for men and one unit shall be designated for women.  Said units shall be located at a specific and central location and be secured and physically separate from other units. These units shall provide comprehensive evaluation, stabilization and psychiatric treatment which shall include, but not be limited to: violence assessments, behavioral management consultation, interpersonal conflict resolution strategies, critical incident de-briefings and transfer evaluations.  These units shall include appropriate staffing levels to address the needs of the patient population with an interdisciplinary staff, including but not limited to registered nurses, clinical social workers, mental health workers, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and rehabilitation specialists, who have undergone specialized training to work effectively with this patient population. Upon behavior stabilization, the staff on the unit shall develop a plan for the safe and timely transfer of the patient out of the intensive stabilization and treatment unit.