HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3944        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1754

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alyson M. Sullivan

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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 to combat the opioid addiction epidemic.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

1/18/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/28/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/28/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/28/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/28/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/29/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/31/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3944        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1754

By Ms. Sullivan of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1754) of Alyson M. Sullivan and others  relative to the adult residential behavioral health and addiction treatment rate.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

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 to combat the opioid addiction epidemic.

 

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: The General Laws are hereby amended in Section 13C of chapter 118E by inserting after the last paragraph the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not set the rate for adult residential behavioral health and addiction treatment lower than $125 a day.