HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3591        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3511

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Brian M. Ashe

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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 increase addiction treatment services.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/17/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

1/31/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/1/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/31/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/25/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/26/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/22/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/24/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/1/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/1/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/30/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/22/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/23/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/30/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

2/1/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/23/2019

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

1/31/2019

Nicholas Cocchi (Hampden County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Thomas Bowler (Berkshire County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Peter J. Koutoujian (Middlesex County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Patrick Cahillane (Hampshire County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Christopher J. Donelan (Franklin County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

James A. Perelman (Nantucket County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

James M. Cummings (Barnstable County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Lewis Evangelidis (Worcester County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Kevin F. Coppinger (Essex County Sheriff)

 

1/17/2019

Steven W. Tompkins (Suffolk County Sheriff)

 

1/18/2019

Jerome McDermott (Norfolk County Sheriff)

 

1/25/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3591        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3511

By Mr. Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3511) of Brian M. Ashe and others that the commissioner of Public Health be authorized to establish a marijuana addiction treatment fund.  Cannabis Policy.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3504 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 to increase addiction treatment services.

 

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 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2VVVV, as inserted by section 41 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016, the following section:-

Section 2WWWW. There shall be a Marijuana Addiction Treatment Fund.  The fund shall be administered by the commissioner of public health. There shall be credited to the fund an amount equal to $30,000,000 of the excise taxes on the sale of marijuana or marijuana products collected by the commissioner of revenue pursuant to section 2 of chapter 64N. Expenditures from the fund shall be made to support public and private addiction treatment programs throughout the commonwealth. The department of public health may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify amounts for payment in anticipation of expected receipts; provided, however, that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be deficient at the close of a fiscal year. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and money remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.