An Act helping overdosing persons in emergencies
By Representative Pignatelli of Lenox and Senator Lovely, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2125) of Smitty Pignatelli, Joan B. Lovely and others relative to requirements and procedures necessary for first responders to provide urgent help to persons overdosing from opioids. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Presenters:
- Smitty Pignatelli , Joan B. Lovely
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith certain requirements and procedures necessary for first responders to provide urgent help to persons at risk of serious and deadly harm from opioids and opioid overdose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health.
Petitioners
| Name | District/Address |
|---|---|
| Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire |
| Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex |
| Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex |
| James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk |
| Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable |
| Peter Capano | 11th Essex |
| Christopher Hendricks | 11th Bristol |
| Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire |
| Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester |
| Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester |
| Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin |
| Jessica Ann Giannino | 16th Suffolk |
| John Barrett, III | 1st Berkshire |
| Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden |
| Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth |
| William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk |
| Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin |
| Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth |
| Susan L. Moran | Plymouth and Barnstable |
| Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester |
| David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire |
| Daniel R. Carey | 2nd Hampshire |
| Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex |
| Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex |
| Adam G. Hinds | Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden |
| Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
| Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk |
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