HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1992

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 treatment for substance use disorder.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/17/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

1/25/2023

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/26/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/26/2023

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/28/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2023

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1992

By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1992) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to treatment for substance use disorder.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2103 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to treatment for substance use disorder.

 

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 51 ½ of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) in its entirety and inserting the following thereof:-

(d) If a person has received a substance abuse evaluation and returns to an acute care hospital or emergency satellite facility within seven days of receipt of such evaluation suffering from an opiate-related overdose or has recently been administered naloxone, the attending physician may authorize the restraint of such person and apply for the treatment of such person for a 3-day period at a facility authorized for such purposes by the department of public health or the department of mental health.