HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2149

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel M. Donahue

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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 ensure safe medication administration.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/18/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/24/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

1/24/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/24/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/25/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/31/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/31/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

1/31/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/7/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/9/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/9/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/17/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/17/2023

Shirley B. Arriaga

8th Hampden

2/28/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

3/16/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2149

By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2149) of Daniel M. Donahue and others for legislation to ensure safe medication administration.  Public Health.

 

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 to ensure safe medication administration.

 

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 7 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h), the following new subsection:-

(i) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, only a dentist, nurse, physician, podiatrist, perfusionist, optometrist or veterinarian licensed as a professional by chapter 112 of the General Laws, or any student enrolled in a course of study for said profession acting under the supervision of said licensed person and in accordance with the General Laws, may administer any controlled substance in schedule II, III, IV, V or VI of Section 3 of chapter 94C of the General Laws. This shall not be construed to prohibit the following:

(1) self-administration

(2) administration of epinephrine pens in an emergency;

(3) administration of controlled substances by emergency medical system personnel or

(4) administration of controlled substances by any ill, injured or infirm person's domestic partner or family member(s).

For the purposes of this section, "self-administration" shall include the ability of any ill, injured or infirm person who has sufficient understanding of their prescribed controlled substance(s); the indications and contraindications for such controlled substance(s); a recollection of the administration schedule for such controlled substance(s) and an ability to communicate this knowledge and the experienced effect of having taken a controlled substance, to supervise an unlicensed person in the direct administration of such controlled substance(s) to them.