HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2776        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3601

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David M. Rogers

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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 overdose mapping.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/19/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/19/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/2/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2776        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3601

By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3601) of David M. Rogers, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Mindy Domb for legislation to maintain a public database website for fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

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 overdose mapping.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 237 the following section:-

SECTION 1. Section 237A. (a) Emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners, when responding to and reporting on fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses, shall record the location where the opiate overdose or overdoses occurred. Emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners shall submit the location data to the department, pursuant to section 237, not less than 24 hours after the fatal or nonfatal opiate overdose or after receiving the incident toxicology report.

(b) The collection, storage and release of location data shall be subject to the requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the regulations adopted in 45 CFR § 160 and 164.

(c) The center for health information analysis, as established in chapter 12C, in consultation with department, shall maintain a public database website for fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses in the commonwealth. The website shall provide a public electronic record of the locations where the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses occur based on the data collected and assembled from emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners, which they provide to the department. The department shall maintain the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdose location data collected by emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners. The department shall provide the center with a monthly updated data report for the website based on the new data collected.

(d) The department and the center shall not publicly disclose any data containing direct personal identification information including: an individual’s name, residence, street address, email address, telephone number and social security number.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.