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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.1117 194th (Current)

An Act relative to treatment, not incarceration

By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1117) of Cindy F. Friedman, Michael J. Barrett, Russell E. Holmes, John F. Keenan and others for legislation relative to treatment, not incarceration. The Judiciary.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Cindy F. Friedman
This bill would allow the court, when a defendant has an alcohol or substance use disorder, to order the defendant to participate in treatment as a condition of probation, but prohibit the court from imposing incarceration if a positive drug or alcohol test is the only infraction and the defendant is otherwise participating in treatment.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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