Amendment ID: S2133-3

Amendment 3

Reporting Requirements for Newborn Exposure and Hospitalizations Caused by Non-Lethal Exposure to Substances

Mr. Brownsberger moves to amend the bill by adding the following new language in Section 16 after the words “in a manner determined by the commissioner of public health” in line 161:-

On a monthly basis, acute hospitals, as defined in Section 64 of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall file a report with the commissioner on public health in a manner determined by the commissioner of public health. This report shall include the number of infants born in the previous month identified by the hospital as having been exposed to a schedule II through schedule VI, inclusive, controlled substance, under Chapter 94C, as well as the number and specific causes of hospitalizations caused by ingestion of a schedule II, through schedule VI, inclusive, controlled substance, under Chapter 94C.