Amendment #16 to H3944

An act relative to immunity for persons seeking drug addiction treatment

Ms. Ferrante of Gloucester moves to amend the bill by inserting after Section 19 the following section:

SECTION XX: Section 34A of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph:-

(b½) A person who, in good faith, enters a police station and seeks assistance or treatment for a person present at such police station suffering from a drug-related addiction, or a person who, in good faith, enters a police station and seeks assistance or treatment for a drug-related addiction, or is the subject of a good faith request for such assistance or treatment, shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled substance under sections 34 or 35, or possession of drug paraphernalia under section 32I, if the evidence for such charge of possession was gained as a result of the seeking of assistance or treatment.