Amendment ID: S2020-21-R1

Redraft Amendment 21

Newborn Exposure to Controlled Substances

Messrs. Brownsberger and Tarr move to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

Section XX: Section 16 of Chapter 38 of the General Laws, as most recently amended in Section 11 of Chapter 258 of the Acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"(b) On a monthly basis, acute hospitals, as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E, shall file a report with the commissioner of 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 I through schedule II, inclusive, controlled substance, under chapter 94C, and those controlled substances in schedule III, under chapter 94C, that the drug formulary commission established in section 13 of chapter 17 has determined have a heightened level of public health risk due to the drugs’ potential for abuse and misuse, as well as the number and specific causes of hospitalizations caused by ingestion of a schedule I through schedule II, inclusive, controlled substance, under said chapter 94C, and those controlled substances in schedule III, under chapter 94C, that the drug formulary commission established in section 13 of chapter 17 has determined have a heightened level of public health risk due to the drugs’ potential for abuse and misuse."