Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-535-R1

Redraft EHS 535

Analysis and Reporting on Opiate Overdose Data

Mr. Keenan moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 53 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 53A. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the acts of 2015 is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

“Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services, in collaboration with the department of public health, shall conduct or provide for an examination of the prescribing and treatment history, including court-ordered treatment or treatment within the criminal justice system, of persons in the commonwealth who suffered fatal or non-fatal opiate overdoses in calendar years 2013 to 2015, inclusive. Any report or supplemental reports resulting from this examination shall provide any data in an aggregate and de-identified format.

SECTION 53B. Said section 1 of said chapter 55 is hereby further amended by striking out the fourth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means. The secretary of health and human services may publish supplemental reports on the trends identified through its examination; provided, however, that any supplemental report shall be filed not later than July 1, 2017 and shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means.”.