Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, September 18, 2023

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Opioids

The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery will conduct a hybrid public hearing on September 18, 2023, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM in A2 and Teams on bills relating to Opioids. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: To provide oral testimony, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/r3VUnPitxc

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 5:00 P.M. Thursday, September 14, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail the day after pre-registration closes with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in-person on forms provided by Committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The Committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3 minute time limit.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Please have each member of the panel fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully-remote panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to Thomas.Baranowski@mahouse.gov and Katie.Verra@masenate.gov

WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out the form. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee via E-mail to House Chair at Adrian.Madaro@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair John.Velis@masenate.gov, as well as to Committee staff at jointcmte-mentalhealth@malegislature.gov. Written testimony will be accepted until the bill is acted upon.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies require 3 business days to process any request for services. Requests for services should be submitted through the link below.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery - 9-18-2023	9/18/2023 1:00 PM	00:50:52

Opioids 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1962	An Act relative to non-opioid alternatives in pain treatment	James Arciero
S.1272	An Act relative to non-opioid alternatives in pain treatment	Walter F. Timilty
H.1968	An Act relative to the labeling of opioid prescriptions	Peter Capano
H.1969	An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund	Simon Cataldo
S.1259	An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund	Jason M. Lewis
H.1970	An Act to inform prescribers of non-opioid alternative care	Tackey Chan
S.1254	An Act to inform prescribers of non-opioid alternative care	Edward J. Kennedy
H.1971	An Act to enhance patient education and informed consent before issuance of opioids	Tackey Chan
S.1255	An Act to enhance patient education and informed consent before issuance of opioids	Edward J. Kennedy
H.1983	An Act to educate on prescription opioids	Carole A. Fiola
S.1240	An Act to educate on prescription opioids	Brendan P. Crighton
H.1990	An Act relative to patient opioid notification	Steven S. Howitt
H.1991	An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1998	An Act relative to reducing the risk of unintended fatal opioid overdose	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.3601	An Act relative to overdose mapping	David M. Rogers

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

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