{"Title":"An Act relative to involuntary holds for overdose treatment","BillNumber":"S1139","DocketNumber":"SD2135","GeneralCourtNumber":192,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2021-02-19T11:38:17.723"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2021-02-19T11:38:17.7233333"},{"Id":"SGX1","Name":"Steven G. Xiarhos","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/SGX1","ResponseDate":"2022-01-20T14:57:32.6466667"},{"Id":"PMO","Name":"Patrick M. O'Connor","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/PMO","ResponseDate":"2022-01-20T14:57:32.6466667"},{"Id":"WFT0","Name":"Walter F. Timilty","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/WFT0","ResponseDate":"2022-01-25T08:54:17.4766667"},{"Id":"CLG1","Name":"Carmine Lawrence Gentile","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/CLG1","ResponseDate":"2022-01-25T14:20:20.5733333"}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/Documents/S1139/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1139) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to involuntary holds for overdose treatment.  The Judiciary.","DocumentText":"\tSection 51 1/2 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as inserted by section 32 of chapter 52 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsection:-\r\n\t(d ½) A person presenting in an acute-care hospital or a satellite emergency facility who is reasonably believed by the treating clinician to be experiencing an opiate-related overdose, and who has experienced at least 1 other opiate-related overdose or potential overdose within a 30 day period, may be held, at the treating clinician’s discretion, for a period up to 72 hours for treatment, evaluation, and counseling.”.\r\n","EmergencyPreamble":null,"RollCalls":[],"Attachments":[],"CommitteeRecommendations":[{"Action":"Accompanied","FiscalAmounts":[],"Committee":{"CommitteeCode":"J19","GeneralCourtNumber":192,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/Committees/J19"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}