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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4028 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1172 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Peter Capano |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to same day drug testing. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Peter Capano11th Essex1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4028 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1172 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Capano of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1172) of Peter |
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| 19 | 19 | | Capano that the Division of Medical Assistance practices allow for definitive drug tests to be |
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| 20 | 20 | | billed on the same day as presumptive drug tests when medically necessary. Health Care |
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| 21 | 21 | | Financing. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1317 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to same day drug testing. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2017 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Section 78. Same Day Drug Testing – Presumptive and Definitive |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 The Division of Medical Assistance shall ensure that current regulations, bulletins and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5practices allow for definitive drug tests to be billed on the same day as presumptive drug tests |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6(drug screens) when medically necessary for managing a patient’s treatment in outpatient pain |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7management or substance abuse treatment settings. The policy shall be consistent with |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8American Medical Association and CMS HCPCS coding and may include but not be limited to 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9establishing preferred providers, setting educational requirements for providers and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10differentiating among provider types. |
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