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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1243 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1394 |
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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 | | F. Jay Barrows |
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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 law enforcement access to prescription monitoring data. |
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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:F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1243 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1394 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Barrows of Mansfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1394) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | F. Jay Barrows relative to access to prescription monitoring data by law enforcement. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3717 OF 2019-2020.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to law enforcement access to prescription monitoring data. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Clause (4) of subsection (f) of section 24A of chapter 94C of the General |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Laws, inserted by section 42 of chapter 208 of the acts of 2020, is hereby amended by striking |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3out the words “and accompanied by a probable cause warrant issued pursuant to chapter 276”. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said subsection (f) of said section 24A of said chapter 94C is hereby further |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5amended by striking out clause (6), as appearing in chapter 425 of the acts of 2020, and inserting |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6in place thereof the following clause:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (6) personnel of: (A) the United States attorney or a federal agency; provided, however, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8that the data request is made pursuant to clause (4) or federal law; (B) the office of the attorney |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9general provided, however, that the data request is in connection with a bona fide specific 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10controlled substance or additional drug-related investigation; or (C) a district attorney’s office; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11provided, however, that the data request is in connection with a bona fide specific controlled |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12substance or additional drug-related investigation; |
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