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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3001 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1978 |
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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 | | Marjorie C. Decker |
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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 to improve mental health services in places of incarceration. |
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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:Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/10/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/19/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden2/22/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3001 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1978 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1978) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marjorie C. Decker, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Bud L. Williams for legislation to authorize the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Commissioner of Mental Health to have supervision over the provision of mental health services |
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| 21 | 21 | | to prisoners. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2085 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 to improve mental health services in places of incarceration. |
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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 Section 1 of chapter 19 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 The commissioner of mental health shall have supervision over the provision of mental |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4health services to prisoners in the custody of the department of correction or any House of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5Correction, including review and approval of any contract between the department of correction |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6and any other entity concerning the provision of mental health services, and shall establish |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7minimum standards for the effective delivery of such services. At least once each six months the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8commissioner shall audit each state correctional facility and House of Correction to determine |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9compliance with the minimum standards. In exercising its supervisorial authority, the 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10commissioner shall collect data regarding the provision of mental health services as necessary to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11promote improvements in such provision, including such data as may be required in order to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12obtain funding from the federal government for services to prisoners with mental health needs. |
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