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22 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
33 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1992
44 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
55 _________________
66 PRESENTED BY:
77 Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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99 To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
1010 Court assembled:
1111 The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
1212 An Act relative to treatment for substance use disorder.
1313 _______________
1414 PETITION OF:
1515 NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/25/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/28/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/1/2023 1 of 1
1616 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
1717 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1992
1818 By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1992) of
1919 Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to treatment for substance use disorder. Mental Health,
2020 Substance Use and Recovery.
2121 [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
2222 SEE HOUSE, NO. 2103 OF 2021-2022.]
2323 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2424 _______________
2525 In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
2626 (2023-2024)
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2828 An Act relative to treatment for substance use disorder.
2929 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
3030 of the same, as follows:
3131 1 SECTION 1. Section 51 ½ of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
3232 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) in its entirety and inserting the
3333 3following thereof:-
3434 4 (d) If a person has received a substance abuse evaluation and returns to an acute care
3535 5hospital or emergency satellite facility within seven days of receipt of such evaluation suffering
3636 6from an opiate-related overdose or has recently been administered naloxone, the attending
3737 7physician may authorize the restraint of such person and apply for the treatment of such person
3838 8for a 3-day period at a facility authorized for such purposes by the department of public health or
3939 9the department of mental health.