Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2149 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2149
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Daniel M. Donahue
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act to ensure safe medication administration.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester1/18/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/24/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/24/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/24/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester1/25/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/31/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/31/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/31/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/31/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/7/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/7/2023Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester2/9/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/9/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/17/2023Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk2/17/2023Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden2/28/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2149
18	18	By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2149) of
19	19	Daniel M. Donahue and others for legislation to ensure safe medication administration. Public
20	20	Health.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
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26	26	An Act to ensure safe medication administration.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h), the following new
31	31	3subsection:-
32	32	4 (i) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, only a dentist, nurse,
33	33	5physician, podiatrist, perfusionist, optometrist or veterinarian licensed as a professional by
34	34	6chapter 112 of the General Laws, or any student enrolled in a course of study for said profession
35	35	7acting under the supervision of said licensed person and in accordance with the General Laws,
36	36	8may administer any controlled substance in schedule II, III, IV, V or VI of Section 3 of chapter
37	37	994C of the General Laws. This shall not be construed to prohibit the following:
38	38	10 (1) self-administration
39	39	11 (2) administration of epinephrine pens in an emergency; 2 of 2
40	40	12 (3) administration of controlled substances by emergency medical system personnel or
41	41	13 (4) administration of controlled substances by any ill, injured or infirm person's domestic
42	42	14partner or family member(s).
43	43	15 For the purposes of this section, "self-administration" shall include the ability of any ill,
44	44	16injured or infirm person who has sufficient understanding of their prescribed controlled
45	45	17substance(s); the indications and contraindications for such controlled substance(s); a
46	46	18recollection of the administration schedule for such controlled substance(s) and an ability to
47	47	19communicate this knowledge and the experienced effect of having taken a controlled substance,
48	48	20to supervise an unlicensed person in the direct administration of such controlled substance(s) to
49	49	21them.