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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1112 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2189
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Richard M. Haggerty
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to update the prescription monitoring program.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/18/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1112 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2189
By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2189) of
Richard M. Haggerty relative to utilization of the prescription monitoring program. Public
Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 741 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to update the prescription monitoring program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 The second paragraph of subsection (c) of section 24A of chapter 94C of the General
2Laws, as amended by section 41 of chapter 208 of the acts of 2018, is hereby further amended by
3adding the following sentence:- A registered participant required to utilize the prescription
4monitoring program prior to issuing a prescription under this subsection or regulations
5promulgated pursuant to this subsection who does not utilize such program as so required shall
6be fined in an amount to be set by the department in regulations promulgated pursuant to this
7subsection.