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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2362 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2322 |
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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 | | Peter J. Durant |
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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 establishing a commission to study post-traumatic stress disorder in law enforcement |
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| 13 | 13 | | officers. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Peter J. Durant6th Worcester1/17/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2362 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2322 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Durant of Spencer, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2322) of Peter |
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| 20 | 20 | | J. Durant, Joseph D. McKenna and Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida for an investigation by a special |
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| 21 | 21 | | commission (including members of the General Court) relative to post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| 22 | 22 | | in law enforcement officers. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2456 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act establishing a commission to study post-traumatic stress disorder in law enforcement |
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| 31 | 31 | | officers. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 There shall be a special commission established pursuant to section 2A of chapter 4 of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2the General Laws to study and investigate post traumatic stress disorder in law enforcement |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3officers. The commission shall consist of 2 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4shall be nominated by the minority leader, 2 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5nominated by the minority leader, the commissioner of public safety or a designee, the colonel of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6the state police or a designee, the secretary of health and human services or a designee, the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7commissioner of mental health and 3 members to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8be a representative of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Incorporated. The |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9members of the commission may elect a member to serve as chair. As part of its study and 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10investigation, the commission shall review causes of post traumatic stress disorder among police |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11officers in the commonwealth, and identify the estimated prevalence of post traumatic stress |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12disorder among police officers in the commonwealth. The commission shall identify and analyze |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13methods, practices and programs, including those in other states, to prevent and treat post |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14traumatic stress disorder in police officers. The commission shall make recommendations for |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15which methods, practices and programs, including existing programs in the commonwealth, are |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16most effective in preventing and treating post traumatic stress disorder in police officers. |
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