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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2776 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3601
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David M. Rogers
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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 relative to overdose mapping.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/19/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/19/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/2/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2776 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3601
By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3601) of
David M. Rogers, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Mindy Domb for legislation to maintain a public
database website for fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses. Mental Health, Substance Use and
Recovery.
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 relative to overdose mapping.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting after section 237 the following section:-
3 SECTION 1. Section 237A. (a) Emergency medical service providers, emergency
4departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and
5coroners, when responding to and reporting on fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses, shall record
6the location where the opiate overdose or overdoses occurred. Emergency medical service
7providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices,
8fire departments and coroners shall submit the location data to the department, pursuant to
9section 237, not less than 24 hours after the fatal or nonfatal opiate overdose or after receiving
10the incident toxicology report. 2 of 2
11 (b) The collection, storage and release of location data shall be subject to the
12requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the
13regulations adopted in 45 CFR § 160 and 164.
14 (c) The center for health information analysis, as established in chapter 12C, in
15consultation with department, shall maintain a public database website for fatal and nonfatal
16opiate overdoses in the commonwealth. The website shall provide a public electronic record of
17the locations where the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses occur based on the data collected and
18assembled from emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local
19law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners, which they provide to
20the department. The department shall maintain the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdose location
21data collected by emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local
22law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners. The department shall
23provide the center with a monthly updated data report for the website based on the new data
24collected.
25 (d) The department and the center shall not publicly disclose any data containing direct
26personal identification information including: an individual’s name, residence, street address,
27email address, telephone number and social security number.
28 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.