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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 110 FILED ON: 1/9/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 557
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Smitty Pignatelli
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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 prescription opioid abuse prevention education.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire1/9/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/19/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire1/20/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/20/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/25/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/30/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden1/30/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/6/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/8/2023Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex2/14/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 110 FILED ON: 1/9/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 557
By Representative Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 557) of
Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to prescription opioid abuse prevention education in public
schools. Education.
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 prescription opioid abuse prevention education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 71 of the general laws, as so appearing in the 2018
2edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “violence”, in line 22, the following
3words:- “, prescription opioid abuse prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug
4epidemic and the connection between prescription opioid abuse and addiction to other drugs,
5such as heroin,”.