SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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SENATE, April 1, 2024.
The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 315) of Joan B. Lovely for legislation relative to recovery high schools, report the
accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2669).
For the committee,
Jason M. Lewis 1 of 1
FILED ON: 2/7/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2669
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 recovery high schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary
2and secondary education, in consultation with the principals of the 5 recovery high schools in the
3commonwealth, shall: (i) examine the costs associated with sending students to a recovery high
4school, as defined in subsection (a) of section 91 of chapter 71 of the General Laws; (ii)
5determine the average cost per pupil at recovery high schools in the commonwealth; and (iii)
6determine, in consultation with the department of public health, whether enrollment in a recovery
7high school should require a medical diagnosis of “substance use disorder or dependency, as
8defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR”.
9 The department shall submit its findings to the chairs of the house and senate committees
10on ways and means, the chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the joint
11committee on mental health, substance use and recovery not later than June 30, 2025.