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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 293 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64 |
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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 | | Joanne M. Comerford |
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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 to support families. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and WorcesterJason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/15/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 293 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 64) of Joanne M. Comerford |
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| 19 | 19 | | and Jason M. Lewis for legislation to support families. Children, Families and Persons with |
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| 20 | 20 | | Disabilities. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to support families. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. The first paragraph of subsection (a) of section 51A of chapter 119 of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3line 6, the words:- ; (iii) physical dependence upon an addictive drug at birth. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 51A of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following subsection:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (a½) Separate from the reporting requirements under subsection (a), health care providers |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7involved in the delivery or care of infants affected by in-utero substance exposure or a fetal |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8alcohol spectrum disorder, shall notify the department of such condition in such infants as |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9required under 42 U.S.C. § 1506a(b)(2)(B)(ii). Such notification shall not include the names or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10identifying information of the parents or the infant, shall not constitute a report that any parent |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11has abused or neglected a child, and shall not trigger or require prosecution for any illegal action. |
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