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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2763 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2230 |
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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 | | David M. Rogers |
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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 relative to overdose mapping. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2763 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2230 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2230) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David M. Rogers for legislation to maintain a public database website for fatal and nonfatal |
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| 20 | 20 | | opiate overdoses. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3601 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to overdose mapping. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 237 the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 SECTION 1. Section 237A. (a) Emergency medical service providers, emergency |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5coroners, when responding to and reporting on fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses, shall record |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6the location where the opiate overdose or overdoses occurred. Emergency medical service |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8fire departments and coroners shall submit the location data to the department, pursuant to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9section 237, not less than 24 hours after the fatal or nonfatal opiate overdose or after receiving |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10the incident toxicology report. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (b) The collection, storage and release of location data shall be subject to the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13regulations adopted in 45 CFR § 160 and 164. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 (c) The center for health information analysis, as established in chapter 12C, in |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15consultation with department, shall maintain a public database website for fatal and nonfatal |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16opiate overdoses in the commonwealth. The website shall provide a public electronic record of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17the locations where the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses occur based on the data collected and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18assembled from emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners, which they provide to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20the department. The department shall maintain the fatal and nonfatal opiate overdose location |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21data collected by emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22law enforcement agencies, sheriffs’ offices, fire departments and coroners. The department shall |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23provide the center with a monthly updated data report for the website based on the new data |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24collected. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25 (d) The department and the center shall not publicly disclose any data containing direct |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26personal identification information including: an individual’s name, residence, street address, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27email address, telephone number and social security number. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024. |
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