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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3824 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2239 |
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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 | | Andres X. Vargas and Kate Donaghue |
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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 ensuring the privacy of the residents living in sober homes. |
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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:Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex1/17/2025Kate Donaghue19th Worcester1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3824 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2239 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Vargas of Haverhill and Donaghue of Westborough, a petition (accompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | by bill, House, No. 2239) of Andres X. Vargas and Kate Donaghue relative to addresses of sober |
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| 20 | 20 | | homes. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to ensuring the privacy of the residents living in sober homes. |
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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. Section 18 of chapter 17 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3the following subsection:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (c) The bureau shall establish a website that informs the public of acute treatment service |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5facilities and transitional support service facilities that have open beds. The bureau shall update |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the website daily. The website shall provide the following information about each facility that |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7has an open bed: (i) the name, city or town, telephone number and website of the facility; (ii) |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8information about the types of payment that the facility accepts; and (iii) a description of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9types of programs and services provided at the facility. The website shall also provide |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10information about services available in each region of the commonwealth including, but not |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11limited to, alcohol and drug free housing as defined in section 18A, outpatient services and 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12community based services; provided, that each alcohol and drug free housing and service shall |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13list the city or town that they are located in and not their full address on their website. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 2. Subsection (f) of section 18A of said chapter 17, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15amended by adding the following sentence:- Each alcohol and drug free housing listed by the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16bureau shall list the city or town that they are located in and not their full address on their |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17website. |
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