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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1593 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 530
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michelle L. Ciccolo
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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 requiring opioid use disorder education.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michelle L. Ciccolo15th Middlesex1/15/2025John Francis Moran9th Suffolk1/23/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/23/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/27/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/12/2025Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex2/24/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/24/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/24/2025Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol2/24/2025Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/24/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/24/2025Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth2/25/2025Russell E. Holmes6th Suffolk2/25/2025Manny Cruz7th Essex2/27/2025Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex2/27/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex3/4/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1593 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 530
By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 530) of
Michelle L. Ciccolo and others relative to opioid use disorder education. Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act requiring opioid use disorder 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. Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition,
2is hereby amended by inserting after section 1T the following section:-
3 Section 1U. (a) Drug, alcohol and tobacco use education standards established pursuant
4to section 1D shall promote an understanding of opioid use disorder including, but not limited to:
5(i) opioids, opiates and how substance use disorder occurs; (ii) procedures to identify an opioid
6overdose; (iii) naloxone, where to find it and how to use it to reverse an opioid overdose; (iv)
7destigmatizing naloxone possession; and (v) existing statewide medical amnesty for lay people
8who administer naloxone or contact emergency services in the event of a suspected overdose.
9 (b) A school district, charter school, approved private day or residential school or
10collaborative school shall incorporate the opioid use disorder education standards established
11pursuant to section 1D and subsection (a) into existing curriculum including, but not limited to,
12health education. 2 of 2
13 (c) The department may apply for federal, state or other funding to implement this
14section.