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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3012 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 562 |
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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 | | Kate Donaghue and Greg Schwartz |
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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 increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment. |
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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:Kate Donaghue19th Worcester1/16/2025Greg Schwartz12th Middlesex1/16/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/20/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3012 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 562 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Donaghue of Westborough and Schwartz of Newton, a petition |
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| 19 | 19 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 562) of Kate Donaghue, Greg Schwartz and Carmine |
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| 20 | 20 | | Lawrence Gentile for legislation to further regulate public school’s substance use prevention |
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| 21 | 21 | | policy. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 96 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2inserting after the second paragraph the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Each public school’s substance use prevention policy shall include plans to educate and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4inform students with particular attention to: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 (1) the dangers of addictive substance use generally, and especially of opioids, and the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6repercussions thereof, and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 (2) the immunities granted under section 34A of chapter 94C of the general laws to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8encourage the reporting of overdoses. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 Schools may employ useful methods based on successful models used in other districts. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10Schools may assess the effectiveness of their measures, share successful approaches with others, 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11and work for more effective substance use education in collaboration with the department of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12public health and the department of elementary and secondary education. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 SECTION 2. This act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage. |
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