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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1078 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1422 |
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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 | | John C. Velis |
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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 Narcan availability in schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1078 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1422 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1422) of John C. Velis for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to Narcan availability in schools. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1274 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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 relative to Narcan availability in schools. |
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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 Chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2amended by inserting after section 1B the following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 1C. The school committee of a city, town or regional school district shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4establish a naloxone overdose prevention program. Said program shall require every school |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5nurse to be trained in naloxone assistance and have naloxone in nurse’s office. Said program may |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6be developed with the assistance from the department of education and department of public |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7health. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 In accordance with rules adopted by the department of education and department of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9public health, a public school shall offer training to secondary students on how to administer |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10naloxone hydrochloride, in nasal spray form. The rules adopted by the departments under this 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11section must provide that the training is an extracurricular instruction, that instruction is |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12delivered by a qualified individual and that the standards for instruction are based on those of a |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13nationally recognized program, organization or agency. |
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