An Act relative to overdose fatalities
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H2727 — An Act relative to overdose fatalities
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1Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 194th General Court. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
An Act relative to overdose fatalities
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The bill mandates police and fire departments to maintain a daily log of opiate overdose responses and establishes restrictions on the access and confidentiality of this information.
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Section 98I. (a) Each city, town or district police department and fire department shall keep a daily log of all responses to calls for assistance relating to an opiate overdose, which shall include the name of the person experiencing the overdose, their home address, the address to which the department responded to the call, and whether or not the overdose was fatal. All such daily logs shall be recorded in a central database, and shall be accessible to all city, town or district police departments and fire departments.
This adds a new requirement for police and fire departments to maintain a log of opiate overdose responses and establishes a central database for the information.
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(c) Daily logs developed pursuant to this section shall not be public records nor shall the information contained in such logs be disclosed to the public. Further, such information shall only be accessed by police department and fire department personnel, and shall be used to monitor overdose responses and fatalities, and to provide updated information for departments carrying out overdose follow-up visits.
This establishes confidentiality for the logs, prohibiting public access to the information.
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(d) Any police department or fire department personnel carrying out overdose follow-up visits shall routinely check the database for any updated information prior to any follow-up visit.
This requires personnel to check the central database for updates before conducting overdose follow-up visits.
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(e) The department of public safety and security shall consider input from city, town and district police departments and fire departments, and shall promulgate regulations regarding the central database and information sharing, and said regulations shall be in compliance with any federal standards for protecting personal health information.
This mandates the department of public safety and security to create regulations for the central database and ensure compliance with federal health information standards.
Sponsors
- Thomas P. Walsh · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 203 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Thomas P. Walsh Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (203)
203 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does H2727 do?
- An Act relative to overdose fatalities
- Who sponsors H2727?
- H2727 is sponsored by Thomas P. Walsh (Democrat).
- What is the current status of H2727?
- This bill died with 194th General Court. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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