HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1420 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Ruth B. Balser
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act directing the Department of Mental Health to study peer run respite services.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Ruth B. Balser
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12th Middlesex
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Ellen Story
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3rd Hampshire
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Kay Khan
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11th Middlesex
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John W. Scibak
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2nd Hampshire
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Paul J. Donato
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35th Middlesex
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William N. Brownsberger
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24th Middlesex
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Alice K. Wolf
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25th Middlesex
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Jennifer L. Flanagan
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Worcester and Middlesex
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John F. Quinn
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9th Bristol
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Denise Provost
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27th Middlesex
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John P. Fresolo
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16th Worcester
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr.
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16th Middlesex
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Anthony W. Petruccelli
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First Suffolk and Middlesex
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Bruce J. Ayers
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1st Norfolk
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John H. Rogers
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12th Norfolk
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Jennifer M. Callahan
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18th Worcester
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act directing the Department of Mental Health to study peer run respite services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of mental health is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study of the feasibility of providing peer run respite services. Said study shall include, but not be limited to, the need for such services, the scope of services to be offered, costs associated with providing such services, and financing mechanisms. Said study shall also evaluate the benefits and barriers of implementing peer run respite services. In preparing the results of said study, the department shall review peer run respite models in other states and consult with members of the mental health community including, but not limited to
, M-POWER, Inc.
, Transformation Center,
The Recovery Learning Communities of Massachusetts,
the
Emergency Room Rights Committee, MASS Wellness Recovery Action Plan, NAMI of Massachusetts,
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Cor
porations of Massachusetts,
the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health
, and the Massachusetts Mental Health Coalition
. The results of said study shall be submitted to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on health care financing, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate clerk not later than December 31, 2010.
