HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1433 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3585
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 pertaining to people with mental illness in hospital emergency rooms.
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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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Elizabeth A. Malia
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11th Suffolk
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Ellen Story
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3rd Hampshire
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John W. Scibak
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2nd Hampshire
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Kay Khan
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11th Middlesex
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William N. Brownsberger
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24th Middlesex
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Paul J. Donato
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35th
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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Patricia D. Jehlen
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Second Middlesex
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Steven A. Tolman
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Second Suffolk and Middlesex
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Susan C. Fargo
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Third Middlesex
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John P. Fresolo
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16th
Worcester
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Denise Provost
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27th Middlesex
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr.
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16th 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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Byron Rushing
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9th Suffolk
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Cory Atkins
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14th Middlesex
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Steven J. D'Amico
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4th Bristol
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James M.
Murphy
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4th 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 pertaining to people with mental illness in hospital
emergency rooms.
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.
Section 25A of said chapter 111 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “commonwealth”, in line 33, the following words: -
, including data analysis relating to the use of behavioral restraint in certified emergency care units of facilities as defined in section 70E of chapter 111.
SECTION 2.
Subsection (a) of section 2 of chapter
118G, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word “services ” the following words:-
, including data on the use of behavioral restraint in certified emergency care units of facilities as defined in section
70E
of chapter 111.
SECTION 3.
Notwithstanding any general or special la
w to the contrary, the commissioner of the department of mental health and the commissioner of the department of public health shall submit
a report semiannually
on the progress of their joint working group on emergency room treatment for people with behav
ioral health disorders to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on public health and the house and senate clerk.
