SENATE DOCKET, NO. 844 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 756
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven A. Tolman
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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 to eliminate the abuse of controlled-release hydromorphone
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Steven A. Tolman
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Second Suffolk and Middlesex
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Stephen M. Brewer
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Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01136 OF 2007-2008.]
The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to eliminate the abuse of controlled-release hydromorphone.
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.
Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 3 the following section:-
Section 3A.
Notwithstanding sections
2 and 3, any preparation which contains hydromorphone, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, if manufactured so as delay absorption into the blood system, unless the preparation contains 1 or more active nonn
arcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, shall be in schedule I.
SECTION 2.
Section 31 of said chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting
after
line 85, the following paragraph:-
Any preparation,
whic
h contains hydromorphone, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, if manufactured so as delay absorption into the blood system, unless the preparation contains 1 or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recogn
ized therapeutic amounts.
