H2214 • 2025

An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations

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Sponsor: Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5319 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations

An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2214) of Bradley H.
Jones, Jr,.
and others relative to substance use disorder evaluations.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5319 (under House Rule 27)
2025-10-31 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred
House
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2214) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr,. and others relative to substance use disorder evaluations. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

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Bill H.2214

Section 51 ½ of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following subsection:

(i) The department of public health shall annually collect, in a manner to be determined by the department, the frequency and location of substance abuse evaluations ordered pursuant to this section. The department of public health shall include in the report the number of persons who received a substance abuse evaluation and returned to an acute care facility within the same calendar year for treatment related to an opioid overdose. The department shall report such information to the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 1, annually.

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