H2727 • 2025

An Act relative to overdose fatalities

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Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh
Last action: 2025-10-30
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to overdose fatalities

An Act relative to overdose fatalities By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to overdose fatalities By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2727) of Thomas P.
Walsh relative to establishing a daily log of all responses to calls for assistance relating to opiate overdoses.
Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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Bill History

2025-10-30 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-07-23 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 07/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
2025-07-14 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to overdose fatalities
By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2727) of Thomas P. Walsh relative to establishing a daily log of all responses to calls for assistance relating to opiate overdoses. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.2727

Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 98H the following section:-

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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

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