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H4673 • 2025

An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers

An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers

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Sponsor
Judiciary (J)
Last action
2025-12-01
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers

An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

  • An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-01 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-12-01 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-12-01 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-11-03 House

    Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

  5. 2025-11-03 House

    New draft of H1637

  6. 2025-11-03 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.4673

SECTION 1. Chapter 231 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 85BB the following section:-

Section 85CC. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no duly licensed or certified law enforcement officer, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E, or ambulance, emergency medical technician or other person or entity providing ambulance service or emergency medical services, as those terms are defined in section 1 of chapter 111C, shall be subject to any claim, liability or penalty for any good faith action or inaction taken in good faith when transporting a person to a community behavioral health center, as defined in section 13D½ of chapter 118E.

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