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House roll call #398 · 2017–2018 session · July 11, 2018

For prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction

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What they voted on

Official wording: H.4725, On further Amendment

Who filed H.4725

Sponsor House Committee on Ways and Means

Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.

111 Yes36 No6 did not vote

Amendment adopted

Every member's vote

Voted yes (111)
Voted no (36)
Did not vote (6)

What it means

The House Ways and Means version of a bill on opioid and substance use disorder prevention and treatment. It requires hospital emergency departments to have protocols to treat opioid overdose patients, including the ability to offer opioid agonist treatment; has the state issue a statewide standing order so any licensed pharmacist can dispense naloxone or similar overdose-reversal drugs; and requires electronic prescriptions for controlled substances starting January 1, 2020. Patients could ask pharmacists to fill only part of a schedule II prescription without paying an extra co-pay for the rest under MassHealth, state employee and private insurance plans. It also creates a 2-year pilot of medication-assisted treatment in two state prisons, a statewide remote consultation program for health providers treating adults with substance use disorder, a behavioral health promotion and prevention trust fund and commission for children and young adults, and special commissions on recovery coaching, non-opioid pain treatment and medication-assisted treatment.

Source: official text and history of H.4725 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.

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