MA S1328

Bill

To ensure safe medication administration

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to ensure safe medication administration. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to ensure safe medication administration by limiting who can administer controlled substances. It specifies that only licensed healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and dentists, or students under their supervision, can administer controlled substances in Schedules II-VI. The bill includes exceptions for self-administration, epinephrine pen use in emergencies, administration by emergency medical personnel, and administration by a patient's domestic partner or family member if the patient has sufficient understanding of their medication. The bill clarifies the definition of "self-administration" to include the patient's ability to supervise an unlicensed person in directly administering their controlled substances.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (7)

Mike Connolly (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Mary Keefe (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Marc Pacheco (D), Dave Robertson (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2751 (on 06/09/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1328

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1328
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1328.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1363	Relative to improving the administration and efficiency of the judicial system	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2543	Relative to assessing administration	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
S1142	Relative to psychotropic medication	Accompanied a study order, see S2550	Similar To
S1222	Relative to the board of registration in naturopathy	Accompanied H1864	Similar To
S1432	Relative to sheriffs	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1678	To Improve Tax Administration Processes in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2549	Similar To
S2298	Relative to emergency prescriptions	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2751	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health legislation	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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