MA H4450

Bill

Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Introduced
02/20/2020

In Committee
02/20/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to authorizing the committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to make an investigation and study of certain House documents concerning mental health, substance use and recovery

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Massachusetts Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to conduct an investigation and study of various House documents related to mental health, substance use, and recovery. The committee is tasked with reporting back to the General Court with the results of its investigation, its recommendations, and any necessary draft legislation by December 31, 2020.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery (J)

Last Action

Reported, in part, by H1745 (on 02/27/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4450

(33 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4450
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4450.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1143	Relative to funding the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1698	Transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1702	Relative to psychotropic medication	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1704	Establishing a behavioral health workforce development trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1705	Relative to expanding access and safety of mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1706	Establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1707	To promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1708	To improve the quality of mental health services, and rights of patients, by providing for sufficient privacy	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1710	Providing for efficient access to mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1711	Providing for the treatment of overdose victims	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1715	Relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1717	Advancing public health and safety using fentanyl testing strips	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1718	Relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1721	To expand access to medically assisted treatment providers	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1722	Relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1723	To further define medical necessity determinations	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1725	To establish a Medicaid expansion task force	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1726	Relative to treatment for substance use disorder	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1727	Relative to the report on substance abuse evaluations	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1735	Providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1738	Relative to improving mental health care through innovation	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1740	Relative to mental health needs and suicide prevention	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1741	Establishing court ordered mental health assisted outpatient treatment	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1742	Relative to public safety notification for sober homes	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1745	Relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care	Accompanied a study order, see H5101	Replaces
H1746	Establishing a commission to review substance use in correctional facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1749	Establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons with substance use disorder	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1750	Relative to services for persons with mental illness who are living with older family members or primary caretakers	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1751	Relative to providing appropriate medical care for persons in mental health facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1752	To provide services for medically ill and mentally ill persons	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1753	Relative to mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H1754	To combat the opioid addiction epidemic	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces
H3722	To expand the role of nurses in psychiatric facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1143

Relative to funding the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Trust Fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1698

Transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1702

Relative to psychotropic medication

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1704

Establishing a behavioral health workforce development trust fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1705

Relative to expanding access and safety of mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1706

Establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1707

To promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1708

To improve the quality of mental health services, and rights of patients, by providing for sufficient privacy

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1710

Providing for efficient access to mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1711

Providing for the treatment of overdose victims

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1715

Relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1717

Advancing public health and safety using fentanyl testing strips

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1718

Relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1721

To expand access to medically assisted treatment providers

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1722

Relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1723

To further define medical necessity determinations

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1725

To establish a Medicaid expansion task force

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1726

Relative to treatment for substance use disorder

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1727

Relative to the report on substance abuse evaluations

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1735

Providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1738

Relative to improving mental health care through innovation

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1740

Relative to mental health needs and suicide prevention

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1741

Establishing court ordered mental health assisted outpatient treatment

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1742

Relative to public safety notification for sober homes

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1745

Relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

Accompanied a study order, see H5101

Replaces

H1746

Establishing a commission to review substance use in correctional facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1749

Establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons with substance use disorder

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1750

Relative to services for persons with mental illness who are living with older family members or primary caretakers

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1751

Relative to providing appropriate medical care for persons in mental health facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1752

To provide services for medically ill and mentally ill persons

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1753

Relative to mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H1754

To combat the opioid addiction epidemic

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

H3722

To expand the role of nurses in psychiatric facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Replaces

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