Bill > S2248

This bill directs the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to create and administer an 18-month pilot program that will place accessible naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, at all MBTA Red Line stations. Each station will have three freestanding, unalarmed naloxone boxes, each containing two units of 4-milligram intranasal naloxone spray. The MBTA personnel will check the boxes daily to replace used naloxone and record the usage. The bill also requires the MBTA to provide information and instructions on how to use naloxone in an emergency. After the pilot program, the MBTA will file a report evaluating the benefits, costs, and recommendations for improving and expanding the program to other transportation services in the Commonwealth.