By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 1335) of Steven A. Tolman for legislation to regulate
the reporting of opiod overdoses. Public Health. |
By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 1335) of Steven A. Tolman for legislation to regulate
the reporting of opiod overdoses. Public Health. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section after section 12G:
“SECTION 12G˝ . Every physician attending or treating a case of heroin or other opioid overdose shall report such case to the department of public health for public health purposes within twenty-four hours. Whenever any such case is treated in a hospital, clinic or other institution, the administrator, manager, or other person in charge thereof shall report such case to the commissioner of public health within twenty-four hours. The reports made pursuant to this section shall not include individual identifying information and may include the following demographic characteristics as they pertain to the patient: city, Zip Code + 4 Code, age, gender, race and drug involved; shall be confidential; and shall not be a public record as defined by Section 7 of Chapter 4. The department of public health shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars.”
