JOINT COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
House Staff:
Room 33
State House
Boston, MA 02133 House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2060
Senate Staff
: Room 213B
State House
Boston, MA 02133 Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1291
It shall be the duty of the committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to consider all matters concerning behavioral health, drug detoxification, homeless mentally ill, Mental Health Department oversight, mental illness, mentally ill services and such other matters as may be referred.
Members appointed to the committee:
Candaras of First Hampden and Hampshire
Antonioni of Worcester and Middlesex
Marzilli of 4th Middlesex
Hart of First Suffolk
Wilkerson of Second Suffolk
Tisei of Middlesex and Essex
Balser of Newton
Malia of Boston
Fallon of Malden
Sullivan of Fall River
M. J. Walsh of Boston
Wallace of Boston
Alicea of Charlton
Brownsberger of Belmont
Richardson of Framingham
Webster of Hanson
Lepper of Attleboro
List of matters that have been referred to the committee:
Senate, No. 1083 -- Templeton,- state land.
Senate, No. 1084 -- Disabled housing,- costs.
Senate, No. 1085 -- Department of Social Services,- clients.
Senate, No. 1114 -- Adult health services.
Senate, No. 1115 -- Ecstasy prevention.
Senate, No. 1116 -- Public guardianship,- commission.
Senate, No. 1117 -- Notification,-custodial status.
Senate, No. 1118 -- Patient confidentiality.
Senate, No. 1119 -- Methadone treatment centers,- site.
Senate, No. 1120 -- DMH,- clients.
Senate, No. 1121 -- Marijuana,- fines.
Senate, No. 1122 -- Behavior modification.
Senate, No. 1123 -- Behavioral treatment interventions.
Senate, No. 1124 -- Behavior analysts.
Senate, No. 1125 -- Division of Medical Assistance,- psych patients.
Senate, No. 1126 -- Behavioral health.
Senate, No. 1127 -- Mental health conditions.
Senate, No. 1128 -- Nurses rehabilitation program.
Senate, No. 1129 -- Corrections,-ch 232 acts 1998.
Senate, No. 1130 -- Jail diversion program.
Senate, No. 1131 -- Alcoholism,-substance abuse.
Senate, No. 1132 -- Possession of anabolic steriods.
Senate, No. 1133 -- Children,- behavioral health services.
Senate, No. 1134 -- Alcoholics and substance abusers,- commitment.
Senate, No. 1135 -- Oxycodone,- abuse.
Senate, No. 1136 -- Hydromorphone,- abuse.
Senate, No. 1137 -- Oxycontin,- abuse.
Senate, No. 1138 -- Treatment facilities,- study.
Senate, No. 1139 -- Drug overdoses,- parental notice.
Senate, No. 1140 -- Children's behavioral health institute.
Senate, No. 1141 -- Sober homes,- study.
Senate, No. 1142 -- Adult day health services.
Senate, No. 1143 -- Reckless endangerment.
Senate, No. 1144 -- Substance addiction treatment.
Senate, No. 2276 -- Sober homes,- oversight.
Senate, No. 2407 -- Juveniles,- mental health.
Senate, No. 2493 -- DMH,- clients.
Senate, No. 2494 -- Alcoholics and substance abusers,- commitment.
Senate, No. 2495 -- Mental Health and Substance Abuse,- study.
Senate, No. 2557 -- Drug overdoses,- parental notice.
Senate, No. 2597 -- Mental Health and Substance Abuse,- study.
House, No. 382 -- Northern Berkshire, -industrial development.
House, No. 869 -- Developmentally disabled.
House, No. 1287 -- Mental health facilities.
House, No. 1871 -- Mental health parity.
House, No. 1872 -- Mental health,- children.
House, No. 1873 -- Mental health services.
House, No. 1874 -- Rehabilitation counseling.
House, No. 1875 -- Methadone clinics, -location.
House, No. 1876 -- Dept. of Retardation, -name change.
House, No. 1877 -- Controlled substances.
House, No. 1878 -- Nonprofit group homes.
House, No. 1879 -- Homeless shelters.
House, No. 1880 --
House, No. 1881 -- Teens, -mental health centers.
House, No. 1882 -- Children, -mental health.
House, No. 1883 -- Mental Health.
House, No. 1884 -- Youth Alcohol Program.
House, No. 1885 -- Substance abuse.
House, No. 1886 -- Mental Health.
House, No. 1887 -- Mental health care.
House, No. 1888 -- Mentally ill, -outpatient commitment.
House, No. 1889 -- Women, -civil commitment.
House, No. 1890 -- Mental health.
House, No. 1891 -- Mentally ill.
House, No. 1892 -- Mental health.
House, No. 1893 -- DMH, -release of persons.
House, No. 1894 -- Drunken driving.
House, No. 1895 -- Mental health patients, -services.
House, No. 1896 -- Prisoners, -treatment.
House, No. 1897 -- Addiction treatment, -access.
House, No. 1898 -- Persons with disabilities.
House, No. 1899 -- Retardation, -eliminate word from General Laws.
House, No. 1900 -- Equitable payment.
House, No. 1901 -- Mental illness services.
House, No. 1902 -- Mental health patients, -care.
House, No. 1903 -- Mentally ill, -services.
House, No. 1904 -- Mental retardation, -treatment.
House, No. 1905 -- Mental health services.
House, No. 1906 -- Opiate addiction, -treatment.
House, No. 1907 -- Mental illness, -reimbursement.
House, No. 1908 -- Homeless, -mentally ill.
House, No. 1909 -- Children, -mental health.
House, No. 1910 -- Schools, -substance abuse.
House, No. 1911 -- Minors, -drug overdoses.
House, No. 1912 -- Low-level drug offenders.
House, No. 1913 -- Drug abuse training, -providers.
House, No. 2042 -- Emergency rooms, -mentally ill.
House, No. 2144 -- Bridgewater State Hospital.
House, No. 2150 -- Beds, -publicly funded.
House, No. 3534 -- Health insurers, -refusals.
House, No. 3881 -- Juveniles, -mental health.
House, No. 4276 -- Children's mental health
House, No. 4281 -- Hospitalizations, -court ordered.
House, No. 4423 -- Mental health parity.
House, No. 4529 -- Pain management.
House, No. 4653 -- Mental Health and Substance Abuse, -study.
House, No. 4660 -- Methadone clinics, -study.
House, No. 4915 -- Blood alcohol testing.
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