Massachusetts House Bill 1720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-4)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-05-18 - Accompanied S1164
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments

Rep. Patricia Haddad [D]	Rep. Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Sen. Michael Brady [D]
Rep. Peter Capano [D]	Rep. Tackey Chan [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Rep. Daniel Donahue [D]
Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]
Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Kate Hogan [D]
Rep. Randy Hunt [R]	Rep. Hannah Kane [R]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]
Rep. Harold Naughton [D]	Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Sen. Marc Pacheco [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. David Robertson [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]
Sen. Walter Timilty [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Sen. John Velis [D]
Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-18	Senate	Accompanied S1164
2019-07-08	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/11/2019 from 10:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

H990 (Similar To) 2020-12-01 - Accompanied a study order, see H5160
H1885 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4444
H1981 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4449
H976 (Similar To) 2020-12-01 - Accompanied a study order, see H5160
H3487 (Similar To) 2020-06-22 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
S613 (Similar To) 2020-10-29 - New draft substituted, see S2935
S1119 (Similar To) 2020-04-21 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2637
S1159 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Accompanied a study order, see S2550
S542 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2543
S1285 (Similar To) 2020-05-21 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H947 (Similar To) 2020-06-22 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
S1164 (Replaced by) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1720
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1720.pdf