Massachusetts House Bill 2083 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-05-05 - Accompanied a study order, see H4242
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to limit the prescription of controlled substances to an amount necessary for seventy-two hours of medically legitimate treatment. Public Health.

To limit access to opiates

Rep. Chris Walsh [D]	Rep. Josh Cutler [D]	Sen. Eileen Donoghue [D]	Rep. Leah Cole [R]
Sen. Daniel Wolf [D]	Rep. Paul Brodeur [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-05	House	Accompanied a study order, see H4242
2015-07-14	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 07/14/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2015-07-01	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2015 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2015-01-20	Senate	Senate concurred
2015-01-20	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

H4242 (Replaced by) 2016-05-05 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules
H2845 (Similar To) 2016-04-19 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H1652 (Similar To) 2016-10-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4706
H505 (Similar To) 2016-04-06 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4141
H506 (Similar To) 2016-09-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H4601
H2692 (Similar To) 2016-09-26 - Accompanied a study order, see H4639
H4744 (Similar To) 2017-01-12 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 429 of the Acts of 2016
H4745 (Similar To) 2017-01-12 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 430 of the Acts of 2016

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H2083
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H2083.pdf