Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

MA - Senator Julian Cyr (D)

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Chair

MA - Senator John Velis (D)

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Vice Chair

MA - Senator Nick Collins (D)

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Member

MA - Senator Joanne Comerford (D)

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Member

MA - Senator Brendan Crighton (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Senator John Keenan (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Senator Patrick O'Connor (R)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Adrian Madaro (D)

Title:

Chair

MA - Representative Michelle DuBois (D)

Title:

Vice Chair

MA - Representative Paul Tucker (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Natalie Higgins (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Daniel Carey (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Tram Nguyen (D)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Susannah Whipps (U)

Title:

Member

MA - Representative Christopher Markey (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Michael Kushmerek (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Sally Kerans (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R)

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Member

MA - Representative Donald Berthiaume (R)

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Member

MA - Representative Hannah Kane (R)

Title:

Member

MA - S1010 An Act establishing psychiatric advance directives for mental health care

MA - HD3101 An Act relative to ending unnecessary hospitalizations and reducing emergency department boarding

MA - HD5012 An Act establishing maternal mental and behavioral health care workforce grants

MA - SD2089 An Act relative to mental health parity implementation

MA - HD671 An Act relative to mental health parity implementation

MA - H1041 An Act relative to mental health parity implementation

MA - HD5016 An Act establishing peer support services

MA - HD2860 An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community

MA - S1294 An Act strengthening prescription drug safety and drug stewardship

MA - S1293 An Act allowing increased data access in opiate overdose reports

MA - S1267 An Act to transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

MA - S1291 An Act to improve access to behavioral health services

MA - H2099 An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency dep...

MA - HD477 An Act to Update Mental Health Parity

MA - HD1315 An Act relative to SMART Plan budgets

MA - HD672 An Act ensuring access to addiction services

MA - S1268 An Act to facilitate access to treatment

MA - SD2215 An Act relative to establishing a model school policy on suicide prevention

MA - SD524 An Act An act establishing a commission to examine methamphetamine use in the Commonwealth

MA - SD2336 An Act certification of sober homes

MA - SD2424 An Act establishing a commission on the history of state institutions for people with developmental and mental health disabilities in the Commonwealt

MA - SD2213 An Act to protect minors from abusive contracts

MA - SD1483 An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health

MA - SD1484 An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments

MA - HD1314 An Act relative to the SMART Plan

MA - HD2014 An Act relative to expanding access and safety of mental health services

MA - SD2366 Resolve An Act to ensure delivery of mental health services to adults with acute mental illness

MA - S1307 An Act establishing a task force for person centered mental health care

MA - H2108 An Act relative to a PACT pilot program for children

MA - SD1784 An Act Resolve establishing a special commission on psychedelic drug use for clinical trials and therapy

MA - HD2011 An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce development trust fund

MA - S1274 An Act to better coordinate suicide prevention services, behavioral health crisis care, and emergency services through 988 implementation

MA - H2124 An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric holds

MA - SD288 An Act expanding access to patient centered care for opioid use disorder

MA - SD2248 An Act relative to harm reduction and racial justice

MA - S1314 An Act relative to protective custody

MA - S1273 An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

MA - H2119 An Act relative to harm reduction and racial justice

MA - S1317 An Act relative to Narcan availability in schools

MA - H2112 Resolve establishing a special commission on post traumatic stress disorder

MA - S1269 An Act to strengthen emergency restraint for persons suffering dangerous or violent mental illness

MA - S1296 An Act regarding consistent care for addiction rooted in evidence

MA - S1287 An Act to increase investment in behavioral health care in the Commonwealth

MA - S1259 An Act relative to medication assisted recovery and care (MARC)

MA - S1260 An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

MA - H2125 An Act helping overdosing persons in emergencies

MA - S1272 An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment

MA - H2113 An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services

MA - SD1416 An Act to increase investment in behavioral health care in the Commonwealth

MA - H2121 An Act relative to assisted outpatient therapy

MA - S1281 An Act relative to psychotropic medication

MA - H2069 An Act relative to the labeling of opioid prescriptions

MA - HD726 An Act to inform prescribers of non-opioid alternative care

MA - SD2211 An Act An act to ensure due process in mental health facilities that are not licensed by the Department of Mental Health

MA - H2066 An Act ensuring access to addiction services

MA - H2072 An Act relative to co-ed inpatient psychiatrist facilities

MA - SD2133 An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health

MA - HD3944 An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment

MA - HD3880 An Act to create a thriving public health response for adolescents

MA - SD186 An Act to Inform Prescribers of Non-Opioid Alternative Care

MA - SD2065 An Act to better coordinate suicide prevention services, behavioral health crisis care, and emergency services through 988 implementation

MA - HD3392 An Act to Expand Access to Patient Centered Care for Substance Use Disorders

MA - HD1312 An Act relative to motor vehicles and aircraft

MA - HD728 An Act to Ensure Full System Accountability for Mental Health Parity

MA - HD2594 An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations

MA - HD4075 An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services

MA - HD3978 An Act to further define medical necessity determinations

MA - SD702 An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services

MA - SD47 An Act relative to substance use accountable care organizations

MA - HD3599 An Act to expand access to treatment for health professionals with substance use disorders

MA - SD1358 An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment

MA - HD559 An Act providing for the treatment of overdose victims

MA - HD2520 An Act relative to psychotropic medication

MA - HD3898 An Act to Remove Administrative Barriers to Behavioral Health Services

MA - HD285 An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

MA - SD889 An Act establishing a special commission to study the prevention of heroin trafficking

MA - HD3673 An Act relative to behavioral health urgent care

MA - HD169 An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health

MA - SD1772 An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric holds

MA - SD811 An Act to facilitate access to treatment

MA - HD2389 An Act helping overdosing persons in emergencies

MA - HD3354 An Act to identify and eliminate racial and sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in mental health

MA - HD3349 An Act relative to opioid drug manufacturer assessments

MA - HD3868 An Act establishing a special commission to study and report on the history of state institutions for people with developmental and mental health dis...

MA - SD568 An Act to transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

MA - H2089 An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners on mental health watch

MA - H2109 An Act to further define medical necessity determinations

MA - H2085 An Act to improve mental health services in places of incarceration

MA - S1264 An Act certification of sober homes

MA - H2095 An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment

MA - S1283 An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners on mental health watch

MA - S1318 An Act relative to the mental health of children in schools

MA - HD3266 An Act relative to recovery housing

MA - HD2850 An Act relative to halfway houses

MA - H3791 An Act relative to halfway houses

MA - HD3263 An Act expanding access to trauma informed care and mental health first aid training

MA - H4947 An Act regarding consistent care for addiction rooted in evidence

MA - H4961 An Act establishing a special commission to study and report on the history of state institutions for people with developmental and mental health dis...

MA - H4962 An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

MA - H5237 Study Order

MA - H5194 Study Order

MA - S2919 Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to make an investigation and study of certain current ...

MA - SD86 An Act establishing psychiatric advance directives for mental health care

MA - H3962 An Act relative to ending unnecessary hospitalizations and reducing emergency department boarding

MA - H4165 An Act relative to recovery housing

MA - H4164 An Act expanding access to trauma informed care and mental health first aid training

MA - S675 An Act relative to mental health parity implementation

MA - H2088 An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment

MA - H2117 An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

MA - H2098 An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health

MA - S1288 An Act removing preauthorization requirements for mental health acute treatment

MA - S1302 An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund

MA - S1304 An Act expanding access to patient centered care for opioid use disorder

MA - S1305 An Act relative to pain management treatment for certain chronic pain patients

MA - H2087 An Act providing for the treatment of overdose victims

MA - H2097 An Act advancing public health and safety using fentanyl testing strips

MA - H2091 An Act establishing a special commission on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, including but not limited to investigation of PTSD caused by the COVID 19...

MA - H2086 An Act relative to combating the opioid epidemic

MA - H2096 An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund

MA - S1299 An Act to enhance patient education and informed consent before issuance of opioids

MA - S1298 An Act to inform prescribers of non-opioid alternative care

MA - H2077 An Act to improve the quality of mental health services, and rights of patients, by providing for sufficient privacy

MA - H2092 An Act to inform prescribers of non-opioid alternative care

MA - H2094 An Act to ensure full system accountability for mental health parity

MA - H2093 An Act to enhance patient education and informed consent before issuance of opioids

MA - S1266 An Act supporting student mental health

MA - H2111 An Act relative to student mental health

MA - SD2369 Resolve Designating August 31st Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth

MA - HD4010 An Act to improve mental health services in places of incarceration

MA - SD48 An Act relative to best practices for sober homes

MA - SD2314 An Act establishing a pilot program to improve behavioral health access through collaboration of municipal law enforcement and behavioral health spec...

MA - HD3937 An Act to improve access to behavioral health services

MA - SD404 An Act relative to pain management treatment for certain chronic pain patients

MA - SD1598 An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community

MA - SD453 An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund

MA - HD3167 An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment

MA - H2103 An Act relative to treatment for substance use disorder

MA - H2102 An Act relative to substance use disorder evaluations

MA - HD2600 An Act relative to treatment for substance use disorder

MA - H2122 An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

MA - HD4021 An Act protecting children's mental health services

MA - S1303 An Act relative to establishing a model school policy on suicide prevention

MA - SD790 An Act allowing increased data access in opiate overdose reports

MA - S1295 An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services

MA - HD3322 An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons with substance use disorder

MA - S1301 An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community

MA - S1262 An Act relative to mental health providers

MA - S1258 An Act relative to supervised consumption sites

MA - H2080 An Act establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic

MA - H2127 An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons with substance use disorder

MA - H2128 An Act to expand access to patient centered care for substance use disorders

MA - H2120 An Act relative to mental health needs and suicide prevention

MA - H2074 An Act relative to funding the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Trust Fund

MA - H2076 An Act establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors

MA - H2075 An Act relative to expanding access and safety of mental health services

MA - H2105 An Act providing signature authority for psychiatric nurse mental health clinical nurse specialists

MA - H2106 An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care

MA - H2104 An Act establishing a substance use protection fund

MA - S1279 An Act relative to substance use accountable care organizations

MA - S1278 An Act relative to voluntary third-party notification of end of treatment for alcohol and substance use

MA - S1280 An Act relative to best practices for sober homes

MA - H2079 An Act relative to creating a universal consent process to share sensitive health information between healthcare providers

MA - H2078 An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care

MA - S1309 An Act to increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment

MA - S1308 An Act establishing a special commission to study the prevention of heroin trafficking

MA - S1306 An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric holds

MA - S1263 An Act relative to recovery homes

MA - H2107 An Act to strengthen emergency restraint for persons suffering dangerous or violent mental illness

MA - S1261 An Act creating a special commission on racism and mental health

MA - H2071 An Act relative to opioid drug manufacturer assessments

MA - S1313 An Act establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic

MA - H2082 An Act to identify and eliminate racial and sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in mental health

MA - SD2068 An Act establishing an Office of Behavioral Health Promotion

MA - S1257 An Act establishing a commission on the history of state institutions for people with developmental and mental health disabilities in the Commonwealt

MA - HD3723 An Act relative to reducing the risk of unintended fatal opioid overdose

MA - S1297 An Act to protect children's mental health services

MA - H2115 An Act protecting children's mental health services

MA - H2126 An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community

MA - H2100 An Act to fund comprehensive public awareness campaigns to include mental health harms of marijuana use

MA - HD1649 An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

MA - S1275 An Act establishing an Office of Behavioral Health Promotion

MA - S1276 An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health

MA - SD1565 An Act removing preauthorization requirements for mental health acute treatment

MA - SD298 An Act Supporting Student Mental Health

MA - SD1656 An Act establishing a task force for person centered mental health care

MA - SD2386 An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners on mental health watch

MA - SD1709 An Act An act relative to medication assisted recovery and care (MARC)

MA - HD1671 Resolve establishing a special commission on post traumatic stress disorder

MA - SD996 An Act relative to mental health providers

MA - SD1828 An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care

MA - SD2388 An Act relative to the mental health of children in schools

MA - HD692 An Act to improve the quality of mental health services, and rights of patients, by providing for sufficient privacy

MA - SD572 An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care

MA - SD46 An Act relative to voluntary third-party notification of end of treatment for alcohol and substance use

MA - HD1568 An Act relative to co-ed inpatient psychiatrist facilities

MA - SD1024 An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services

MA - HD446 An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth

MA - SD1370 An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

MA - SD187 An Act Enhance Patient Education And Informed Consent Before Issuance Of Opioids

MA - HD676 An Act Relative to Student Mental Health

MA - SD2066 An Act establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic

MA - HD2306 An Act relative to improving mental health care through innovation

MA - HD2135 An Act relative to Assisted Outpatient Therapy

MA - HD973 An Act advancing public health and safety using fentanyl testing strips

MA - HD3125 An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric holds

MA - SD1620 An Act to strengthen emergency restraint for persons suffering dangerous or violent mental illness

MA - HD496 An Act relative to combating the opioid epidemic

MA - HD1824 An Act establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic

MA - S1312 Resolve designating August 31st Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth

MA - H2084 An Act to create a thriving public health response for adolescents

MA - S1315 An Act establishing a pilot program to improve behavioral health access through collaboration of municipal law enforcement and behavioral health spec...

MA - H2101 An Act patient pioid notification act

MA - S1265 An Act relative to providing life saving treatment

MA - S1277 An Act relative to harm reduction and racial justice

MA - H2114 An Act to improve access to behavioral health services

MA - S1270 An Act to ensure due process in mental health facilities that are not licensed by the Department of Mental Health

MA - S1271 An Act to protect minors from abusive contracts

MA - H2116 An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services

MA - H2123 An Act to expand access to treatment for health professionals with substance use disorders

MA - H2083 An Act relative to behavioral health urgent care

MA - H2110 An Act relative to reducing the risk of unintended fatal opioid overdose

MA - S2920 Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to make an investigation and study of a certain curren...

MA - H5350 Study Order

MA - HD5013 An Act establishing a maternal mental health equity grant program

MA - SD2244 An Act relative to Narcan availability in schools

MA - SD1272 An Act relative to supervised consumption sites

MA - SD2184 creating a special commission on racism and mental health

MA - HD2012 An Act relative to funding the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Trust Fund

MA - SD571 An Act to improve access to behavioral health services

MA - HD1419 An Act Regarding Consistent Care for Addiction Rooted in Evidence

MA - SD791 An Act strengthening prescription drug safety and drug stewardship

MA - SD1724 An Act to protect children's mental health services

MA - H2062 An Act relative to increasing access to psychological services

MA - H2063 An Act transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

MA - H2064 An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth

MA - H2065 An Act to update mental health parity

MA - HD3439 An Act relative to harm reduction and racial justice

MA - SD2067 An Act relative to recovery homes

MA - H2068 An Act relative to overdose notifications for opioid prescribers

MA - H2067 An Act regarding consistent care for addiction rooted in evidence

MA - HD2770 An Act relative to mental health needs and suicide prevention

MA - S1286 An Act relative to a PACT pilot program for children

MA - H2073 An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce development trust fund

MA - S1285 An Act ensuring access to addiction services

MA - H2070 An Act relative to psychotropic medication

MA - S1282 An Act Resolve establishing a special commission on psychedelic drug use for clinical trials and therapy

MA - H2081 An Act to better coordinate suicide prevention services, behavioral health crisis care and emergency services through 988 implementation

MA - HD727 An Act to enhance patient education and informed consent before issuance of opioids

MA - HD1512 An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care

MA - HD2244 An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care

MA - S1310 An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health

MA - S1311 An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency dep...

MA - H2118 An Act relative to improving mental health care through innovation

MA - HD3974 An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners on mental health watch

MA - S1284 An Act to provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care

MA - S1316 An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons

MA - HD3359 An Act to Strengthen Emergency Restraint for Persons Suffering Dangerous or Violent Mental Illness

MA - SD525 An Act establishing a commission to encourage acceptance of insurance by outpatient mental health providers

MA - SD49 An Act relative to psychotropic medication

MA - SD1446 An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons

MA - HD2671 An Act relative to a PACT pilot program for children

MA - HD490 An Act establishing a Special Commission on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, including but not limited to investigation of PTSD caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic

MA - HD1976 An Act establishing a substance use protection fund

MA - SD1256 An Act relative to a PACT pilot program for children

MA - HD2692 An Act to better coordinate suicide prevention services, behavioral health crisis care and emergency services through 988 implementation

MA - HD429 An Act relative to increasing access to psychological services

MA - HD2852 An Act An act to fund comprehensive public awareness campaigns to include mental health harms of marijuana useuse

MA - S1300 Resolve to ensure delivery of mental health services to adults with acute mental illness

MA - S1290 An Act establishing a commission to encourage acceptance of insurance by outpatient mental health providers

MA - S1292 An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services

MA - S1289 An Act establishing a commission to examine methamphetamine use in the Commonwealth

MA - HD825 An Act Relative to the Establishment of and Payments into an Opioid Stewardship Fund

MA - HD1216 An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments

MA - HD3678 An Act Patient Opioid Notification Act

MA - SD890 An Act to increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment

MA - SD1621 An Act Regarding Consistent Care for Addiction Rooted in Evidence

MA - SD1055 An Act ensuring access to addiction services

MA - HD2015 An Act establishing a board of registration of licensed mental health counselors

MA - SD2160 An Act relative to protective custody

MA - HD1995 An Act providing signature authority for psychiatric nurse mental health clinical nurse specialists

MA - SD2472 An Act relative to providing life saving treatment

MA - HD430 An Act Transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

MA - H2090 An Act establishing a special commission to study and report on the history of state institutions for people with developmental and mental health dis...

MA - SD2514 An Act to protect public health, promote accountability and prevent the violation of individual rights through the misuse, abuse and the violation of law

MA - S2454 An Act to protect public health, promote accountability and prevent the violation of individual rights through the misuse, abuse and the violation of...

MA - S2977 Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to make an investigation and study of a certain curren...

MA - H4948 An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners on mental health watch

MA - H4982 An Act relative to mental health counselor licensure

MA - H4741 An Act establishing a maternal mental health equity grant program

MA - H4740 An Act establishing maternal mental and behavioral health care workforce grants

MA - H5226 Study Order

MA - H5225 Study Order

MA - H5227 Study Order

MA - H5228 Study Order

MA - H5229 Study Order