30 Years of Combatting Addiction in the Commonwealth 2010: Legislature: Legislature: 2013: Requires practitioners 2014: Legislature: Requires practitioners to 2004: Legislature: • 1987: Commonwealth to receive training on: utilize the PMP to Mandates minimum Establishes Massachusetts • announces to halt sending Pain management; • issuing a schedule II or for ATS/CSS effective OxyContin and Other Drug – civilly committed women Identifying patients • III drug to a patient for Requires pharmacists to the correctional facility in • Abuse Commission6 as high risk for the first time 1 interchangeable abuse Framingham Requires hospitals to • 11 1992: Commonwealth 2008: Legislature: medications treatment4 substance exposed Establishes establishes the Funds expansion of § 35 Requires regulations • • prescription monitoring commission to coordination of care substance abuse; 16 services investigate the Counseling patients • planning for BSAS program (PMP) impact about the side 2012: Substance Use of OxyContin and effects, addictive 2014: Findings of the Prevention 2000: Legislature: Heroin on state and nature, and proper Force and DPH Education: A cost Mandates parity for 2013 municipal storage and disposal 19 released analysis report behavioral health of prescription 15 government8 issued 1987 1992 2004 2008 2009 2010 1996 2000 2011 2012 2014 2015 February 2015: Governor Baker 2012: Legislature: 2009: Legislature: 2011: DPH issues appoints opioid Reforms prescribing 2006 Authorizes recovery report on Alcohol & practices, requiring: working group20 9 1996: SJC Chief Justice Liacos Drug Free high schools Automatic enrollment states that substance abuse Housing12 into the PMP for 2009: programs prevent crime; 2011: Legislature: practitioners 2014: Legislature: estimating that between 85% Recommendations of Reforms §35 civil Tamper resistant and 90% percent of criminals the OxyContin and Establishes commitment prescription forms have a substance abuse access to treatment Heroin Commission statute, increasing Dissemination of submitted to the Requires BSAS to problem3 the maximum time educational materials and website for legislature10 that a person may when a pharmacist informed of available be held from 30 2006: Massachusetts dispenses a schedule II Authorizes 2010: Commonwealth days to 90 days or III drug OxyContin and Other Drug Narcan (naloxone) issues Substance Abuse Commission issues Funds expansion Prescription lock boxes Requires DPH to Abuse Strategic Plan2 report7 be sold at pharmacies14 of §35 services13 and Drug Free specific Sources listed in Appendix A
30 Years of Combatting Addiction in the Commonwealth 1987: Commonwealth announces to halt sending civilly committed women to the correctional facility in Framingham 1 2004: Legislature: Establishes Massachusetts OxyContin and Other Drug Abuse Commission6 2010: Legislature: Requires practitioners to receive training on: • Pain management; • Identifying patients as high risk for 2013: Legislature: • Requires practitioners to utilize the PMP to issuing a schedule II or III drug to a patient for the first time 2014: Legislature: • Mandates minimum for ATS/CSS – effective • Requires pharmacists interchangeable abuse • Requires hospitals to 1992: Commonwealth 2008: Legislature: establishes the Establishes prescription monitoring commission to program (PMP) investigate the impact 2000: Legislature: of OxyContin and Heroin on state and Mandates parity for 1987 1992 2004 municipal behavioral health government8 treatment4 substance abuse; • Counseling patients about the side effects, addictive nature, and proper storage and disposal of prescription medications 11 • Funds expansion of § 35 services 16 2012: Substance Use 2013 Prevention Education: A cost analysis report issued 15 substance exposed • Requires regulations coordination of care planning for BSAS 2014: Findings of the Force and DPH released 19 1996 2000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2006 1996: SJC Chief Justice Liacos states that substance abuse programs prevent crime; estimating that between 85% and 90% percent of criminals have a substance abuse problem3 2006: Massachusetts OxyContin and Other Drug Abuse Commission issues report7 2009: Legislature: Authorizes recovery high schools 9 2009: Recommendations of the OxyContin and Heroin Commission submitted to the legislature10 2010: Commonwealth issues Substance Abuse Strategic Plan2 2011: DPH issues report on Alcohol & Drug Free Housing12 2011: Legislature: Reforms §35 civil commitment statute, increasing the maximum time that a person may be held from 30 days to 90 days Funds expansion of §35 services13 2012: Legislature: Reforms prescribing practices, requiring: Automatic enrollment into the PMP for practitioners Tamper resistant prescription forms Dissemination of educational materials when a pharmacist dispenses a schedule II or III drug Prescription lock boxes be sold at pharmacies14 February 2015: Governor Baker appoints opioid working group20 2014: Legislature: Establishes access to treatment Requires BSAS to and website for informed of available Authorizes Narcan (naloxone) Requires DPH to and Drug Free specific Sources listed in Appendix A