Massachusetts H2494 mandates drug testing for probationers before pain medication is prescribed in emergency rooms.

Massachusetts H2494 introduces a procedure for emergency rooms to follow when prescribing or dispensing pain medication to individuals on probation. Clinicians must ask patients if they are on probation and required to take drug tests as a condition of their probation. If the patient answers affirmatively to both questions, a drug test must be administered before any pain medication is prescribed or dispensed. The results of the drug test, along with the patient's name and the medication prescribed, must be reported to the Department of Probation.

Massachusetts H2494 mandates drug testing for probationers before pain medication is prescribed in emergency rooms.

Massachusetts H2494 introduces a procedure for emergency rooms to follow when prescribing or dispensing pain medication to individuals on probation. Clinicians must ask patients if they are on probation and required to take drug tests as a condition of their probation. If the patient answers affirmatively to both questions, a drug test must be administered before any pain medication is prescribed or dispensed. The results of the drug test, along with the patient's name and the medication prescribed, must be reported to the Department of Probation.