Massachusetts H2606 requires correctional facilities to educate and provide opioid antagonists to at-risk individuals upon release.
Massachusetts H2606 mandates that state or county correctional facilities educate and instruct individuals with a history of opioid use, opioid use disorder, or opioid-related overdose on the use of opioid antagonists. Facilities must also provide information on accessing these antagonists in the community and dispense at least two doses to the individual or their legal guardian. The commissioner is authorized to create rules and regulations to implement this provision.
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