Massachusetts S1379 aims to enhance care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders by requiring separate accommodations for.
Massachusetts S1379 seeks to improve care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders by mandating that in-patient and out-patient mental health service providers offer physically separate accommodations for patients requiring non-substance abuse treatment and those needing substance abuse treatment. This measure is intended to provide more focused care to each group. The Department of Public Health will be responsible for creating regulations to implement this new requirement.
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