Bill Text: MA H1929 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcohol and drug abuse by residents of homeless shelters in the Commonwealth
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H04991 [H1929 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1929-Introduced.html
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3031 FILED ON: 1/12/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1929
|
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
PRESENTED BY:
Robert F. Fennell
_______________
To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to homeless shelters in the Commonwealth. .
_____ __________
PETITION OF:
|
Name: |
District/Address: |
|
Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1879 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
_______________
An Act relative to homeless shelters in the Commonwealth. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 270 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, shelters, lodging houses, and facilities housing the homeless shall prohibit the consumption of alcohol or any narcotic on the facility grounds. In addition, each shelter or lodging house, as defined, shall also make available to its residents an alcohol and drug abuse program, to be administere d by said facility in conjunction with the state department of Public Health.
