An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health

Reported by Senate Committee on Ways and Means · 192nd General Court · the legislature's own page

S2572 · Bill

52 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2021-11-09	Senate	Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2021-11-09	Senate	Recommended new draft for S1276
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #4 (Eldridge) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #6 (Jehlen) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #8 (Cronin) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #11 (Lesser) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #13 (Comerford) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #15 (Comerford) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #16 (Comerford) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #17 (Comerford) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #18 (Collins) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #21 (Eldridge) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #24 (Crighton) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #25 (Tarr) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #28 (Crighton) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #30 (Cronin) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #26 (Moran) adopted -see Roll Call #112 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #34 (Montigny) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #45 (DiDomenico) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #46 (DiZoglio) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #47 (DiZoglio) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #49 (Lesser) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #51 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #113 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #53 (Chandler) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #54 (Chandler) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #56 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #57 (Keenan) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #58 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #59 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #60 (Keenan) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #61 (Keenan) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #62 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #63 (Keenan) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #64 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #66 (Keenan) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #70 (Feeney) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #71 (Feeney) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #72 (Feeney) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #73 (Feeney) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #75 (Feeney) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #76 (Tarr) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #3 (Cronin) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #7 (Creem) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #9 (Lesser) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #12 (Fattman) rejected
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #31 (Creem) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #69 (Pacheco) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Amendment #68 (Rodrigues) adopted
2021-11-17	Senate	Substituted, as amended, for S1276
2021-11-17	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2021-11-17	Senate	Read third
2021-11-17	Senate	Reprinted, as amended, see S2584

2 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2021-11-17 16:34	Senate	No. 112	Amendment #26 (Moran) adopted -see Roll Call #112 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)	38–0
2021-11-17 17:19	Senate	No. 113	Amendment #51 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #113 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)	38–0

77 amendments filed

30 withdrawn · 27 adopted · 20 rejected

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
Senate 1			Withdrawn
Senate 2			Withdrawn
Senate 3	ED Provision of Behavioral Health Care	John J. Cronin	Adopted
Senate 4	Mental Health Care for Incarcerated People	James B. Eldridge	Adopted
Senate 5			Withdrawn
Senate 6	Signature Authority for Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialists	Patricia D. Jehlen	Adopted
Senate 7	Screening for Childhood Trauma	Cynthia Stone Creem	Adopted
Senate 8	Medical Necessity Special Commission	John J. Cronin	Adopted
Senate 9	Defining clinical social work practice	Eric P. Lesser	Adopted
Senate 10	Improving access to family physicians	Eric P. Lesser	Rejected
Senate 11	Establishing a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community	Eric P. Lesser	Rejected
Senate 12	Relative to 100% disabled veteran motor vehicle excise tax exemption	Ryan C. Fattman	Rejected
Senate 13	Information Shared with Attorney General	Joanne M. Comerford	Adopted
Senate 14			Withdrawn
Senate 15	Continuity of Care	Joanne M. Comerford	Rejected
Senate 16	Mental Health Crisis Number on Student IDs	Joanne M. Comerford	Rejected
Senate 17	Rural Considerations in Portal Design	Joanne M. Comerford	Rejected
Senate 18	Relative to Mental Health Providers	Nick Collins	Rejected
Senate 19			Withdrawn
Senate 20			Withdrawn
Senate 21	DMH Oversight of Mental Health Watch	James B. Eldridge	Rejected
Senate 22			Withdrawn
Senate 23			Withdrawn
Senate 24	Standard Release Form Advisory Group Makeup	Brendan P. Crighton	Adopted
Senate 25	Commission Meeting	Bruce E. Tarr	Adopted
Senate 26	Crisis Hotline	Susan L. Moran	Adopted
Senate 27			Withdrawn
Senate 28	Commission on Administrative Burdens to Accessing Care	Brendan P. Crighton	Adopted
Senate 29			Withdrawn
Senate 30	Display of information on enrollment cards of carrier	John J. Cronin	Rejected
Senate 31	Enhancing 911 Operations for Behavioral Health Crisis Response	Cynthia Stone Creem	Adopted
Senate 32			Withdrawn
Senate 33			Withdrawn
Senate 34	Protecting the Well-Being of Health Care Professionals	Mark C. Montigny	Adopted
Senate 35			Withdrawn
Senate 36			Withdrawn
Senate 37			Withdrawn
Senate 38			Withdrawn
Senate 39			Withdrawn
Senate 40			Withdrawn
Senate 41			Withdrawn
Senate 42			Withdrawn
Senate 43			Withdrawn
Senate 44			Withdrawn
Senate 45	Intensive Community-Based Treatment Alternatives	Sal N. DiDomenico	Adopted
Senate 46	Psychotropic Medication	Diana DiZoglio	Rejected
Senate 47	Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Transition Services for Veterans	Diana DiZoglio	Adopted
Senate 48			Withdrawn
Senate 49	Timely Evaluation of Parity Complaints for MassHealth Members	Eric P. Lesser	Adopted
Senate 50			Withdrawn
Senate 51	Behavioral Health Screening	Bruce E. Tarr	Adopted
Senate 52			Withdrawn
Senate 53	Expanding the mental health professional to include Physicians Assistants	Harriette L. Chandler	Adopted
Senate 54	Inclusion of Physicians Assistants	Harriette L. Chandler	Rejected
Senate 55			Withdrawn
Senate 56	Substance Use and Mental Health Parity	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 57	Releasing Treatment Information to Individuals' Providers	John F. Keenan	Adopted
Senate 58	Opening Behavioral Health Units	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 59	Establishing an Ombudsperson Position in the Office of the Child Advocate	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 60	Ensuring Placements Close to Home	John F. Keenan	Adopted
Senate 61	Applied Behavioral Health Clinic Rates	John F. Keenan	Adopted
Senate 62	SUD Clarification	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 63	Continuing Care	John F. Keenan	Adopted
Senate 64	Establishing a Behavioral Health Workforce Center	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 65			Withdrawn
Senate 66	Removing Administrative Barriers to Behavioral Health Services	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 67			Withdrawn
Senate 68	Corrective Amendment	Michael J. Rodrigues	Adopted
Senate 69	Mental Health Services	Marc R. Pacheco	Adopted
Senate 70	Addressing Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline, Direct Care Nurses	Paul R. Feeney	Rejected
Senate 71	Suicide Location Data Collection	Paul R. Feeney	Adopted
Senate 72	Suicide Prevention at MBTA Facilities, Railways and Crossings	Paul R. Feeney	Rejected
Senate 73	Suicide Prevention Signage at Open Air Parking Garages	Paul R. Feeney	Rejected
Senate 74			Withdrawn
Senate 75	Suicide Postvention is Prevention	Paul R. Feeney	Adopted
Senate 76	Mental Health services for veterans	Bruce E. Tarr	Adopted
Senate 77			Withdrawn

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.