Alternative Pathway
Messrs. Collins, deMacedo, Ross, Tran, Humason, O'Connor and Tarr move that the amendment be amended by striking out the text in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following: By inserting after section 56 the following section:- “SECTION 56A. Said section 35 of said chapter 123 is hereby further amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:- When the court is closed for business, upon filing of a petition by a person authorized to do so under the second paragraph, a justice of the court may order a person to be committed to a facility designated by the department of public health if the court finds that the person is an individual with a substance u…
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