...the Senate bill would provide important clarity on the process for spending and accounting for opioid settlement funds. The bulk of the spending in the bills, $2.12 billion, is for...
...clarity when accounting for one-time revenue, such as opioid settlement funds. Amendment 1036, filed by Senator Oliveira, would allow municipalities to reserve such one-time revenue in a special fund, with...
...March. Of note, the Senate bill would provide increased clarity on spending and accounting for opioid settlement funds. The bulk of the spending in the House and Senate bills, $2.12...
...top priority of the MMA. Of note, the bill would provide important clarity on the process for spending and accounting for opioid settlement funds. The bulk of the spending in...
...opioid settlement money and to simplify accounting and fiscal rules regarding revolving funds, insurance proceeds and mitigation agreements, among other items. Among the spending items, the bill proposes an additional...
...to report fatalities linked to opioids, and hospitals are required to reports births impacted by opioids. The law requires physicians to participate in the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program if they...
...and Ed Markey at the MMA Annual Meeting in Boston on Jan. 23. Both senators also called for increased funding for the battle against the opioid crisis gripping the...
...years in the fields of psychiatry, neurology and addiction medicine, will discuss the opioid crisis facing Massachusetts and the nation. In a recent presentation, Michael’s pointed out that, in Massachusetts,...
The Worcester Board of Health is refining an opioid epidemic action plan that would make the city the sixth in Massachusetts to permit a needle exchange program. The state’s second-largest...
...to use money that Massachusetts received as part of a multi-state settlement related to unlawful foreclosure tactics. The $1 million that Massachusetts received through the settlement funded the grants for...
