Testimony in Support of S.1285 - An Act ensuring access to addiction services and H.2066 - An Act ensuring access to addiction services

Testimony dated November 8, 2021 in support of S.1285 - An Act ensuring access to addiction services and H.2066 - An Act ensuring access to addiction services. These bills would amend Section 35 of Chapter 123 to ensure that individuals who are involuntarily committed for substance use treatment are housed and treated in “a secure facility licensed or approved by the department of public health or the department of mental health, which is not jail or correctional facility.”