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House passes package of local and statewide measures, including recovery coach licensure
Summary
The House accepted a conference committee report and passed a series of engrossed bills, including House 5143 to license substance use disorder recovery coaches; amendments to training requirements for special police officers were adopted and multiple local license and personnel measures advanced.
The House voted to accept a conference committee report and approved a package of engrossed bills Tuesday during a formal session that also included committee reports, temporary rule suspensions and ceremonial tributes.
Among the measures enacted, House 5143 — described on the floor as "an act relative to treatments and coverage for substance use disorder and recovery coach licensure" — was passed to be enacted after the question was put to the membership and the ayes prevailed. Earlier, the presiding officer announced the committee's recommendation on the conference committee report for the related Senate amendment and the House accepted that report.
Lawmakers also adopted an amendment to House 5025 concerning special police officers in the town of Sterling. As read into the record, Mr. Walsh of Peabody offered language adding a paragraph (J) requiring that special police officers appointed under the act comply with the requirements of chapter 6E of the general…
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