Senator Nick Collins announced that his legislation, An Act Relative to Life-Saving Treatment (S.1042), is advancing through the legislative process. Recently, the bill received a unanimous vote of approval from the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The bill aims to reform the state’s civil commitment laws, increasing access to treatment and improving oversight of medical discharges from care.

“This bill is about acting at the critical moment when someone survives an overdose and is most in need of intervention and treatment. The system we have now isn’t working, and people are falling through the cracks,” said Senator Nick Collins, the bill’s sponsor.

S.1042 would reform the state’s civil commitment process for individuals with substance use disorders, addressing key gaps that current

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