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H.1801, An Act to provide continuum of care for severe mental illness was "sent to study" in February, 2026 by the House Judiciary Committee. This essentially means the bill is dead for the season.
S.1115, the bill by the same name in the Senate, was moved from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Health Care Financing Committee and then just recently to the Senate Ways & Means Committee where it was also given a new bill number (S.2973) due to some very minor editing of typos.
S.1389, An act modernizing the 6 fundamental rights was reported out favorably by the Senate Substance Use, Mental Health and Recovery committee in January, 2026 to the Senate Ways and Means.
Meanwhile, the House version (H.2211) remains in the House Substance Use, Mental Health and Recovery Committee with an extension for a vote until March 18, 2026.
S.1383, An act establishing peer run respites throughout the Commonwealth was reported our favorably by the Senate Substance Use, Mental Health and Recovery Committee in January, 2026. It went from there to the Health Care Financing Committee.
The bill by the same name in the House (H.2231) remains in the House Substance Use, Mental Health and Recovery Committee with an extension for a vote until March 18, 2026.
HD.5406, An Act establishing the Massachusetts Violent and Dangerous Persons Mental Health Information System was submitted late and remains in the Committee on House Rules.
H.3291, An Act transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health' moved from the House Substance Use, Mental Health & Recovery Committee to Senate Ways and Means in Decmeber, 2025. The Senate version (S.1386) followed suit in February, 2026.
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