A communication from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (see Section 30 of Chapter 285 of the Acts of 2024) submitting its “Report on the Plan to End Operations at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center”

Report on the Plan to End Operations at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Center (MASAC)

Legislative Mandate

The following report is issued pursuant to Section 30 of Chapter 285 of the Acts of 2024,

An Act Relative to Treatments and Coverage for Substance Use Disorder and Recovery

Coach Licensure, which reads as follows:

(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts

alcohol and substance abuse center, hereinafter referred to as the center, shall be

considered a secure facility under Section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws

for the purposes of commitments under said Section 35 of said chapter 123 until

December 31, 2026 or such time as the secretary of health and human services