The MA Senate Ways and Means Committee holds the power to move this bill forward. Your voice is the most effective tool we have to ensure S.2973 becomes law.
The time has come. S.2973 has favorably advanced to the State Senate and is now before the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. The bill is poised to be acted on this year — and YOUR voice at the State House sends a powerful message that Massachusetts families will not wait any longer.
Join AOTNOW, the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Shattering Silence Coalition, and the Treatment Advocacy Center. We have met with our legislative champion State Senator Cindy Friedman and visited legislators' offices to advocate for S.2973 — legislation that would establish Critical Community Health Services in Massachusetts and help end the cycle of homelessness, repeated hospitalizations, and the criminalization of severe mental illness.
Massachusetts is one of only TWO states that has not yet adopted this proven, effective model of community-based outpatient mental health treatment. That ends this year — but only if we speak up.
Reach out to the Chair of Senate Ways and Means. Emphasize the need for clinical accountability and the establishment of AOT in Massachusetts.
Download our legislative fact sheet to share with your representatives and community. Help us demand a National Standard of Care for Assisted Outpatient Treatment.
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