MA H2494

Requires emergency room clinicians to ask patients two questions before prescribing pain medication: whether they are currently on probation and whether they are required to take court-mandated drug tests as a condition of probation

Mandates a urinalysis drug test before prescribing pain medication if the patient answers "yes" to both questions, with results to be shared with the Department of Probation

Defines "pain medication" as opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other prescription pain treatments likely to appear on urinalysis drug tests

Requires clinicians to provide the Department of Probation with the patient's name, drug test results, and a copy of any pain medication prescription

Preserves clinician discretion in diagnosis and treatment, explicitly allowing dispensing of pain medication for urgent medical needs regardless of the screening process