# Massachusetts S 3068: An Act protecting patient safety regarding non-FDA approved drugs

Massachusetts S 3068, An Act protecting patient safety regarding non-FDA approved drugs, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Health Care Financing; status in committee, last action 2026-05-26 (Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3068
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act protecting patient safety regarding non-FDA approved drugs
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-05-26
- Last action: 2026-05-26, Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health Care Financing, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

## Actions (3)

- 2026-05-26: Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-05-26: Recommended new draft for S1497 (Senate)
- 2026-05-26: Reported from the committee on Health Care Financing (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3068.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3068.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3068-194 (as of 2026-11-01).