Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 18b - Department of Social Services

Section 1 - Establishment - Section 1. There shall be a department of children and...

Section 2 - Services Enumerated - Section 2. The department shall provide and administer a comprehensive...

Section 3 - Functions of Department; Area-Based Service Programs - Section 3. (a) The department shall provide comprehensive, area-based child...

Section 4 - Payment for Services - Section 4. Subject to appropriation, services of the department shall...

Section 5 - Federal Requirements; Additional Services; Inspection of Records - Section 5. The department shall make provision for such social...

Section 6 - Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Salary - Section 6. The department shall be under the direction, supervision...

Section 6a - Foster Care Review Unit; Director - Section 6A. The commissioner shall appoint a foster care review...

Section 7 - Commissioner; Powers and Duties - Section 7. (a) The commissioner shall establish reasonable caseload rates...

Section 8 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Duties; Salary - Section 8. The commissioner shall appoint and may remove a...

Section 9 - Assistant Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications; Salary - Section 9. The commissioner may appoint and remove such assistant...

Section 10 - Legal Counsel; Staff Personnel - Section 10. The commissioner may appoint a member of the...

Section 11 - Regional Offices; Directors - Section 11. The commissioner may, subject to appropriation, establish regional...

Section 12 - Area Directors; Appointment; Qualifications; Duties; Plans; Budgets; Social Worker Qualifications - Section 12. The commissioner, with the advice of the area...

Section 13 - Area Boards; Members; Appointment; Terms - Section 13. In each area established under section 3, there...

Section 14 - Area Boards; Selection Committee; Lists of Prospective Members; Approval; Appointment - Section 14. To facilitate the appointment of the members of...

Section 15 - Area Boards; Powers and Duties - Section 15. The area board shall have the following duties...

Section 16 - Statewide Advisory Council - Section 16. There shall be a statewide advisory council which...

Section 17 - Centers for Children and Families - Section 17. The department may establish centers for children and...

Section 18 - Trust Funds; Investment Deposits; Expenditures - Section 18. The commissioner may receive funds in trust for...

Section 19 - Unclaimed Money of Former Wards; Annual Pay Over to State Treasurer; Disposition - Section 19. Annually on or before November thirtieth, the commissioner...

Section 20 - Funds; Advancement and Disbursement; Reports - Section 20. Notwithstanding section 22 of chapter 29 or any...

Section 21 - Adoption Subsidy Program - Section 21. The department shall establish an adoption subsidy program...

Section 22 - Adoption and Medical Assistance for Interstate Children; Interstate Compacts - Section 22. As used in this section, unless the context...

Section 23 - Residential Care of Children; Annual Report - [Text of section added by 2008, 176, Sec. 45. See...

Section 24 - High-Risk Children; Racial Disproportion; Procurement of Services; Children Transitioning Out of System; Semi-Annual Report - Section 24. The commissioner shall report semi-annually on: (i) the...

Section 25 - Multiple 51a Reports; Quarterly Report - Section 25. In addition to the immediate notification required under...