Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs

Section 1 - Establishment; Secretary, Powers and Duties - Section 1. There shall be a department of elder affairs,...

Section 2 - Offices of Administration and of Program Planning and Management; Assistant Secretaries - Section 2. There shall be in the department an office...

Section 3 - Divisions and Administrative Units; Directors; Description of Organization, Filing - Section 3. The secretary may from time to time, subject...

Section 4 - Home Care Program; Needs and Services of Adult Handicapped; Powers and Duties of Secretary - Section 4. The department shall be the principal agency of...

Section 4a - Sliding Fee Scale for Home Care Services; Financial Eligibility Limits - Section 4A. The department shall establish a sliding fee scale...

Section 4b - Aging Services Access Points - Section 4B. The department shall manage the home care program...

Section 4c - Pharmacy Outreach Program; Medication Education and Intervention Resource Center; Executive Office of Elder Affairs - Section 4C. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 4d - Home Care Worker Registry - Section 4D. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 5 - Citizen Advisory Boards - Section 5. The secretary may appoint from time to time,...

Section 6 - Regulations - Section 6. The secretary shall make, and from time to...

Section 7 - Acceptance of Gifts or Grants - Section 7. The secretary may accept on behalf of the...

Section 8 - Employees; Appointments and Removal; Age Restriction - Section 8. The secretary, subject to appropriation, shall appoint and...

Section 9 - Experts and Technical Consultants; Appointment - Section 9. Subject to appropriation, the secretary may, without regard...

Section 10 - Civil Service Status or Tenure of Employees - Section 10. If an employee serving in a position which...

Section 11 - Interagency Cooperation - Section 11. The department shall collaborate with the department of...

Section 12 - Biennial Evaluations of Programs and Projects; Standards, Restriction; Publication of Summaries; Annual Report - Section 12. The secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact...

Section 14 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 14 to 26 - Section 14. For the purposes of sections fourteen to twenty-six,...

Section 15 - Reports of Abuse; Liability - Section 15. (a) Any physician, physician assistant, medical intern, dentist,...

Section 16 - Protective Services System - Section 16. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall develop...

Section 17 - Protective Services Agencies; Authorized Activities - Section 17. A protective services agency is authorized: (1) to...

Section 18 - Assessment and Evaluation of Reports; Investigations; Arrangement for Protective Services - Section 18. (a) The department or its designated agency shall...

Section 19 - Consent to Protective Services; Interference With Provision of Services - Section 19. (a) Any elderly person who requests or affirmatively...

Section 20 - Lack of Capacity to Consent to Protective Services; Hearings; Emergency Orders; Placement or Commitment - Section 20. (a) If the department or its designated agency...

Section 21 - Geriatric Evaluation Process - Section 21. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall establish...

Section 22 - Financial Eligibility Guidelines; Reimbursements by Elderly Persons - Section 22. The department shall establish, by regulation, financial eligibility...

Section 23 - Records; Disclosure; Destruction; Regulations; Penalties - Section 23. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 24 - Reports - Section 24. Within one hundred and twenty days following the...

Section 25 - Rules and Regulations - Section 25. The secretary shall adopt and from time to...

Section 26 - Powers and Responsibilities of Other Departments or Agencies - Section 26. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 36 - Eligibility for Public Assistance Programs; Reverse Mortgage Proceeds - Section 36. All proceeds from reverse mortgage loans held by...

Section 37 - Hot Lunch Program; Incorporation Into School Lunch Program - Section 37. The school committee of any city or town...

Section 38 - Liability of Counselors and Coordinators; Description of Duties and Responsibilities - Section 38. No person trained and designated by the department...

Section 39 - Subsidized Catastrophic Prescription Drug Insurance Program; Department of Elder Affairs - Section 39. (a) For the purposes of this section and...

Section 40 - Prescription Drug Review Commission; Membership; Recommendations - Section 40. (a) There shall be a prescription drug review...

Section 41 - Veterans Independence Plus Initiative Trust Fund - Section 41. There shall be established upon the books of...

Section 42 - Commission on Malnutrition Prevention Among Older Adults - [Text of section added by 2016, 325. See also, Section...

Section 43 - Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression; Training Program - Section 43. The department shall develop a curriculum and training...