Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services

Section 1 - Creation; Powers of Department and Commissioner - Section 1. There shall be a department of developmental services,...

Section 2 - Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Appointments by Commissioner; Report; Salary - Section 2. The secretary of health and human services shall...

Section 3 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications - Section 3. The commissioner shall appoint, with the approval of...

Section 4 - Assistant, Associate or Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications - Section 4. The commissioner shall, subject to appropriation, appoint such...

Section 5 - Legal Counsel - Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint a member of the...

Section 6 - Program for Training of Residents in Professional Disciplines - Section 6. The commissioner may establish a program for the...

Section 7 - State Facilities Under Department Control - Section 7. The state facilities under the control of the...

Section 8 - Superintendents or Directors; Vacancies; Appointments; Qualifications; Officers - Section 8. When a vacancy occurs in the position of...

Section 10 - Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility - Section 10. The superintendent of any state school, or the...

Section 12 - Community Intellectual Disability Services - Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of...

Section 12a - Comprehensive Program of Community Developmental Disability Services - Section 12A. The department, subject to appropriation, shall establish a...

Section 13 - Development and Maintenance of Community Intellectual Disability Services and Community Developmental Disability Services - Section 13. The department shall develop and maintain, subject to...

Section 14 - Rules and Regulations - Section 14. The department may from time to time adopt...

Section 15 - Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses - Section 15. (a) The department shall issue for a term...

Section 15a - License for Program Offering Residential or Day Care Services to the Public and Providing Treatment for Persons With a Developmental Disability; Standards and Requirements; Protection of Individuals Served by Program From Exploitation - Section 15A. (a)(1) The department shall issue a license, for...

Section 16 - Intellectual Disability Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption - Section 16. Stationary engineers, steam firemen, school teachers and head...

Section 17 - Transportation for Persons With an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability; Reimbursements for Costs - Section 17. The department shall provide transportation for persons with...

Section 18 - Interagency Agreements With Commissioner of Mental Health or Office of Medicaid for Coordinated Regulation or Management of Certain Services - Section 18. Subject to approval by the secretary of health...

Section 19 - Fingerprint-Based Checks to Be Conducted on Applicants Seeking License for Department's Client Population Residential or Day Care Services or for Other Agency Serving Department's Client Population; Individuals With Unsupervised Contact... - [Text of section added by 2014, 234, Sec. 1 as...

Section 20 - Criminal Offender Record Information Checks to Be Conducted on Persons Providing Residential or Support Services With Potential for Unsupervised Contact With Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disability; Fingerprint Submissions - Section 20. (a) Each person providing residential or support services...