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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following terms, as used in this chapter,...
Section 2 - Establishment of Executive Offices - Section 2. There shall be the following executive offices, each...
Section 3 - Secretary; Appointment of Undersecretary - Section 3. Each of said executive offices shall be headed...
Section 4 - Executive Officer - Section 4. Each secretary shall act as the executive officer...
Section 4a - Performance Goals and Metrics; Strategies for Improvement - Section 4A. In coordination with the office of the governor,...
Section 5 - Access to Records, Copies of Documents, Information - Section 5. The secretary shall have access to all records,...
Section 6 - Funds - Section 6. The secretary may, subject to the approval of...
Section 7 - Experts, Consultants, Assistants - Section 7. Subject to appropriation, the secretary may, without regard...
Section 7a - Executive Office of Technology Services and Security; Approval Requirement for Performance of Information Technology Functions by Other Executive Offices; Transfer of Information Technology Resources - Section 7A. The executive office of technology services and security...
Section 8a - Commission on Indian Affairs; Membership; Functions - Section 8A. There shall be in the department of housing...
Section 8c - Structurally Deficient Bridge Improvement Program Coordination and Oversight Council; Members; Powers and Duties; Annual Report; Frequency of Meetings - Section 8C. (a) There shall be established a structurally deficient...
Section 14a - Executive Office of Education - Section 14A. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION (a) There shall be...
Section 16 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Health and Human Services - Section 16. The executive office of health and human services...
Section 16b - Division of Medical Assistance - Section 16B. There shall be a division of medical assistance...
Section 16c - State or Local Public Benefits Under Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act - Section 16C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...
Section 16d - Managed Care Oversight Board; Advisory Committee - Section 16D. (a) The managed care oversight board is hereby...
Section 16f - Support to Individuals With Disabilities and Their Families - Section 16F. As used in this section, the following words...
Section 16g - Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development - Section 16G. (a) In the executive office of housing and...
Section 16i - Housing and Economic Development Trust Fund - Section 16I. (a) There shall be a Housing and Economic...
Section 16m - Masshealth Payment Policy Advisory Board; Composition; Powers and Duties; Staff - Section 16M. (a) There shall be a MassHealth payment policy...
Section 16n - Commission to Study Feasibility of Reducing or Eliminating Contributions to Uncompensated Care Trust Fund - Section 16N. There shall be a special commission to study...
Section 16o - Health Disparities Council; Duties; Composition; Meetings; Annual Reports - Section 16O. (a) There shall be a health disparities council...
Section 16p - Coordination of Clinically-Appropriate Behavioral Health Services for Children; Monthly Report - Section 16P. The secretary of health and human services shall...
Section 16q - Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Council; Members; Terms; Powers and Duties; Annual Report - Section 16Q. (a) There shall be a children's behavioral health...
Section 16r - Geographically-Based Interagency Review Team for Disabled Children Who Qualify for Services From Multiple Agencies - Section 16R. There shall be geographically-based interagency review teams to...
Section 16s - Coordination of Purchase of Behavioral Health Services for Children - Section 16S. The secretary of health and human services shall...
Section 16t - Health Planning Council; Advisory Committee; Identification and Distribution of Health Care Resources; Determination of Need; Report - Section 16T. (a) There shall be a health planning council...
Section 16u - Network of Community-Based Services and Family Resource Centers - Section 16U. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 16v - Bureau of Program Integrity; Members; Duties and Responsibilities - Section 16V. (a) There shall be within the executive office...
Section 16w - Commission for the Study and Making of Recommendations Relative to Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Section 16W. (a) As used in this section and section...
Section 16x - Contracts to Provide Housing and Support Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youths - Section 16X. (a) Subject to appropriation or third party reimbursement,...
Section 16z - Pulmonary Hypertension Task Force - Section 16Z. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...
Section 16aa - Office of Health Equity - [Text of section added by 2018, 154, Sec. 7. See...
Section 16bb - Statewide Program to Provide Remote Consultations to Health Care Providers Providing Care for Persons Exhibiting Symptoms of Substance Abuse Disorder - Section 16BB. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of...
Section 16cc - Establishment of a Statewide Long Term Care Ombudsman Office to Advocate on Behalf of Residents; Purpose; Rights, Powers and Duties - Section 16CC. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 18 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Public Safety and Security - Section 18. The following state agencies are hereby declared to...
Section 18 1/2 - Undersecretaries; Duties - Section 18 1/2. The secretary shall, subject to section 3,...
Section 18 3/4 - Secretary of Public Safety; Functions - Section 18 3/4. It shall be the function of the...
Section 18a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 18a to 18j - Section 18A. In this section, and in sections 18B to...
Section 18b - State 911 Department; State 911 Commission; Policy Advisory Commission; Implementation of Enhanced 911 Services; Psaps; Funding; Establishment of Standards and Requirements; Grant Programs; Accessibility to Persons With Disabilities - Section 18B. (a) There shall be, within the executive office...
Section 18c - Public Safety Answering Points; Transmittal and Process of Requests; Requests From Outside Jurisdiction - Section 18C. (a) Each PSAP shall be capable of transmitting...
Section 18d - Public Safety Answering Points; Establishment; Proposed Municipal Plans; Statewide Plan - Section 18D. (a) Each municipality in the commonwealth, under the...
Section 18e - Civil Proceedings by Attorney General - Section 18E. The attorney general may, at the request of...
Section 18g - Retention of 911 Recordings - Section 18G. The department shall require that each PSAP that...
Section 18h - Wireless Enhanced 911 Service Surcharge; Collection; Adjustment; Expenditures; Revenues; Monthly Reports; Forwarding and Use of Call Data; Disposition of Call Volume - Section 18H. (a) There shall be imposed on each subscriber...
Section 18i - Monitoring of Emergency 911 Communications - Section 18I. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 18j - Multi-Line Telephone System Required to Provide Enhanced 911 Service; Exemptions - Section 18J. Beginning July 1, 2009, any new or substantially...
Section 18k - Construction of Secs. 18a to 18j - Section 18K. Sections 18A to 18J, inclusive, shall not be...
Section 18l - Silver Alert Community Response System - Section 18L. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 18m - Criminal Justice Commission; Members; Areas of Examination; Technical Assistance; Information Access; Annual Report - Section 18M. (a) There shall be a standing commission to...
Section 18n - State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team; Membership; Purpose; Powers and Duties; Local Review Teams; Provision of Information to Review Team; Confidentiality - Section 18N. (a) As used in this subsection, the following...
Section 18o - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Planning Committee - Section 18O. (a) As used in sections 18O to 18V,...
Section 18p - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Proposals to Establish Centers; Purposes; Contents; Reports - Section 18P. (a) If the regional 911 emergency communication district...
Section 18q - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Vote on Establishment - Section 18Q. If a district planning committee recommends that a...
Section 18r - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Powers - Section 18R. A regional 911 emergency communication district, established under...
Section 18s - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Annual Budget; Apportionment Among Member Municipalities - Section 18S. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall...
Section 18t - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Duties of Board; Records; Financial Statements; Annual Report; Audits - Section 18T. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall...
Section 18u - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Applicability of Certain Provisions Within Chapter 44 - Section 18U. Sections 16 to 28, inclusive, of chapter 44...
Section 18v - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Provisions for Sale, Lease or License of Facility, Building and Land - Section 18V. A district agreement established under section 18Q or...
Section 18w - Special Commission to Investigate and Study Improving Information and Resource Sharing Between Certain Public Bodies Related to Criminal Justice; Membership; Duties - Section 18W. There shall be a special commission established to...
Section 18x - Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Tracking System - Section 18X. (a) The executive office of public safety and...
Section 18y - Annual Reporting by Law Enforcement Agencies, Medical Facilities, Crime Laboratories, and Any Other Facilities That Receive, Maintain, Store or Preserve Sexual Assault Evidence Kits - Section 18Y. Annually, on or before September 1st, the following...
Section 18z - State and National Fingerprint-Based Criminal Background Checks for Agency Employees In, or Applicants For, Positions Requiring or Including Access to Federal Tax Information - Section 18Z. (a) As used in this section, the following...