Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVII - Public Welfare

Section 2c - Program to Enhance Employment Opportunities and Outcomes Among Veterans - Section 2C. The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive program to...

Section 3 - Appointment of Veterans' Agents; Powers and Duties - Section 3. The mayor of each city, except Boston, shall...

Section 3a - Use of Photostatic Copies of Discharge Papers of Veterans - Section 3A. Whenever a veteran shall be required by general...

Section 3b - Veterans' Benefits and Services Officers; Certification and Training; Reduction in Reimbursement Allowance - Section 3B. (a) The secretary of veterans' services shall establish...

Section 4 - Applications for Veterans' Benefits - Section 4. Every application for veterans' benefits shall be in...

Section 5 - Payment of Veterans' Benefits by City or Town; Assignment of Benefits; Dishonorable Discharge, Etc. - Section 5. Veterans' benefits shall be paid to a veteran...

Section 5a - Lien Upon Real Estate of Certain Recipients of Veterans' Benefits - Section 5A. In every case where the applicant for or...

Section 6 - Reimbursement of Cities and Towns for Veterans' Benefits - Section 6. The amounts expended by any city or town...

Section 6a - Annuities to Certain Veterans; Veteran Defined for Secs. 6a to 6c - Section 6A. As used in this section and in sections...

Section 6b - Annuities for Blind, Paraplegic or Disabled Veterans - Section 6B. In addition to any other aid to which...

Section 6c - Annuities to Certain Veterans; Proof of Service and Disability - Section 6C. Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in...

Section 7 - Veterans' Burial Agent; Appointment; Powers and Duties - Section 7. In each city, except Boston, and in each...

Section 8 - Payment and Reimbursement of Burial Expenses; Certificate - Section 8. If a deceased person's estate has insufficient resources...

Section 9 - Care of Graves of Veterans - Section 9. The mayor of every city and the selectmen...

Section 10 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; Creation; Directors; Districts; Treasurer of District - Section 10. The mayors of cities and the selectmen of...

Section 11 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; District Boards; Powers; Apportionment of Expenses; Payment of Costs and Expenses by District Members - Section 11. In every district established under authority of section...

Section 12 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; Advisory Boards; Duties; Rules and Regulations - Section 12. In each city, and in each town not...

Section 13 - Duties of Departments of Veterans' Services - Section 13. Said departments shall acquire and have on hand...

Section 14 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; Control and Direction of Commissioner; Separate and Independent Location - Section 14. Departments established and maintained under sections ten to...

Section 15 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; Audit of Accounts of Districts - Section 15. The director of accounts in the department of...

Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes

Section 1 - Benefits of Soldiers' Homes; Persons Entitled - Section 1. Any person who (a) is a veteran as...

Section 2 - Service Defined - Section 2. Service referred to in section one shall mean...

Section 3 - Persons Not Entitled to Benefits - Section 3. No person shall be entitled to the treatment,...

Section 4 - Persons Serving in Polish Armed Forces During World War I - Section 4. Any person who was recruited in the United...

Section 5 - Trustees of Soldiers' Homes; Rules and Regulations - Section 5. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 6 - Patients Funds; Disposition - Section 6. So much of any funds known as ''Patients...

Section 7 - Unclaimed Funds of Former Patients; Disposition - Section 7. If a patient at either of such Homes...

Section 8 - Lease of Lands for Construction of Chapels - Section 8. The Soldiers' Homes, after a determination and approval...

Section 9 - Female Veterans; Domiciliary Facilities - Section 9. Domiciliary facilities within the limitation of physical facilities,...

Section 10 - Training Grants for Residents in Medicine, Surgery and Urology - Section 10. The commandant of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts...

Section 10a - Practical Nurses; Education and Training Program; Default on Obligation to Complete Employment Requirement or Repay Costs; Penalties - Section 10A. (a) The commandant of the Soldiers' Home in...

Section 11 - Insurance Covering Buildings and Contents - Section 11. The trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts...

Section 12 - Office of Veterans' Homes and Housing; Executive Director; Employees; Powers and Duties; Annual Report - Section 12. (a) There shall be within the department of...

Chapter 116 - Settlement - [Repealed, 1974, 260, Sec. 17.]

Chapter 117 - Support by the Commonwealth - [Repealed, 1991, 255, Sec. 3.]

Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth

Section 1 - Emergency Aid Program for Elderly and Disabled Residents - Section 1. There is hereby established within the department of...

Section 2 - Registration for Work; Acceptance of Suitable Positions; Individuals Not Subject to Provisions of Section - Section 2. No employable person shall be eligible for aid...

Section 3 - Ineligibility for Benefits - [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text...

Section 4 - Persons Not Citizens or Legal Residents - Section 4. A person who is neither a citizen of...

Section 5 - Placing Persons in Unlicensed Institutions - Section 5. No person dependent on public support shall be...

Section 6 - Liability; Persons Receiving Support to Which They Are Not Entitled - Section 6. A person shall be liable in contract to...

Section 7 - Parental Support - Section 7. The parents of such poor persons, if of...

Section 8 - Treasurers of Financial Institutions; Duty to Furnish Information Upon Request - Section 8. A treasurer of a savings bank, national bank,...

Section 9 - Final Disposition of Deceased Persons; Recovery of Expenses From Deceased's Kindred - Section 9. The department shall provide for the decent final...

Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words and phrases as used in...

Section 2 - Aid to Parents With Dependent Children - Section 2. The department shall aid a parent in properly...

Section 2b - Application Form; Contents - Section 2B. Every application for assistance made under this chapter...

Section 3 - Duties of Department - Section 3. Except as hereinafter provided, the department shall determine...

Section 3a - Access to Information by Department for Purpose of Locating, Establishing and Enforcing Liability of Persons Obligated to Pay Support - Section 3A. For the purpose of locating, establishing and enforcing...

Section 3b - Employment Counseling and Job Training Program - Section 3B. The department, in collaboration with the commonwealth corporation,...

Section 3c - Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Program - Section 3C. (a) The department, in consultation with the commonwealth...

Section 4a - Aid to Dependent Children During Absence of Parents or Children From Commonwealth; Reciprocal Agreements - Section 4A. Any parent receiving aid under this chapter, or...

Section 4b - New Chardon Street Shelter; Continued Assistance for Eligible Families; Sliding Scale System of Fees - Section 4B. The department shall continue to provide assistance to...

Section 5 - Reports of Department - Section 5. The department shall, in addition to its annual...

Section 9 - Eligibility to Receive Veterans' Benefits; Option; Waiver - Section 9. If an application for aid under this chapter...

Section 10 - Exemption From Trustee Process; Assignment; False Statement or Fraud - Section 10. Aid hereunder shall not be subject to trustee...

Section 11 - Institutions Furnishing Care; Application for Aid; Payment - Section 11. If a parent or dependent child requests care...

Section 12 - Temporary Absences From Commonwealth; Presumption of Abandonment of Residency and Eligibility for Assistance - Section 12. A temporary absence from the commonwealth which exceeds...

Section 13 - Job Search Requirements for Non-Exempt Adult Applicants for Assistance; Submission of Proof of Initial Job Search and Weekly Reaffirmation - Section 13. (a) During the initial qualification process for full...

Section 14 - Benefit Period for Individuals Who Are Part of a 2 Parent Assistance Unit - Section 14. The department shall not calculate a separate 60...

Section 15 - Economic Independence Goals; Demonstration of Good Faith Attempt to Meet Goals as Condition of Additional Benefits or Extension - Section 15. The department shall develop economic independence goals for...

Section 16 - Economic Independence Accounts - Section 16. (a) The department shall develop a savings program...

Section 17 - Proof of Income and Assets for Unverified Applicants - Section 17. The department shall require unverified applicants for cash...

Section 18 - Education or Training Activities for Purposes of Meeting Work Requirement - Section 18. Notwithstanding 106 CMR 203.400(A)(2)(i) or any general or...

Section 19 - Eligibility of Pregnant Teens to Receive Cash or Other Assistance - Section 19. A pregnant teen who meets all other eligibility...

Chapter 118a - Assistance to the Aged and Disabled

Section 1 - Financial Assistance Program to Aged and Disabled; State Payments Supplementary to Federal Benefits; Eligibility, Restriction; Standard Levels - Section 1. The department of transitional assistance, in this chapter...

Section 2 - State Supplementary Payments; Annual Increase Levels; Determination; Limitation - Section 2. Effective July first of every year, the level...

Section 3 - Federal Agreement; Administration of Program - Section 3. The commissioner of transitional assistance shall enter into...

Section 4 - Applications; Eligibility for Assistance; Determination - Section 4. An application to the Social Security Administration for...

Section 5 - Advancements to Social Security Administration - Section 5. If the commissioner of transitional assistance elects federal...

Section 6 - Disclosure or Use of Information Restricted - Section 6. No disclosure or use of information concerning applicants...

Section 7 - Program of Social Services; Emergency Grants; Funeral and Burial Costs - Section 7. The department shall provide to aged and disabled...

Section 7a - Special Grants to Recipients Residing in Rest Homes - Section 7A. The department may provide to any recipient under...

Section 8 - Rules and Regulations - Section 8. The department shall promulgate such rules and regulations...

Chapter 118b - The Merit System in the Administration of Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance - [Repealed, 1967, 658, Sec. 55.]

Chapter 118c - Coverage of Certain Employees Under the Federal Social Security Act

Section 1 - Declaration of Policy - Section 1. In order to extend to employees of instrumentalities,...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. For the purposes of this chapter— (a) The...

Section 3 - Agreement With Federal Security Administrator; Extension of Benefits; Provisions - Section 3. (a) The state agency, with the approval of...

Section 4 - Extension of Federal Benefits to Employees; Plan; Approval; Hearing; Notice; Contribution Fund; Recovery of Delinquent Payments - Section 4. (a) Each instrumentality is hereby authorized to submit...

Section 5 - Establishment of Contribution Fund; Use; Payment to Secretary of Treasury; Custodian; Additional Appropriations; Estimates - Section 5. (a) There is hereby established a special fund...

Section 6 - Expenditure of Funds for Administrative Organization - Section 6. For the purposes of establishing the administrative organization...

Section 7 - Rules and Regulations - Section 7. The state agency shall make and publish such...

Section 8 - Studies; Reports; Recommendations - Section 8. The state agency shall make studies concerning the...

Section 9 - Partial Invalidity - Section 9. If any provision of this chapter, or the...

Section 10 - Rights of Members of Contributory Retirement System - Section 10. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed...

Chapter 118d - Assistance to Persons Who Are Disabled - [Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 24.]

Chapter 118e - Division of Medical Assistance

Section 1 - Duties of Office - Section 1. The executive office for health and human services...

Section 2 - Established Authority - Section 2. All powers and duties established pursuant to this...

Section 2a - Director of Dental Services - Section 2A. (a) In order to improve, promote and protect...

Section 6 - Medical Care Advisory Committee; Member; Staff; Report From Office of Medicaid - Section 6. There shall be a medical care advisory committee...

Section 7 - Powers - Section 7. In addition to all powers conferred on state...

Section 8 - Definitions - Section 8. As used in this chapter the following terms...

Section 8a - Definitions for Secs. 13c to 13k and Secs. 64 to 70 - Section 8A. For the purposes of sections 13C to 13K,...

Section 9 - Eligibility - Section 9. There is hereby established, pursuant to and in...

Section 9a - Masshealth; Beneficiaries; Eligibility; Payment; Information Applications - Section 9A. (1) As used in this section and in...

Section 9c - Medical Insurance Reimbursement Programs; Definitions; Eligibility; Expenditures; Submission of Plans - [Text of section effective as provided by 1997, 47, Sec....

Section 9d - Senior Care Options Initiative; Senior Care Organizations; Enrollment Choices; Advisory Committee; Report - Section 9D. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 9e - Application for Authority; Implementation of Measures; Waiver of Measures Due to Hardship - Section 9E. The secretary of health and human services may...

Section 9f - Duals Demonstration; Review of Request for Financial Solvency - [Text of section added by 2012, 118, Sec. 25. See...

Section 10 - Medical Care Assistance Program for Pregnant Women and Infants - Section 10. The division shall establish a program of medical...

Section 10a - Required Coverage for Prenatal Care, Childbirth and Postpartum Care - Section 10A. The division shall provide coverage for prenatal care,...

Section 10b - Required Coverage for Newborn Hearing Screening Tests - Section 10B. The division shall provide coverage for the cost...

Section 10c - Required Coverage for Items Medically Necessary for the Diagnosis or Treatment of Diabetes - Section 10C. The division shall provide coverage for the following...

Section 10d - Required Coverage for Treatment of Breast and Cervical Cancer - Section 10D. The division shall, within the limits of the...

Section 10e - Healthy Start Program; Medical Assistance for Pregnant Women and Infants; Eligibility; Types of Assistance; Protection From Billing and Collection Practices - Section 10E. The division shall establish a program of medical...

Section 10f - Health Care Services for Dependent and Adopted Youths; Funding; Types of Services; Eligibility; Program Reports; No Entitlement - Section 10F. (a) There is hereby established a program of...

Section 10g - Coverage for Children Under Age 18 for Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 234, Sec....

Section 10h - Coverage for Medically Necessary Treatments for Persons Younger Than 21 Years Old Diagnosed With an Autism Spectrum Disorder by a Licensed Physician or a Licensed Psychologist - [Text of section added by 2014, 226, Sec. 25. See...

Section 10i - Coverage for Administration of All Federal Food and Drug Administration Approved Drugs for Opioid or Alcohol Dependence Treatment - Section 10I. The division and its contracted health insurers, health...

Section 10j - Coverage for Medical or Drug Treatments to Correct or Repair Disturbances of Body Composition Caused by HIV Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome - Section 10J. The division shall provide coverage for medical or...

Section 10k - Coverage for Certain Services and Contraceptive Methods - Section 10K. (a) The division and its contracted health insurers,...

Section 10l - Filling of Remaining Portion of Prescription for Covered Drug That Is a Narcotic Substance Earlier Filled in Lesser Quantity - Section 10L. The division and its contracted health insurers, health...

Section 10m - Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Counseling and Products - [Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates...

Section 10n - Urgent Care Facilities; Referrals; Primary Care Providers - Section 10N. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 11 - Cooperation With Federal Authorities - Section 11. The division shall, within the limits of the...

Section 12 - Policies; Procedures; Rules and Regulations; Contracts - Section 12. In administering the medical assistance programs established under...

Section 12a - Pharmaceutical Drugs; Negotiation of Supplemental Rebate Agreements - Section 12A. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 13 - Rate Changes; Review - Section 13. The commissioner shall review, and approve or disapprove,...

Section 13a - Non-Acute Hospitals; Rates and Terms of Payment - Section 13A. For hospital fiscal years beginning on or after...

Section 13b - Hospital Rate Increases; Quality Standards and Benchmarks - Section 13B. Hospital rate increases shall be made contingent upon...

Section 13c - Establishment of Rates of Payment for Health Care Services - Section 13C. The secretary of the executive office shall establish...

Section 13d - Duties of Ratemaking Authority; Criteria for Establishing Rates - Section 13D. The executive office, or a governmental unit designated...

Section 13e - Appeals of Interim or Final Rates - Section 13E. Except for rates established under section 13F, any...

Section 13e1/2 - Contractual Arrangements With Acute and Non-Acute Hospitals - Section 13E1/2. All purchasers and third party payers, excluding purchasers...

Section 13f - Contracts Between Acute and Non-Acute Hospital Service Providers and Office of Medicaid - Section 13F. All rates of payment to acute hospitals and...

Section 13g - Hospital Assets Not to Be Considered as Resources for Purpose of Establishing Rates - Section 13G. The executive office, or a governmental unit designated...

Section 13h - Recipients of Benefits Under Chapter 117a - Section 13H. No acute hospital shall deny access to care...

Section 13i - Patients With Foreign Residency - Section 13I. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the...

Section 13j - Health Maintenance Organizations; Contracting Rights - Section 13J. A health maintenance organization organized under chapter 176G...

Section 13k - Adjustment of Facility's Rate - Section 13K. Upon petition of a receiver appointed under section...

Section 13l - Restriction of Hospital Access to Discounted Purchase of Prescription Drugs - Section 13L. The secretary of health and human services, hereinafter...

Section 14 - Nursing Home Negotiated Rate Contracts - Section 14. Pursuant to the second paragraph of section twelve,...

Section 14a - Reimbursement to Nursing Homes for Admissions to Acute Care and Chronic Disease or Rehabilitation Hospitals - Section 14A. The division shall treat admissions to acute care...

Section 15 - Medicaid Benefits; Rules and Regulations; Managed Care; Personal Expenses - Section 15. The division shall provide Medicaid benefits for such...

Section 16 - Primary and Supplemental Medical Care and Assistance Program for Disabled Residents; Assistance Program for Chronically Ill or Disabled Persons Forced to Leave Employment or Substantially Reduce Work Hours - Section 16. The division shall establish a program of primary...

Section 16a - Medical Care and Assistance Program for Disabled Children - Section 16A. The division shall establish a program of medical...

Section 16a1/2 - Costs Incurred for Medical Programs Projected to Exceed Available Appropriations; Notice - Section 16A1/2. The commissioner shall notify the house and senate...

Section 16c - Child Health Insurance Program; Medical Benefits; Costs; Eligibility - Section 16C. (1) There is hereby established the child health...

Section 16d - Aliens or Persons Residing in United States Under Color of Law; Benefits - Section 16D. (1) Eligibility for benefits for aliens pursuant to...

Section 17 - Reimbursements for Non-Generic Drugs - Section 17. Multiple source drugs listed in the Massachusetts list...

Section 17a - Emergency Services Provided to Beneficiaries for Emergency Medical Conditions - Section 17A. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 18 - Medical Insurance Purchases for Persons Eligible for Assistance - Section 18. The division may purchase on behalf of any...

Section 19 - Prior Approval of Medical Services; Methods; Rules and Regulations; Posttreatment Examinations - Section 19. The division shall establish methods of approving services...

Section 20 - Application; Forms; Application by Institution - Section 20. An application or reapplication by an individual for...

Section 21 - Inquiry by Department; Notification of Applicant; Agreement - Section 21. Upon receipt of such application, the division shall...

Section 21a - Medical Assistance Eligibility of an Institutionalized Spouse - Section 21A. (a) In determining the eligibility for medical assistance...

Section 22 - Third Party Payments; Repayment; Assignment; Subrogation - Section 22. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 23 - Subrogation Rights; Health Insurance Benefits; Garnishment of Wages - Section 23. As used in this section, health care insurer,...

Section 23a - Financial Institutions; Request for Deposit and Withdrawal Records; Penalty - Section 23A. Upon written request signed by an authorized employee...

Section 25 - Exempt Income and Resources - Section 25. For purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for...

Section 25a - Determination of Eligibility for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual Programs; Consideration of Certain Income or Assets - Section 25A. (a) For individuals 65 years of age or...

Section 26 - Identification Card - Section 26. The division shall issue a numbered identification card...

Section 27 - Redetermination of Eligibility - Section 27. If an individual has become eligible under this...

Section 28 - Disposal of Resources at Less Than Fair Market Value; Period of Ineligibility - Section 28. In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized individual,...

Section 29 - Transfer of Interest in Real Property; Notice - Section 29. Whenever an individual who is receiving medical assistance...

Section 30 - Time of Payment - Section 30. When the division determines that an applicant is...

Section 31 - Adjustment or Recovery of Payments - Section 31. (a) This subsection shall apply to estates of...

Section 32 - Provision of Death Certificate and Probate Petition to Division; Liability of Estate Beneficiaries; Claims Against Estate; Sale or Transfer of Property Subject to Lien or Claim - Section 32. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the...

Section 33 - Long Term Care Insurance Purchasers; Liability for Medical Assistance Paid - Section 33. No claim for costs of a nursing facility...

Section 34 - Liens and Encumbrances - Section 34. No lien or encumbrance of any kind except...

Section 35 - Reimbursement for Covered Claims; Submission of Information - Section 35. No claim for medical care or services provided...

Section 36 - Eligible Providers; Responsibility for Overpayments - Section 36. Participation in the medical assistance programs established under...

Section 37 - Distribution of Rules, Regulations to Providers; Administrative Sanctions - Section 37. The division shall distribute to all providers a...

Section 38 - Submission of Bills by Providers; Appeals for Erroneous Denials; Overpayments; Civil Collection Actions - Section 38. Providers shall submit to the division a bill...

Section 38a - Retroactive Claims Denials for Behavioral Health Services - Section 38A. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 39 - False Representations, Failure to Disclose; Penalty - Section 39. Any person or institution which knowingly makes a...

Section 40 - False Statements or Representations by Providers; Penalty - Section 40. Any person who furnishes items or services for...

Section 41 - Bribery or Rebates; Penalty - Section 41. Whoever solicits or receives any remuneration, including any...

Section 42 - Excess Charges; Penalty - Section 42. Whoever knowingly and willfully charges for any service...

Section 43 - Health Care Facilities; Additional Charges as Precondition for Admission or Continuance; Penalty - Section 43. Whoever knowingly and willfully charges, solicits, accepts or...

Section 44 - Civil Remedies; Limitations - Section 44. If any person violates the provisions of this...

Section 45 - Venue; Actions Relating to False Claims - Section 45. Any action brought under this chapter may be...

Section 46 - Availability of Other Remedies - Section 46. The remedies in sections thirty-nine to forty-five, inclusive,...

Section 46a - Providers; Submission of Claims for Payment Not in Compliance With Policies and Procedures of Medical Assistance Program; Proof of Clerical or Administrative Error - Section 46A. Any provider making a claim for payment under...

Section 47 - Persons Aggrieved; Right to Hearing; Investigation; Decision; Rehearing; Notice - Section 47. Any applicant for or recipient of medical assistance,...

Section 47a - Benefits Available Only to Otherwise Eligible Individuals Showing Lawful Presence in the United States or Meeting Applicable Federal Requirements Necessary to Qualify for Benefits for Which the Commonwealth Receives Federal Reimbursemen... - Section 47A. Benefits for individuals age 19 or older for...

Section 48 - Board of Hearings - Section 48. There shall be within the division a board...

Section 49 - Use and Disclosure of Information - Section 49. The use or disclosure of information concerning applicants...

Section 50 - Contract for Administrative Functions; Underwriting of Program - Section 50. To the extent feasible the division may contract...

Section 51 - Utilization Review of Care and Services; Data Processing and Collection Procedures; Liability in Civil Actions - Section 51. The division, in cooperation with the department of...

Section 52 - Maintenance of Standards for Providers; Development of New Programs - Section 52. The division, in cooperation with the department of...

Section 53 - Covered Services - Section 53. The division shall include within its covered services...

Section 54 - Wellness Program for Masshealth Enrollees - Section 54. The executive office of health and human services...

Section 56 - Controlled Substance Management Program for Masshealth Enrollees - Section 56. The division shall establish a controlled substance management...

Section 61 - Availability of Benefits to Persons Recognized as a Spouse Under Laws of the Commonwealth - Section 61. Notwithstanding the unavailability of federal financial participation, no...

Section 62 - Acceptance and Recognition of Information Submitted Pursuant to Coding Standards and Guidelines Required; Use of Standardized Claim Formats - Section 62. (a) Subject to subsection (c), for the purposes...

Section 63 - Assessment per Non-Medicare Reimbursed Patient Day - Section 63. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 64 - Definitions for Secs. 64 Through 69 - Section 64. As used in sections 64 to 69, inclusive,...

Section 65 - Health Safety Net Office - Section 65. (a) There shall be established within the office...

Section 66 - Health Safety Net Trust Fund - Section 66. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 67 - Liability of Acute Hospital to Fund - Section 67. (a) An acute hospital's liability to the fund...

Section 67a - Nonpublic Ambulance Services; Liability; Uniform Assessment; Enforcement - Section 67A. (a) The following words shall, unless the context...

Section 68 - Surcharge Assessed by Acute Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Section 68. (a) Acute hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall...

Section 69 - Reimbursements to Hospitals and Community Health Centers for Health Services Provided to Uninsured and Underinsured Individuals - Section 69. (a) Reimbursements from the fund to hospitals and...

Section 70 - Definitions for Secs. 70 Through 75 - Section 70. As used in sections 70 to 75 inclusive,...

Section 71 - Pca Quality Home Care Workforce Council - Section 71. (a) There shall be a PCA quality home...

Section 72 - Duties of Workforce Council; Pca Recruitment, Training and Referral Resources; Lists of Pcas - Section 72. (a) The workforce council shall carry out the...

Section 73 - Rights of Consumers Regarding Pcas; Public Employee Status for Limited Purposes; Collective Bargaining - Section 73. (a) Consumers or the consumer's surrogate shall retain...

Section 74 - Pca Quality Home Care Workforce Council; Scope of Power and Authority - Section 74. (a) The PCA quality home care workforce council...

Section 75 - Performance Reviews - Section 75. (a) The council shall conduct a performance review...

Section 76 - Designation of Another Governmental Unit to Perform Functions Set Forth in Secs. 13c Through 13k and 64 Through 75 - Section 76. The secretary of the executive office may designate...

Section 77 - Office of Medicaid to Attribute Members to Primary Care Providers - Section 77. To the maximum extent possible, the office of...

Section 78 - Employer Healthcare Coverage Form - Section 78. (a) The division shall create an employer healthcare...

Section 79 - Coverage for Health Care Services Delivered via Telehealth by a Contracted Health Care Provider; Right in In-Person Services; Copayment or Coinsurance; Rate of Payment; Standards of Care - Section 79. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Chapter 118f - Department of Medical Security - [Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 274.]

Chapter 118g - Health Care Finance and Policy - [Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec. 132.]

Chapter 118h - Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Program - [Repealed, 2013, 35, Sec. 35.]

Chapter 118i - Health Information Technology

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 2 - Health Information Technology Council - Section 2. (a) There shall be a health information technology...

Section 3 - Procurements and Contracts for Development of Statewide Health Information Exchange Technology - Section 3. (a) The executive office shall conduct procurements and...

Section 4 - Consultation With Organizations of Regional Payers and Providers; Policies Consistent With Federal Standards - Section 4. In carrying out of this chapter, the council...

Section 5 - Statewide Health Information Exchange Implementation Plan - Section 5. (a) The council shall approve all expenditures from...

Section 6 - Patient's Electronic Access to Health Records - Section 6. Every patient shall have electronic access to such...

Section 7 - Fully Interoperable Electronic Health Records Systems Connecting to Statewide Health Information Exchange - Section 7. All providers in the commonwealth shall implement fully...

Section 8 - Penalties for Non-Compliance - Section 8. The executive office shall prescribe by regulation penalties...

Section 9 - Temporary Waiver of Certain Requirements if Unable to Comply Due to the Lack of Broadband Internet Access - Section 9. If a provider is located in a geographic...

Section 10 - Massachusetts Health Information Exchange Fund - Section 10. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 11 - Plan Requirements - Section 11. Any plan approved by the executive office and...

Section 12 - Unauthorized Access or Disclosure; Reporting; Notice to Patient - Section 12. In the event of an unauthorized access to...

Section 13 - Patient Election to Participate in Health Information Exchange - Section 13. The ability of any provider to transfer or...

Section 14 - Federal Financial Participation - Section 14. The executive office, the council and the institute...

Section 15 - Annual Report - Section 15. The council shall file an annual report, not...

Section 16 - Unauthorized Access or Disclosure; Penalties - Section 16. Unauthorized access to or disclosure of individually identifiable...

Chapter 119 - Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings Against Them

Section 1 - Declaration of Policy; Purpose - Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy...

Section 21 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 21 to 51h - Section 21. As used in sections 21 to 51H, inclusive,...

Section 21a - Admissibility of Evidence; Qualified Experts - Section 21A. Evidence in proceedings under sections 21 to 51H,...

Section 22 - Visitation of Family Foster Homes; Removal of Child; Discharge of Child to Parent or Legal Guardian - Section 22. An agent of the department shall visit each...

Section 23 - Responsibility of Department to Provide Foster Care for Children; Placement With Relatives; Funeral Expenses; Child Profile Form; Extension of Support of Child Until 22 Years of Age; Assignment of Support Rights; Assistance to Foster Car... - Section 23. (a) The department shall have the responsibility, including...

Section 23a - Children Born to Inmates of Correctional Institutions or Jails; Care and Custody - Section 23A. Any child born to an inmate of the...

Section 23b - Services to Unwed Mothers - Section 23B. The department may, through its own resources or...

Section 24 - Procedure to Commit Child to Custody or Other Disposition; Notice and Summons; Emergency Order Transferring Custody; Investigation; Abandoned Children - Section 24. A person may petition under oath the juvenile...

Section 25 - Hearing; Custody of Child - Section 25. The petition under section 24 may be heard...

Section 26 - Procedure at Hearing; Order of Commitment; Petition to Dispense With Parental Consent to Adoption; Reimbursement of Commonwealth; Petition for Review - Section 26. (a) If the child is identified by the...

Section 26a - Registration of Interest for Foster Care Placement; Criminal Record Review; Fingerprint-Based Checks; Grounds for Rejection - Section 26A. (a) As part of the department's licensing and...

Section 26b - Grandparent Visitation; Sibling Visitation; Appeal of Decision to Deny Visitation - Section 26B. (a) Whenever a child is placed in family...

Section 26c - Summary of Foster Care Providers' Employment - Section 26C. The department shall provide all children's foster care...

Section 27 - Appeals; Procedure; Notice of Right of Appeal; Time Limits - Section 27. A child, parent, guardian or person appearing in...

Section 28 - Orders for Payment of Support; Who May Bring Action; Expiration of Order or Judgment - Section 28. (a) During the pendency of an action brought...

Section 29 - Right to Counsel; Notice of Right; Court Appointed Counsel - Section 29. The following persons shall have and shall be...

Section 29a - Legal Fees of Minors in Criminal Proceedings; Liability of Parents - Section 29A. The parents of an unemancipated minor shall be...

Section 29b - Determination of Future Status of Committed Children; Orders; Permanency Hearings; Appeals - Section 29B. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), within...

Section 29c - Judicial Certification of Need to Remove Child From Home - Section 29C. If a court of competent jurisdiction commits, grants...

Section 29d - Notice of Hearing - Section 29D. The department shall provide notice of hearings held...

Section 32 - Placement of Children in Private Families; Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Standards; Individualized Health Care Plan - Section 32. Children in the care or custody of the...

Section 33 - Placement of Children in Family Home Care - Section 33. In placing a child in family home care,...

Section 33b - Placement in Family Home Care of Juvenile Who Has or May Have Committed a Sexual Offense or Arson - Section 33B. At the time of placing a child in...

Section 33c - Congregate Care Program; Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard - Section 33C. (a) A congregate care program under contract to...

Section 34 - Transportation of Children in Patrol Wagons - Section 34. A child involved in any proceeding shall not...

Section 35 - Furnishing Parent or Guardian Information as to Child; Permission to Visit; Notice; Parents Convicted of First Degree Murder - Section 35. If the parent or guardian of a child...

Section 36 - Bringing Child Into Commonwealth With View to Adoption, Guardianship, Custody or Care; Permit; Application; Bond - Section 36. No person or institution shall bring or cause...

Section 37 - Rules and Regulations of Department - Section 37. The department shall make rules and regulations concerning...

Section 38 - Closed Hearings; Publication of Names - Section 38. All hearings under sections 1 to 38A, inclusive,...

Section 38a - Petitions for Order to Not Resuscitate or to Withdraw Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment; Required Recommendations; Appeals - Section 38A. In any proceedings related to court orders to...

Section 39 - Abandonment of Infant Under Age of Ten - Section 39. Whoever abandons an infant under the age of...

Section 391/2 - Placement of a Newborn Into Foster Care - Section 391/2. Subject to appropriation, the department shall accept for...

Section 39d - Visitation Rights to Certain Grandparents of Unmarried Minor Children; Place to File Petition - Section 39D. If the parents of an unmarried minor child...

Section 39e - Petitions Seeking Determination That Child Is in Need of Services; Jurisdiction; Standing - Section 39E. The divisions of the juvenile court department may...

Section 39f - Children in Need of Services; Right to Counsel; Determination of Indigency; Assessment of Costs - Section 39F. When an application for assistance stating the a...

Section 39g - Hearing; Determination of Child Requiring Assistance - Section 39G. At any hearing to determine whether a child...

Section 39h - Custodial Protection of Child; Notification and Placement; Bail; Detention; Right of Appeal - Section 39H. A child may be taken into custodial protection...

Section 39i - Children in Need of Services; Appeal; Rights and Procedures - Section 39I. A child, parent, legal guardian or custodian may...

Section 39k - Child Welfare Service Needs of Sexually Exploited Children - Section 39K. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...

Section 39l - Children in Violation of Prohibition Against Common Night Walking or Common Streetwalking; Petition for Care and Protection; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Stay of Juvenile Delinquency or Criminal Proceedings; Failure of Child to Com... - Section 39L. (a) Before or after arraignment in any juvenile...

Section 39m - Dependency Proceedings for Abused, Neglected and Abandoned Children; Determination of Child's Best Interest; Petition for Special Findings - Section 39M. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 51a - Reporting of Suspected Abuse or Neglect; Mandated Reporters; Collection of Physical Evidence; Penalties; Content of Reports; Liability; Privileged Communication - Section 51A. (a) A mandated reporter who, in his professional...

Section 51b - Investigation of Report of Abuse Filed Under Sec. 51a; Removal of Child; Transmission and Filing of Written Reports; Notice to District Attorney; Disclosure of Information by Mandated Reporter - Section 51B. (a) Upon receipt of a report filed under...

Section 51c - Custody of Injured Child Pending Transfer to Department or Pending Hearing - Section 51C. If a parent or other person requests the...

Section 51d - Powers and Duties of Area Directors; Multi-Disciplinary Service Teams - Section 51D. Each area director of the department shall be...

Section 51e - Reports of Injured Children; Files; Confidentiality; Penalties - Section 51E. The department shall maintain a file of the...

Section 51f - Central Registry of Information; Confidentiality; Penalties - Section 51F. The department shall maintain a central registry of...

Section 51g - Severability of Secs. 51a to 51f - Section 51G. Sections fifty-one A to fifty-one F, inclusive, are...

Section 51h - Protective Alerts; Transport of Child to Another State or Country - Section 51H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 52 - Delinquent Children; Definitions - Section 52. The following words as used in the following...

Section 53 - Delinquent Children; Liberal Construction; Nature of Proceedings - Section 53. Sections fifty-two to sixty-three, inclusive, shall be liberally...

Section 54 - Delinquent Children; Complaint; Indictment; Examination of Complainant - Section 54. If complaint is made to any court that...

Section 54a - Delinquent Children; Diversion of Child to Program of Community Supervision or Other Rehabilitative Services; Assessment of Suitability for Diversion; Determination of Eligibility; Diversion of Child by District Attorney; Subsequent Off... - Section 54A. (a) A juvenile court shall have jurisdiction to...

Section 55 - Delinquent Children; Summoning of Parent or Guardian - Section 55. If a child has been summoned to appear...

Section 55a - Delinquent Children; Jury Trials; Discovery Orders; Jury-Waived Trials; Appointment of Stenographer - Section 55A. Trial of a child complained of as a...

Section 55b - Delinquent Children; Plea; Disposition Request; Pretrial Motions - Section 55B. A child who is before the juvenile court...

Section 56 - Delinquent Children; Adjournments; Jury Sessions; Appointment of Stenographer - Section 56. Hearings upon cases arising under sections fifty-two to...

Section 57 - Delinquent Children; Investigation by Probation Officer; Record of Performance; Reports - Section 57. Every case of a delinquent child shall be...

Section 58 - Adjudication as Delinquent Child or Youthful Offender - Section 58. At the hearing of a complaint against a...

Section 58b - Delinquent Children; Motor Vehicle Violations; Disposition; Admissibility of Adjudication and Disposition as Evidence in Other Proceedings - Section 58B. If, under the provisions of section fifty-eight, a...

Section 59 - Delinquent Children; Violation of Terms of Probation - Section 59. If a child has been placed in care...

Section 60 - Delinquent Children; Admissibility of Adjudication in Subsequent Proceeding; Disqualification for Public Service - Section 60. An adjudication of any child as a delinquent...

Section 60a - Inspection of Records in Youthful Offender and Delinquency Cases - Section 60A. The records of a youthful offender proceeding conducted...

Section 62 - Delinquent Children; Restitution or Reparation by Child to Injured Person - Section 62. If, in adjudging a person a delinquent child,...

Section 63 - Inducing or Abetting Delinquency of Child - Section 63. Any person who shall be found to have...

Section 63a - Delinquent Children; Aiding and Abetting Violation of Juvenile Court Order; Concealing or Harboring Child; Penalties; Defenses - Section 63A. Whoever is 19 years of age or older...

Section 64 - Delinquent Children; Powers of Commissioner of Probation; Annual Report - Section 64. The commissioner of probation may supervise the probation...

Section 65 - Juvenile Sessions; Presence of Minors; Exclusion of Public - Section 65. Courts shall designate suitable times for the hearing...

Section 66 - Detention of Child in Police Station; Commitment to Jail, House of Correction or State Farm - Section 66. Except as otherwise provided in section sixty-seven and...

Section 67 - Notice of Arrest of Child; Release Upon Promise of Child's Appearance in Court; Detention - Section 67. (a) Whenever a child between 12 and 18...

Section 68 - Commitment of Children Held for Examination or Trial - Section 68. A child who has attained the age of...

Section 68a - Diagnostic Study by Department of Youth Services; Report and Recommendations - Section 68A. A child between 12 and 18 years of...

Section 68b - Special Foster Homes; Detention Homes; Alternate Placements of Child - Section 68B. The department of youth services may use or...

Section 68c - Diagnostic Services by Department of Youth Services - Section 68C. The department of youth services shall maintain and...

Section 69 - Information and Reports of Superintendents of Schools and Teachers - Section 69. The superintendent of the public schools in any...

Section 69a - Information of Probation Officers, Police and School Authorities - Section 69A. When a person has been committed to the...

Section 70 - Summoning of Parent or Guardian During Case - Section 70. At any time during the pendency of any...

Section 71 - Failure to Appear on Summons; Capias - Section 71. If any person to whom a summons is...

Section 72 - Continuance of Jurisdiction of Courts in Juvenile Sessions - Section 72. (a) The divisions of the juvenile court department...

Section 72a - Proceedings Upon Apprehension After Nineteenth Birthday - Section 72A. If a person commits an offense or violation...

Section 72b - Persons Between the Ages of Fourteen and Eighteen Convicted of Murder; Penalties - Section 72B. If a person is found guilty of murder...

Section 74 - Limitations on Criminal Proceedings Against Children - Section 74. Except as hereinafter provided and as provided in...

Section 84 - Warrant of Commitment to Department of Youth Services - Section 84. Whenever a person is committed to the department...

Section 85 - Department Employees Reporting Animal Cruelty, Abuse or Neglect; Immunity From Liability - Section 85. (a) During any investigation or evaluation reported under...

Section 86 - Use of Restraints During Court Proceedings - Section 86. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 87 - Placement of Juvenile in Secure Detention Facility or Secure Correctional Facility or in Any Institution in Which Juvenile Has Contact With Adult Inmates - Section 87. (a) The department of youth services and the...

Section 88 - Participation in Community-Based Restorative Justice Program - Section 88. A child against whom a complaint is brought...

Section 89 - Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board - Section 89. (a) As used in this section the following...

Chapter 119a - Child Support Enforcement

Section 1 - Child Support Enforcement Program; Public Policy; Remedies; Commission Established; Department of Revenue as Iv–d Agency - Section 1. It is the public policy of the commonwealth...

Section 1a - Definitions - Section 1A. For purposes of administering the child support enforcement...

Section 2 - Services Provided; Enforcement of Subrogation Rights; Collection of Support Payments; Publicizing Services Available - Section 2. (a) In accordance with the provisions of Title...

Section 2a - Intimidation of Officers or Employees; Obstruction; Penalties - Section 2A. Whoever willfully corrupts or by force or threats...

Section 3 - Actions to Enforce Subrogation Rights; Notice - Section 3. (a) In enforcing the subrogation rights of the...

Section 3a - Establishment of Paternity; Genetic Marker Tests - Section 3A. In any case requiring the establishment of paternity,...

Section 3b - Child Support Orders; Receipt of Iv–d Agency Services; Modification of Child Support; Notice; Jurisdiction - Section 3B. (a) With respect to a child support order...

Section 4 - Statewide Automated Information Retrieval System; State Case Registry; Paternity and Child Support Information; Comparison and Monitoring of Other State and Federal Systems - Section 4. (a) The IV–D agency shall, subject to appropriation,...

Section 5 - Collection and Disbursement of Child Support Payments; Use of Undisbursed Payments; Termination of Public Assistance; Rights of Obligee - Section 5. (a) The IV–D agency shall establish and operate...

Section 5a - Personal Data; Purposes for Which Disclosure Permitted; Safeguards; Exceptions; Unauthorized Inspection or Disclosure; Penalties - Section 5A. (a) Personal data collected and maintained by the...

Section 5b - Disclosure of Personal Data Prohibited; Petition for Disclosure; Determination of Harm; Limited Disclosure - Section 5B. A person or agency, including the IV–D agency,...

Section 6 - Arrearages; Collection Procedures - Section 6. (a) The IV–D agency, in accordance with Title...

Section 6a - Pension and Retirement Plans of Obligor; Attachment of Payments, Distributions or Benefits; Use of Accumulated Total Deductions to Pay Arrearages - Section 6A. (a) The IV–D agency is hereby authorized to...

Section 7 - Entry of Support Order in Other Jurisdiction - Section 7. (a) If the IV–D agency is providing services...

Section 8 - Support Order of Other Jurisdiction; Filing; Documentation - Section 8. A child support enforcement agency, party to a...

Section 9 - Child Support Trust Fund - Section 9. There is hereby established, separate and apart from...

Section 10 - Child Support Trust Fund; Separate Accounts - Section 10. The state treasurer shall serve as treasurer of...

Section 10a - Corrections for Overpayment, Underpayment, or Administrative Error - Section 10A. (a) If a case receiving IV–D services is...

Section 11 - Child Support Trust Fund; Requisitions - Section 11. The state treasurer shall from time to time...

Section 12 - Support Orders; Enforcement; Arrearages; Assignment of Wages; Notice and Hearing; Order - Section 12. (a) Each judgment or order for support issued...

Section 13 - Support Payments or Installments; Judgment by Operation of Law; Retroactive Modification; Application - Section 13. (a) Any payment or installment of support under...

Section 14 - Support Payments or Installments; Judgment by Operation of Law; Retroactive Modification; Application - Section 14. (a) The IV–D agency shall have access to...

Section 15 - Iv–d Agency Powers; Failure to Comply With Subpoena or Summons Issued Under Section; Penalties; Production of Witnesses, Books, Papers and Records - Section 15. The IV–D agency may take testimony and proofs...

Section 16 - Revocation, Suspension, Nonissuance or Nonrenewal of Licenses for Failure to Provide Support - Section 16. (a)(1) For purposes of this section, the following...

Section 17 - Procedures for Collection and Disbursement of Child Support; Informational Materials; Review; Appeals - Section 17. The department shall establish procedures for the prompt...

Chapter 120 - Department of Youth Services and Massachusetts Training Schools

Section 1 - Corporate Status of Department of Youth Services; Holding and Investing Trust Funds - Section 1. The department of youth services shall be a...

Section 2 - Management, Government and Care of Industrial Schools; Employment of Expert Personnel by Director - Section 2. The department of youth services shall have the...

Section 3 - Appointment of Superintendents, Chaplains and Physicians - Section 3. The commissioner of youth services shall from time...

Section 4 - Rules and Regulations; By-Laws - Section 4. The commissioner of youth services shall establish rules,...

Section 5 - Examination and Study of Children Committed; Re-Examinations; Records; Discharge - Section 5. (a) When a person has been committed to...

Section 6 - Liberty Under Supervision; Confinement; Reconfinement; Revocation or Modification of Order; Discharge - Section 6. When a person has been committed to the...

Section 6a - Correction of Socially Harmful Tendencies - Section 6A. As a means of correcting the socially harmful...

Section 7 - Powers and Duties of Superintendent - Section 7. The superintendent of each school or other institution,...

Section 8 - Bond and Accounts of Superintendents; Accounting to Commissioner of Youth Services - Section 8. Each superintendent shall before entering upon his duties...

Section 9 - Rogers Fund - Section 9. The superintendent of the industrial school for girls,...

Section 10 - Use of Public or Private Facilities, Institutions and Agencies; Control; Acceptance and Control of Delinquent Children; Inspection; Effect of Placement of Person in or Release From Institution or Control by Department - Section 10. (a) For the purpose of carrying out its...

Section 10b - Involuntary Room Confinement Prohibited - Section 10B. A person detained by and committed to the...

Section 11 - Places for Detention and Diagnosis; Treatment and Training Facilities; Facilities to Aid Persons Given Conditional Releases; Forest or Farm School Camps - Section 11. When funds are available for the purpose, the...

Section 12 - Release Under Supervision; Placement Into Families or Homes - Section 12. The department may direct release under supervision at...

Section 13 - Escape; Breach of Parole; Arrest; Detention - Section 13. The department may issue a warrant for the...

Section 13a - Compensation for Property Damage Caused by Inmates; Notice of Damage; Claim; Filing - Section 13A. Upon written request of the department, there shall...

Section 14 - Applications for New Commitments for Mentally Ill, Developmentally Disabled or Sexually Dangerous Persons - Section 14. Whenever the department finds that any person committed...

Section 15 - Transfers From Massachusetts Reformatory and Reformatory for Women - Section 15. With the consent of the department, the commissioner...

Section 16 - Discharge of Persons Committed as Delinquent Child or Youthful Offender - Section 16. Every person committed to the department until the...

Section 17 - Control Beyond Age Limit; Persons Physically Dangerous to Public - Section 17. Whenever the department is of the opinion that...

Section 18 - Notice of Application for Review of Order; Hearing; Appointment of Counsel; Court Order - Section 18. If the department applies to the court for...

Section 19 - Continued Control; Later Discharge; Transfer to Appropriate Institutions - Section 19. When an order of the department is confirmed...

Section 21 - Effect of Commitment on Application for Public Service; Discharge; Restoration of Civil Rights; Records; Inspection; Consent; Evidence in Other Proceedings - Section 21. Commitment to the care of the department of...

Section 22 - Inquiry Into Effectiveness of Treatment Methods; Information; Annual Report; Contents - Section 22. The department shall conduct continuing inquiry into the...

Section 23 - Power of Department to Act as Guardian of Children - Section 23. The department may act as guardian for a...

Section 23a - Disposition of Unclaimed Money Held for Former Ward; Records - Section 23A. Annually on or before November thirtieth, the department...

Section 24 - Expenditure of Gifts - Section 24. The department may expend any money given for...

Section 25 - Children Committed by United States Courts - Section 25. The provisions of this chapter relative to commitment...

Section 26 - Escape; Attempted Escape; Aiding or Assisting - Section 26. Whoever escapes, or attempts to escape from the...

Chapter 120a - Interstate Compact on Juveniles

Section 1 - Purpose - Section 1. The compacting states to this interstate compact recognize...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words...

Section 3 - Interstate Commission for Juveniles - Section 3. (a) The compacting states hereby create the interstate...

Section 4 - Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission - Section 4. The commission shall have the following powers and...

Section 5 - By-Laws Governing Conduct of the Interstate Commission - Section 5. The interstate commission shall, by a majority of...

Section 6 - Officers and Staff of the Interstate Commission - Section 6. (a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority...

Section 7 - Qualified Immunity, Defense and Indemnification - Section 7. (a) The commission's executive director and employees shall...

Section 8 - Promulgation and Publication of Rules - Section 8. (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate and publish...

Section 9 - Oversight by Interstate Commission and Enforcement of Compact - Section 9. (a) The interstate commission shall oversee the administration...

Section 10 - Resolution of Disputes Arising Among Compacting States and Between Compacting and Non-Compacting States - Section 10. (a) The compacting states shall report to the...

Section 11 - Payment of Expenses; Levy and Collection of Annual Assessment From Compacting States - Section 11. (a) The interstate commission shall pay or provide...

Section 12 - State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision - Section 12. Each member state shall create a state council...

Section 13 - Eligibility to Become Compacting State; Effective Date and Amendment of Compact - Section 13. (a) Any state, the District of Columbia, or...

Section 14 - Withdrawal of Compacting State From Compact - Section 14. (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in...

Section 15 - Penalties Against Compacting State for Default in Performance of Obligations or Responsibilities - Section 15. (a) If the interstate commission determines that any...

Section 16 - Judicial Enforcement - Section 16. The interstate commission may, by majority vote of...

Section 17 - Dissolution of Compact - Section 17. (a) The compact shall dissolve effective on the...

Section 18 - Severability and Construction - Section 18. (a) The provisions of this compact shall be...

Section 19 - Enforcement of Other Laws Conflicting With Compact - Section 19. (a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the...

Section 20 - Binding Effect of Compact Upon Compacting States - Section 20. (a) All lawful actions of the interstate commission,...

Chapter 121 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare, and the Massachusetts Hospital School - [Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 24; 1933, 364, Sec. 7; 1948,...

Chapter 121a - Urban Redevelopment Corporations

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...

Section 2 - Declaration of Public Necessity; Acquisition and Regulation of Private Property - Section 2. It is hereby declared that blighted open, decadent...

Section 3 - Establishment of Corporations to Carry Out Projects; Number of Projects for Each Corporation; Co-Operative Corporations - Section 3. Three or more persons may associate themselves by...

Section 4 - Rules and Regulations of Housing Boards; Standards for Project Plans; Variations - Section 4. The housing board may make, and from time...

Section 5 - Application for Approval of Project; Contents - Section 5. The persons who have executed an agreement of...

Section 6 - Project Approval; Procedure - Section 6. Whenever the housing board is asked to approve...

Section 6a - Contracts; Contents; Filing; Inspection; Approval; Collection of Amounts Payable - Section 6A. As soon as any such corporation determines to...

Section 6b - Notice of Hearing - Section 6B. The planning board shall give notice of each...

Section 6c - Appeals; Procedure - Section 6C. Any person aggrieved by the disapproval of a...

Section 7 - Borrowing Money to Finance Project; Capital Stock Subscriptions and Sale; Stocks, Bonds or Other Securities of Corporation as Legal Investments - Section 7. No more than such proportion of the estimated...

Section 7a - Purchase or Lease of Real Estate by Urban Redevelopment Corporation From Housing Authority; Approval - Section 7A. A corporation organized under section three or an...

Section 8 - Inspection of Buildings; Proceedings Upon Violation of Rules and Regulations With Respect to Construction and Financing; Injunction - Section 8. The construction of all buildings upon a project...

Section 9 - Limitation in Repayment of Investment in Stock; Limitations of Dividends - Section 9. Except as provided in section sixteen, the stockholders...

Section 10 - Exemption From Taxation and Assessments; Valuation; Appeals; Annual Payment; Additional Tax and Project Approval Procedure - Section 10. For a period of fifteen years after the...

Section 11 - Acquisition and Sale of Land or Interests in Land; Approval - Section 11. Any corporation authorized to undertake or acquire projects...

Section 12 - Receipt of Loans and Grants From the Federal Government and Other Sources; Borrowing Money; Issuance of Notes and Indebtedness - Section 12. Any such corporation shall have power to receive...

Section 13 - Application to Change Type and Character of Buildings on Project; Approval - Section 13. Any such corporation may apply to the housing...

Section 14 - Contracts With Cities or Towns Relative to Public and Private Ways, Sidewalks, Parks and Other Public Improvements; Contracts for Sale, Lease or Exchange of Real Estate - Section 14. Any such corporation, in accordance with the provisions...

Section 15 - Application of Receipts in Excess of Authorized Expenditures - Section 15. Should the gross receipts of any such corporation...

Section 16 - Rights, Privileges, Obligations and Duties of Corporation After Period of Organization - Section 16. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if...

Section 16a - Successor in Interest to Corporation; Options; Filing of Certificate - Section 16A. If an action is brought or if proceedings...

Section 18 - Authority of Insurance Companies to Undertake Projects; Exceptions - Section 18. An insurance company incorporated under the laws of...

Section 18a - Authority of Savings Banks and Co-Operative Banks to Undertake Projects; Limitations; Loans; Association of Banks - Section 18A. A savings bank or co-operative bank incorporated in...

Section 18b - Authority of Corporation to Take Over Existing Project; Application; Changes in Project; Certificate of Board - Section 18B. Three or more persons may associate themselves by...

Section 18c - Authority of Persons to Undertake or Acquire and Carry on Urban Redevelopment Projects - Section 18C. Individuals, and associations of persons organized in the...

Section 18d - Condominium Projects; Regulations - Section 18D. For the purposes of this section, it is...

Section 19 - Partial Invalidity - Section 19. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared...

Chapter 121b - Housing and Urban Renewal

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words, whenever used in this chapter...

Section 2 - Severability - Section 2. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared...

Section 3 - Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution - Section 3. There is hereby created, in each city and...

Section 3a - Regional Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution - Section 3A. Any number of cities or towns may, with...

Section 4 - Redevelopment Authorities; Creation; Dissolution - Section 4. There is hereby created, in each city and...

Section 5 - Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Membership; Appointment; Election; Term of Office - Section 5. Every housing and redevelopment authority shall be managed,...

Section 5a - Waiver of Requirement to Appoint Tenant Member to Housing Authority Board - Section 5A. A housing authority may request a waiver of...

Section 5b - Comprehensive Training Program for Members of a Housing or Redevelopment Authority; Technical Assistance Training for Tenant Members - Section 5B. The department shall establish and implement a comprehensive...

Section 6 - Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Charges Against Members; Hearing; Removal; Resignation; Suspension - Section 6. The mayor or city council or board of...

Section 7 - Officers and Executive Director of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Compensation of Members - Section 7. A housing or redevelopment authority shall elect from...

Section 7a - Guidelines for Contracts to Be Executed by Housing Authority and Executive Director - Section 7A. The department shall promulgate guidelines for contracts to...

Section 8 - Operating Agencies; Housing Authorities - Section 8. The operating agencies having the powers and subject...

Section 9 - Urban Renewal Agencies - Section 9. The operating agencies having the powers and subject...

Section 10 - Operating Agencies; Designation of Authorities - Section 10. Unless otherwise particularly provided in sections fifty-eight and...

Section 11 - Powers of Operating Agencies - Section 11. Each operating agency shall have the powers and...

Section 12 - Operating Agencies; Wages; Labor Requirements; Social Security - Section 12. Each contractor with an operating agency and each...

Section 13 - Operating Agencies; Contract and Tort Liability; Member's Personal Liability; Relocation of Utility Facilities - Section 13. An operating agency shall be liable in contract...

Section 14 - Operating Agencies; Federal Loans; Conveyance Upon Default - Section 14. An operating agency may obligate itself, in any...

Section 15 - Operating Agencies; Bonds, Notes, Certificates; Negotiable Instruments - Section 15. The bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of...

Section 16 - Exemption From Taxation for Real Estate and Tangible Personal Property of Operating Agency; Revaluation or Reassessment of Real Property; Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Section 16. The real estate and tangible personal property of...

Section 17 - Liability of Commonwealth or Political Subdivisions for Debts of Housing Authority - Section 17. No bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness...

Section 18 - Preparation of Master Plans, Etc. by City or Town; Appropriation and Payment - Section 18. Whether or not an operating agency has been...

Section 19 - Initial Costs and Annual Operating Expenses of Operating Agencies; Appropriations and Payment by City - Section 19. Cities and towns may raise and appropriate money...

Section 20 - Development, Acquisition and Operating Costs; Relocation Payments; Losses; Appropriation and Payment by City - Section 20. A city or town in which an operating...

Section 21 - Indebtedness Limitation - Section 21. Indebtedness authorized under section twenty shall be outside...

Section 23 - Municipal Powers - Section 23. For the purpose of complying with the conditions...

Section 24 - Agreement to Bear Acquisition Loss - Section 24. A city or town, in which the operating...

Section 25 - Housing Programs; Statement of Emergency - Section 25. It is hereby declared that substandard and decadent...

Section 26 - Powers of a Housing Authority - Section 26. A housing authority shall have the following powers...

Section 26a - Powers of Department in City Without Housing Authority; Financing of Projects; Bonds and Notes; Issuance and Sale; Approval of City or Town - Section 26A. The department shall have all the powers of...

Section 26b - Performance-Based Monitoring Program; Assessment Standards - Section 26B. (a) A housing authority shall participate in the...

Section 26c - Best Practices Program for Allowing Authorities to Work Collaboratively; Provisions of Program; Capital Assistance Team; Director; Members - Section 26C. (a) The department shall establish a program based...

Section 26d - Names and Contact Information of All Members and Senior Staff to Be Posted on Wall of Community Center and on Website - Section 26D. Housing authorities shall post on the wall of...

Section 27 - Rural Housing Authority; Additional Powers - Section 27. If a housing authority organized in a city...

Section 28 - Application of Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations of Cities or Towns Relating to Buildings, Planning, Zoning and Public Health - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 28a - Annual Plan; Availability to Public for Review and Comment - Section 28A. (a) Each housing authority shall submit to the...

Section 29 - Accounts and Reports of Housing Authorities; Review of Financial Records; Availability to Public; Audit; Investigations by Department; Rules and Regulations of Department - Section 29. The members of a housing authority shall annually,...

Section 30 - Contract With Federal Government; Acquiring Federally Owned Project - Section 30. A housing authority, with the written approval of...

Section 31 - Submission of Plans for Low-Rent Housing Project to Department; Application; Hearing; Disposition - Section 31. A housing authority shall not undertake a low-rent...

Section 32 - Maintenance and Operation of Project; Rentals; Tenant Selection; Eligibility for Continued Occupancy; Hearings; Waiver - Section 32. Upon the completion or acquisition of a housing...

Section 32a - Parking Areas; Rules and Regulations; Towing - Section 32A. A housing authority may make reasonable rules and...

Section 32b - Definitions - Section 32B. As used in sections thirty-two B to thirty-two...

Section 32c - Unlawful Conduct by Tenant, Members or Non-Members of Tenant Household; Civil Action by Landlord for Injunctive or Other Equitable Relief - Section 32C. Whenever a person who is not a member...

Section 32d - Actions by Tenants or Tenants' Organizations - Section 32D. A tenant or member of a tenant household...

Section 32e - Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions; Appellate Review - Section 32E. Civil actions under section thirty-two C or thirty-two...

Section 32f - Restraining Orders and Injunctions; Form; Service; Enforcement; Violations; Effect; Modification and Vacation - Section 32F. Whenever a court, pursuant to section thirty-two C,...

Section 32g - Temporary Absences From Commonwealth; Presumption of Abandonment of Residency and Eligibility for Assistance - Section 32G. A temporary absence from the commonwealth which exceeds...

Section 33 - Equivalent Elimination of Substandard Dwelling Units - Section 33. No project for low-rent housing involving the construction...

Section 34 - State and Federal Financial Assistance; General Provisions - Section 34. The commonwealth acting by and through the department...

Section 34a - Contracts for State Financial Assistance on Leased Mhfa Projects to Provide Replacement or Relocation Housing; Annual Contributions; Limitations - Section 34A. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department,...

Section 34b - Commonwealth Guaranteed Temporary Notes; Authorization and Execution; Sale and Refunding Limitations; Terms - Section 34B. Any contract for state financial assistance entered into...

Section 35 - Contracts for Supplementary State Financial Assistance - Section 35. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department,...

Section 36 - Receipt of Loans and Grants From Federal Sources or From Other Sources - Section 36. The commonwealth shall have power to receive loans...

Section 37 - Commonwealth Grants; Guarantee of Temporary Notes; Sale, Maintenance, and Operation of Relocation Projects; Limitations on Eminent Domain - Section 37. For the purpose of avoiding, so far as...

Section 38 - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Declaration of Policy - Section 38. It is hereby declared that substandard and decadent...

Section 38a - Bureau of Housing for the Handicapped; Director; Functions - Section 38A. There shall be within the department a bureau...

Section 38b - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Service Coordinator Program - Section 38B. The department is authorized to establish a program...

Section 38c - Program to Conduct Annual Surveys of Public Housing Residents - Section 38C. The department shall establish and implement a program...

Section 38d - Regional Public Housing Innovation Program; Goals; Application for Participation in Program; Funds; Powers and Projects - Section 38D. (a)(1) As used in this section, the following...

Section 39 - Power to Provide Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons of Low Income; Priorities in Placement - Section 39. The housing authority of each city or town...

Section 40 - Provisions Applicable to Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons of Low Income - Section 40. The following provisions shall be applicable to housing...

Section 41 - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Elderly Persons of Low Income - Section 41. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department,...

Section 41a - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Handicapped Persons of Low Income - Section 41A. The commonwealth acting through and by the department,...

Section 42 - Rental Assistance Program; Declaration of Necessity - Section 42. It is hereby declared (a) that there does...

Section 43 - Contracts to Rent, Lease or Provide Financial Assistance to Housing Units by Housing Authorities - Section 43. In addition to its other powers and for...

Section 43a - Rental Assistance Program; Relocation of Residents; Leased Housing Units - Section 43A. If a person resides in a private dwelling...

Section 44 - Rental Assistance Program; Rentals and Tenant Selection - Section 44. The requirements with respect to rentals and tenant...

Section 44a - Leasing of Housing Units in Mhfa Projects for Replacement or Relocation Housing Authorized - Section 44A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...

Section 45 - Urban Renewal Programs Declaration of Necessity - Section 45. It is hereby declared that substandard, decadent or...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part I - Administration of the Government Title XVII - Public Welfare

Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVII - Public Welfare