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

Section 46 - Powers of Urban Renewal Agency - Section 46. An urban renewal agency shall have all the...

Section 47 - Urban Renewal Programs; Acquisition by Eminent Domain; Notice; Petition - Section 47. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, an...

Section 48 - Public Hearing; Notice; Urban Renewal Plans; Approval; Acquisition of Property - Section 48. No urban renewal project shall be undertaken until...

Section 49 - Sale or Lease of Property Acquired for Urban Renewal Project - Section 49. If an urban renewal agency shall sell or...

Section 50 - Delegation of Power to Municipality to Plan and Undertake Urban Renewal Project - Section 50. An urban renewal agency is hereby authorized to...

Section 51 - Redevelopment Authority Taking Over Project Initiated by Housing Authority - Section 51. A housing authority of a city or town...

Section 52 - Accounts and Reports of Urban Renewal Agencies; Civil Service Rules - Section 52. Each urban renewal agency shall keep an accurate...

Section 53 - Application for Urban Renewal Assistance Grant or Urban Revitalization and Development Grant - Section 53. Any city or town, acting by and through...

Section 54 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Determination of Compliance and Final Approved Cost; Notice - Section 54. Upon receipt of an application under the provisions...

Section 55 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Certification and Payment of Grants - Section 55. From time to time, the department shall certify...

Section 56 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Contract to Provide Financial Assistance - Section 56. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department,...

Section 57 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Advance of Funds; Amount; Payments - Section 57. The department may make advances of funds to...

Section 58 - Other Urban Renewal Programs; Declaration of Necessity - Section 58. It is hereby declared (a) that there exist...

Section 59 - Contracts for State Financial Assistance; Rehabilitation Projects - Section 59. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department,...

Section 60 - Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund - Section 60. (a) There shall be a Housing Preservation and...

Chapter 121c - Economic Development and Industrial Corporations

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly...

Section 2 - Legislative Declarations - Section 2. It is hereby declared that decadent or blighted...

Section 3 - Economic Development and Industrial Corporation; Authority to Organize; Consolidations; Members of Board of Directors; Surety Bonds; Compensation and Reimbursements - Section 3. There is hereby authorized in each municipality in...

Section 4 - Corporate Seal; Officers; Bond; Accounts; Annual Audit and Report; Management of Affairs and Property - Section 4. The directors of the corporation shall adopt a...

Section 5 - Powers of Corporation; Payment of Relocation Costs - Section 5. The corporation is hereby authorized: (a) To sue...

Section 6 - Economic Development Projects; Approval; Procedural Requisites - Section 6. No economic development project shall be undertaken until...

Section 7 - Rents and Charges for Service or Facilities Furnished or Supplied; Control and Application; Sinking Fund for Revenue Bond Obligations - Section 7. Except as provided herein rents and charges for...

Section 8 - Corporate Liability in Contract or in Tort - Section 8. The corporation shall be liable in contract or...

Section 9 - Real Estate and Tangible Personal Property Exempt From Taxation and Assessments; Payments in Lieu of Taxes; Taxation of Certain Real Estate; Exemption of Income or Profits From Transfer of Corporation Obligations - Section 9. The real estate and tangible personal property of...

Section 10 - Debentures; Issuance Authorized; Trust Agreements as Security - Section 10. To provide funds for the general purposes of...

Section 11 - Municipal Indebtedness in Aid of Corporation - Section 11. The municipality may raise and appropriate or may...

Section 12 - Revenue Bonds; Revenue Refunding Bonds; Requisites; Negotiability - Section 12. The corporation is hereby authorized to provide by...

Section 13 - Revenue or Revenue Refunding Bonds; Trust Agreements as Security - Section 13. In the discretion of the corporation such revenue...

Section 14 - Revenue and Revenue Refunding Bonds as Securities for Purposes of Investments or Deposits by Certain Institutions - Section 14. Revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds issued under...

Section 15 - Enforcement of This Chapter and of Trust Agreements - Section 15. Any holder of bonds or debentures issued under...

Section 16 - Provisions Inconsistent With Other Law Controlling - Section 16. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are...

Section 17 - Severability - Section 17. The provisions of this chapter are severable; and...

Section 18 - Liberal Construction - Section 18. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of...

Chapter 121d - Affordable Housing Trust Fund

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

Section 2 - Affordable Housing Trust Fund; Administration; Annual Audit; Projects - Section 2. (a) There shall be a separate fund to...

Section 3 - Assistance From Fund; Eligible Activities and Organizations; Preferences - Section 3. (a) The fund shall finance low and no...

Section 4 - Advisory Committee; Members - Section 4. (a) There shall be established an advisory committee...

Section 5 - Annual Report; Contents - Section 5. The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency shall, as part...

Chapter 121e - Housing Innovations Trust Fund

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. ''Alternative forms of rental and ownership housing'', shall...

Section 2 - Housing Innovations Trust Fund; Administration; Projects - Section 2. (a) There shall be within the department a...

Section 3 - Assistance From Fund; Eligible Activities; Administration of Loans - Section 3. (a) The fund shall finance low and no...

Section 4 - Expiration of Affordability Restrictions; Purchase Option; Waiver; First Refusal Option - Section 4. For 120 days after the expiration of affordability...

Section 5 - Regulations - Section 5. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation,...

Section 6 - Annual Report; Contents - Section 6. The department shall annually file a report with...

Chapter 121f - Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund

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

Section 2 - Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund; Administration; Projects - Section 2. (a) There shall be within the department a...

Section 3 - Assistance From Fund; Eligible Activities and Recipients; Prerequisite Findings - Section 3. (a) The fund shall finance low and no...

Section 4 - Expiration of Affordability Restrictions; Purchase Option; Waiver; First Refusal Option - Section 4. For 120 days after the expiration of affordability...

Section 5 - Regulations - Section 5. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation,...

Section 6 - Annual Report; Contents - Section 6. The department shall annually file a report with...

Chapter 121g - Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund

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

Section 2 - Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund; Administration; Eligible Property; Projects - Section 2. (a) There shall be within the department a...

Section 3 - Preference in Allocation of Funds - Section 3. The department, in consultation with nonprofit organizations, the...

Section 4 - Regulations - Section 4. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation,...

Section 5 - Annual Report; Contents - Section 5. The department shall annually file a report with...

Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital

Section 1 - Supervision; Inpatient and Outpatient Services - Section 1. The department of public health, in this chapter...

Section 2 - Board of Trustees; Number; Appointment - Section 2. There shall be a board of trustees of...

Section 3 - Board of Trustees; Powers and Duties; Appointment of Superintendent - Section 3. The trustees of the Tewksbury hospital, in this...

Section 4 - Trustees; Rules and Regulations - Section 4. The trustees shall, with the approval of the...

Section 5 - Corporate Status of Trustees; Powers and Duties - Section 5. The trustees shall be a corporation for the...

Section 6 - Deposit of Funds by Superintendent - Section 6. The superintendent of the Tewksbury hospital may deposit...

Section 7 - Unclaimed Patients' Funds; Disposition - Section 7. So much of any funds known as ''Patients'...

Section 8 - Unclaimed Patients' Valuables; Disposition; Record - Section 8. Property known as ''Patients' Valuables'', belonging to, or...

Section 9 - Unclaimed Bank Books of Former Patients; Payment to Trustees - Section 9. Any bank book representing a deposit account in...

Section 10 - Powers of Trustees Relative to Patients and Their Property - Section 10. The trustees shall have and exercise the same...

Section 11 - Receiving of Persons - Section 11. The superintendent, subject to the rules and regulations...

Section 12 - Removal of Persons to Places of Residence - Section 12. If a person, who has received a certificate...

Section 13 - Removal of Persons Infected With Dangerous Disease; Expenses - Section 13. The department may, if expedient, remove any person...

Section 14 - Admission of Persons Affected With Diseases; Expenses - Section 14. Subject to such rules and regulations as the...

Section 15 - Contracts for Employment of Patients; Discharge; Forfeiture of Support - Section 15. The superintendent, with the consent of the trustees,...

Section 16 - Liability of Kindred for Support - Section 16. The kindred liable by law to towns for...

Section 22 - Treasurer of Banking Institutions; Failure to Disclose Deposits, etc.; Penalty - Section 22. A treasurer of a savings bank, national bank,...

Section 23 - Unlawful Possession of Liquids or Articles by Patients With Intent to Consume as Inebriants - Section 23. Any patient of Tewksbury hospital who has in...

Chapter 123 - Mental Health

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this section...

Section 2 - Regulations - Section 2. The department shall, in accordance with section two...

Section 3 - Transfers; Notice; Emergencies - Section 3. The department may transfer any person from any...

Section 4 - Periodic Review; Notice - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 5 - Commitment or Retention Hearings; Right to Counsel; Medical Examination; Notice - Section 5. Whenever the provisions of this chapter require that...

Section 6 - Retention of Persons; Validity of Orders; Hearing - Section 6. (a) No person shall be retained at a...

Section 7 - Commitment and Retention of Dangerous Persons; Petition; Notice; Hearing - Section 7. (a) The superintendent of a facility may petition...

Section 8 - Proceedings to Commit Dangerous Persons; Notice; Hearing; Orders; Jurisdiction - Section 8. (a) After a hearing, unless such hearing is...

Section 8b - Treatment of Committed Persons With Antipsychotic Medication; Petition; Notice; Hearing; Guardian - Section 8B. (a) With respect to any patient who is...

Section 9 - Review of Matters of Law; Application for Discharge; Notice; Hearing - Section 9. (a) Matters of law arising in commitment hearings,...

Section 10 - Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge; Outpatients; Veterans - Section 10. (a) Pursuant to departmental regulations on admission procedures,...

Section 11 - Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination; Retention - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 12 - Emergency Restraint and Hospitalization of Persons Posing Risk of Serious Harm by Reason of Mental Illness - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 13 - Transfer of Dangerous Males to Bridgewater State Hospital; Retention Period; Further Commitment; Procedure - Section 13. If the superintendent of any facility determines that...

Section 14 - Transfers From Bridgewater State Hospital to Other Facilities - Section 14. Whenever the medical director of the Bridgewater state...

Section 15 - Competence to Stand Trial or Criminal Responsibility; Examination; Period of Observation; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Delinquents - Section 15. (a) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction doubts...

Section 16 - Hospitalization of Persons Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness; Examination Period; Commitment; Hearing; Restrictions; Dismissal of Criminal Charges - Section 16. (a) The court having jurisdiction over the criminal...

Section 17 - Periodic Review of Incompetence to Stand Trial; Petition; Hearing; Continued Treatment; Defense to Charges; Release - Section 17. (a) The periodic review of a person found...

Section 18 - Hospitalization of Mentally Ill Prisoners; Examination; Reports; Hearing; Commitment; Voluntary Admission; Reduction of Sentence; Discharge - Section 18. (a) If the person in charge of any...

Section 18a - Facility Residents; Contribution Towards Cost of Counsel - Section 18A. A person who is a resident in a...

Section 19 - Parties or Witnesses; Determination of Mental Condition - Section 19. In order to determine the mental condition of...

Section 20 - Extradition of Mental Institution Escapees - Section 20. (a) The governor may upon demand deliver to...

Section 21 - Transportation of Mentally Ill Persons; Restraint - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 22 - Civil Liability of Physicians, Qualified Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Qualified Psychologists, Qualified Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinic Specialists, Police Officers and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 23 - Rights of Persons Receiving Services From Programs or Facilities of Department of Mental Health - Section 23. This section sets forth the statutory rights of...

Section 23a - Competent Interpreter Services in Hospitals Which Provide Acute Psychiatric Services - Section 23A. (a) For purposes of this section the following...

Section 24 - Legal Capacity of Persons Admitted or Committed - Section 24. No person shall be deemed to be incompetent...

Section 25 - Guardian or Conservator; Appointment - Section 25. In addition to the periodic review under section...

Section 26 - Deposit of Funds Held in Trust for Inpatients or Residents; Unclaimed Funds and Personal Property; Fiduciaries - Section 26. (a) The superintendent may deposit in any bank...

Section 27 - Administration of Estate of Deceased Inpatient or Resident - Section 27. If an inpatient or resident of any facility...

Section 28 - Violent or Unnatural Death of Patients; Notice to District Attorney - Section 28. Upon the death of any person confined to...

Section 29 - Instruction and Education; Work Programs; Sale of Work Products - Section 29. (a) In cooperation with other state departments and...

Section 30 - Unauthorized Absence of Patients; Notification of Police, Et al.; Return - Section 30. If a patient or resident in a facility...

Section 31 - Medicine and Drugs; Indigent Patients - Section 31. Medicine and drugs shall be furnished free of...

Section 32 - Charges for Care of Persons in Facilities - Section 32. The department may make charges for the care...

Section 33 - Expenses of Apprehension, Examination, Hearing, Commitment or Delivery; Certification; Audit; Payment; Fees - Section 33. All necessary expenses attending the apprehension, examination, hearing,...

Section 34 - Commitment or Transfer to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency - Section 34. (a) The judgment or order of commitment by...

Section 35 - Commitment of Alcoholics or Substance Abusers - Section 35. For the purposes of this section the following...

Section 36 - Patient Records; Inspection; Maintenance and Retention - Section 36. The department shall keep records of the admission,...

Section 36a - Court Records of Examination or Commitment; Privacy - Section 36A. All reports of examinations made to a court...

Section 36b - Duty to Warn Patient's Potential Victims; Cause of Action - Section 36B. (1) There shall be no duty owed by...

Section 36c - Transmission of Committed Person's Name and Nonclinical, Identifying Information to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Prohibition of Committed Person From Being Issued Firearm Identification Card or License to Carry;... - Section 36C. (a) A court that orders the commitment of...

Chapter 123a - Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexually Dangerous Persons

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

Section 2 - Nemansket Correctional Center; Treatment and Rehabilitation Personnel - Section 2. The commissioner of correction shall maintain subject to...

Section 2a - Transfer to a Correctional Institution; Provision of Voluntary Treatment Services - Section 2A. An individual committed as sexually dangerous and who...

Section 6a - Most Appropriate Level of Security; Participation in Community Access Program; Notice Required - Section 6A. Any person committed as a sexually dangerous person...

Section 9 - Petitions for Examination and Discharge - Section 9. Any person committed to the treatment center shall...

Section 12 - Notification of Persons Adjudicated as Delinquent Juvenile or Youthful Offender by Reason of a Sexual Offense; Petitions for Classification as Sexually Dangerous Person; Hearings - Section 12. (a) Any agency with jurisdiction of a person...

Section 13 - Temporary Commitment of Prisoner or Youth to Treatment Center; Right to Counsel; Psychological Examination - Section 13. (a) If the court is satisfied that probable...

Section 14 - Trial by Jury; Right to Counsel; Admissibility of Evidence; Commitment to Treatment; Temporary Commitments Pending Disposition of Petitions - Section 14. (a) The district attorney, or the attorney general...

Section 15 - Competence to Stand Trial; Hearing - Section 15. If a person who has been charged with...

Section 16 - Annual Reports Describing Treatments Offered - Section 16. The department of correction and the department of...

Chapter 123b - Mental Retardation

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

Section 2 - Regulations - Section 2. The department shall, in accordance with section two...

Section 3 - Transfers; Notice to Guardian or Relative; Consent; Objection; Hearing; Right to Counsel; Emergency Transfer - Section 3. The department shall notify and consult with the...

Section 4 - Periodic Review; Notice - Section 4. Each person within the care of the department...

Section 5 - Retention of Persons - Section 5. No person with an intellectual disability shall be...

Section 6 - Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge - Section 6. Pursuant to departmental regulations on admission procedures, the...

Section 7 - Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination - Section 7. Any person retained in a facility under the...

Section 8 - Transportation of Persons With an Intellectual Disability; Restraint - Section 8. Any person who transports a person with an...

Section 9 - Mailing Privileges; Visitation Rights; Legal and Civil Rights - Section 9. A person with an intellectual disability in the...

Section 10 - Legal Capacity of Persons Admitted or Committed - Section 10. No person shall be deemed to be incompetent...

Section 11 - Guardian or Conservator; Appointment - Section 11. In addition to the periodic review under section...

Section 12 - Deposit of Funds Held in Trust for Residents; Unclaimed Funds and Personal Property; Fiduciaries - Section 12. (a) The superintendent may deposit in any bank...

Section 13 - Administration of Estate of Deceased Resident - Section 13. If a resident of any facility dies leaving...

Section 14 - Violent or Unnatural Death of Residents; Notice to District Attorney - Section 14. Upon the death of any person confined to...

Section 15 - Instruction and Education; Work Programs; Sale of Work Products - Section 15. (a) In cooperation with other state departments and...

Section 16 - Charges for Care of Persons in Facilities - Section 16. The department may make charges for the care...

Section 17 - Records; Inspection - Section 17. The department shall keep records of the admission,...

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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