Section 17. The department shall provide transportation for persons with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability with respect to educational, habilitational or day care services provided pursuant to section thirteen. The department shall take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all persons transported under this section. If the department determines that said persons cannot be transported safely without the assistance of monitors, said transporting shall include provision for monitors. Nothing in this section shall preclude the ability of parents to serve as unpaid monitors when their children are being transported.
The department may provide reimbursement for transportation costs to a competitively employed individual with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability who because of age or receipt of a high school diploma is no longer eligible for services provided under chapter seventy-one B and who is unable to use public transportation, or any other transportation such as car pools or available family transportation, due to the location of the person's residence or place of employment or due to the person's disability.
The amount of such reimbursement shall be determined by the department on a sliding fee scale. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations that limit reimbursements to reasonable transportation costs.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services
Section 1 - Creation; Powers of Department and Commissioner
Section 2 - Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Appointments by Commissioner; Report; Salary
Section 3 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications
Section 4 - Assistant, Associate or Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications
Section 6 - Program for Training of Residents in Professional Disciplines
Section 7 - State Facilities Under Department Control
Section 8 - Superintendents or Directors; Vacancies; Appointments; Qualifications; Officers
Section 10 - Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility
Section 12 - Community Intellectual Disability Services
Section 12a - Comprehensive Program of Community Developmental Disability Services
Section 14 - Rules and Regulations
Section 15 - Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses
Section 16 - Intellectual Disability Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption