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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8I — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8I
Home care benefits
Status: in_force

Section 8I. Any subscription certificate under a group nonprofit hospital service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs which shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth, shall provide, as benefits to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, for the expense of medically necessary health care services determined to be medically necessary and provided by a participating home health agency to a member in his residence; provided, however, that such residence is neither a hospital nor an institution primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing or rehabilitation services. Said services shall include, but not be limited to, nursing and physical therapy. Additional services such as occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, nutritional consultation services, the services of a home health aid and the use of durable medical equipment and supplies shall be provided to the extent such additional services are determined to be a medically necessary component of said nursing and physical therapy. Said benefits for home care services shall meet all other terms and conditions of the subscriber certificate. The provisions of this section shall not apply to group insurance plans issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty-two B.

Section 8I. Any subscription certificate under a group nonprofit hospital service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs which shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth, shall provide, as benefits to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, for the expense of medically necessary health care services determined to be medically necessary and provided by a participating home health agency to a member in his residence; provided, however, that such residence is neither a hospital nor an institution primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing or rehabilitation services. Said services shall include, but not be limited to, nursing and physical therapy. Additional services such as occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, nutritional consultation services, the services of a home health aid and the use of durable medical equipment and supplies shall be provided to the extent such additional services are determined to be a medically necessary component of said nursing and physical therapy. Said benefits for home care services shall meet all other terms and conditions of the subscriber certificate. The provisions of this section shall not apply to group insurance plans issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty-two B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 16
Female prisoners; commitment to designated facilities; alcohol treatment facility; separate awaiting trial unit
Status: in_force

Section 16. All females convicted of crimes in the courts of the commonwealth and sentenced to imprisonment or otherwise committed to the custody of the department shall be committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, or to such other correctional facility or facilities as the commissioner may from time to time designate as appropriate for the purpose. The department shall maintain at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, a facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics, subject to the approval of the department of public health under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eleven B. The department shall maintain at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, a separate awaiting trial unit for females, to which female prisoners held for trial in accordance with section forty-two of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, may be transferred by the sheriff upon approval of the commissioner of correction if suitable facilities are not available in the county jail of the court of jurisdiction.

Section 16. All females convicted of crimes in the courts of the commonwealth and sentenced to imprisonment or otherwise committed to the custody of the department shall be committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, or to such other correctional facility or facilities as the commissioner may from time to time designate as appropriate for the purpose.

The department shall maintain at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, a facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics, subject to the approval of the department of public health under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eleven B.

The department shall maintain at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, a separate awaiting trial unit for females, to which female prisoners held for trial in accordance with section forty-two of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, may be transferred by the sheriff upon approval of the commissioner of correction if suitable facilities are not available in the county jail of the court of jurisdiction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 3
Misconduct or negligence of deputies; actions against sheriffs
Status: in_force

Section 3. Actions against sheriffs for the misconduct or negligence of their deputies shall be commenced only within four years next after the cause of action accrues.

Section 3. Actions against sheriffs for the misconduct or negligence of their deputies shall be commenced only within four years next after the cause of action accrues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 20
Conflicting authority
Status: in_force

Section 20. Nothing in this chapter shall lessen or affect the authority or powers of the department of highways or of the registrar of motor vehicles under chapter ninety. No person holding a certificate or a permit authorizing the transportation of property for compensation by motor vehicle within the city of Boston, shall be required to obtain a license from the police commissioner for said city on account of such transportation or the use of motor vehicles therein.

Section 20. Nothing in this chapter shall lessen or affect the authority or powers of the department of highways or of the registrar of motor vehicles under chapter ninety. No person holding a certificate or a permit authorizing the transportation of property for compensation by motor vehicle within the city of Boston, shall be required to obtain a license from the police commissioner for said city on account of such transportation or the use of motor vehicles therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55B, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55B / Section 9
Hearings on objections
Status: in_force

Section 9. Hearings on objections to certificates of nomination or nomination papers, except for special primaries and elections, shall not be held prior to the second Monday following the Friday for filing such objections. Hearings on objections to signatures on initiative or referendum petitions shall not be held prior to the second Monday following the last day for filing such objections. Hearings on objections to supplemental signature filings for initiative petitions shall not be held prior to the first Wednesday following the last day for filing such objections. Hearings on objections to nominations at regular state primaries shall not be held prior to the Monday following the last day for filing such objections.

Section 9. Hearings on objections to certificates of nomination or nomination papers, except for special primaries and elections, shall not be held prior to the second Monday following the Friday for filing such objections.

Hearings on objections to signatures on initiative or referendum petitions shall not be held prior to the second Monday following the last day for filing such objections.

Hearings on objections to supplemental signature filings for initiative petitions shall not be held prior to the first Wednesday following the last day for filing such objections.

Hearings on objections to nominations at regular state primaries shall not be held prior to the Monday following the last day for filing such objections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176K, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176K / Section 6
Filing of policy form or certificate form
Status: in_force

Section 6. A carrier shall not participate in the market unless the policy form or certificate form has been filed with and approved by the commissioner.

Section 6. A carrier shall not participate in the market unless the policy form or certificate form has been filed with and approved by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 51
Failure to pay client's money; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 51. An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the client, shall forfeit to such client five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand.

Section 51. An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the client, shall forfeit to such client five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 40H — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 40H
Appeal by aggrieved corporations
Status: in_force

Section 40H. If any corporation subject to regulation by the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable is aggrieved by the adoption of airport approach regulations under section forty A, or by a direction to lower, remove, reconstruct or equip a structure under section forty F, or by the taking of its property or rights in property under section forty G, or by refusal to grant a variance permit as provided in section forty D, such corporation, within thirty days after such adoption, direction, taking or refusal, may appeal to said department, and if, after notice and a hearing, said department determines that the public safety, necessity and convenience will be best served by the amendment or annulment of such regulation, direction or taking, it may order such regulation, direction or taking to be amended or annulled, or may grant a variance permit as prescribed in section forty D.

Section 40H. If any corporation subject to regulation by the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable is aggrieved by the adoption of airport approach regulations under section forty A, or by a direction to lower, remove, reconstruct or equip a structure under section forty F, or by the taking of its property or rights in property under section forty G, or by refusal to grant a variance permit as provided in section forty D, such corporation, within thirty days after such adoption, direction, taking or refusal, may appeal to said department, and if, after notice and a hearing, said department determines that the public safety, necessity and convenience will be best served by the amendment or annulment of such regulation, direction or taking, it may order such regulation, direction or taking to be amended or annulled, or may grant a variance permit as prescribed in section forty D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277B / Section 5
Period during which statewide grand jury may sit
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

Section 5. A specially-empaneled statewide grand jury convened pursuant to this chapter shall sit for a period not to exceed 18 months. The superior court justice presiding over the statewide grand jury may extend that period if, in accordance with section 41 of chapter 234A and section 1A of chapter 277, public necessity requires further time by the statewide grand jury to complete an ongoing investigation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 131 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 131
Compulsory examination of premises; complaint; warrant
Status: in_force

Section 131. If the board considers it necessary for preservation of life or health to enter any land, building or premises, or go on board a vessel within its town, to examine into and destroy, remove or prevent a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, and the board, or any agent thereof sent for that purpose, is refused such entry, any member of the board or such agent may make complaint to a justice of any court of record or to a magistrate authorized to issue warrants, who may thereupon issue a warrant, directed to the sheriff or any of his deputies, to such member or agent of the board, or to any constable of such town, commanding him to take sufficient aid and at any reasonable time repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness complained of may be, and to destroy, remove or prevent the same, under the direction of the board.

Section 131. If the board considers it necessary for preservation of life or health to enter any land, building or premises, or go on board a vessel within its town, to examine into and destroy, remove or prevent a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, and the board, or any agent thereof sent for that purpose, is refused such entry, any member of the board or such agent may make complaint to a justice of any court of record or to a magistrate authorized to issue warrants, who may thereupon issue a warrant, directed to the sheriff or any of his deputies, to such member or agent of the board, or to any constable of such town, commanding him to take sufficient aid and at any reasonable time repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness complained of may be, and to destroy, remove or prevent the same, under the direction of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159A, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159A / Section 13
Department of highways; registrar of motor vehicles; application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 13. Nothing contained in this chapter shall lessen or affect the authority or powers of the department of highways or of the registrar of motor vehicles under chapter ninety.

Section 13. Nothing contained in this chapter shall lessen or affect the authority or powers of the department of highways or of the registrar of motor vehicles under chapter ninety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 159 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 159
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; application of Secs. 143 to 158
Status: in_force

Section 159. Sections one hundred and forty-three to one hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive, shall not apply to any territory comprising the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Section 159. Sections one hundred and forty-three to one hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive, shall not apply to any territory comprising the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 53
Distinguishing marks on ballots
Status: in_force

Section 53. Whoever places a mark against a name on a ballot not cast by himself, or places a distinguishing mark on a ballot not cast by himself, except as authorized by law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years.

Section 53. Whoever places a mark against a name on a ballot not cast by himself, or places a distinguishing mark on a ballot not cast by himself, except as authorized by law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 6
Associated physician; grounds for termination of agreement
Status: in_force

Section 6. Every registered physician who complies with the qualifications, rules and regulations of a medical organization doing business in the community where such physician resides or practices, approved by the department of public health, shall have the right to become an associated physician of said medical organization. A medical organization may terminate its agreement with any associated physician for rendering any fraudulent or improper claim for payment or for failure reasonably to observe the approved rules and regulations of such medical organization including those governing the reports of services and the keeping of accounts and records or for failure to comply with the professional code of ethics as accepted by organized medicine.

Section 6. Every registered physician who complies with the qualifications, rules and regulations of a medical organization doing business in the community where such physician resides or practices, approved by the department of public health, shall have the right to become an associated physician of said medical organization. A medical organization may terminate its agreement with any associated physician for rendering any fraudulent or improper claim for payment or for failure reasonably to observe the approved rules and regulations of such medical organization including those governing the reports of services and the keeping of accounts and records or for failure to comply with the professional code of ethics as accepted by organized medicine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 17A
Coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use
Status: in_force

Section 17A. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of malabsorption caused by Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroesophageal reflux, gastrointestinal motility, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids. Coverage for inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids shall include food products modified to be low protein in an amount not to exceed $5,000 annually for any insured individual.

Section 17A. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of malabsorption caused by Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroesophageal reflux, gastrointestinal motility, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids. Coverage for inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids shall include food products modified to be low protein in an amount not to exceed $5,000 annually for any insured individual.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 145 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 145
Theft of public records
Status: in_force

Section 145. Any person who intentionally conceals upon his person or otherwise any record of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof, as defined in section three of chapter sixty-six, with the intention of permanently depriving said commonwealth or said political subdivision of its use shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. A custodian of such records or his agent who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated the provisions of this section may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time. A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person he has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section. The statement of a custodian of such records or his agent that a person has violated the provisions of this section shall constitute probable cause for arrest by a law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest in such jurisdiction.

Section 145. Any person who intentionally conceals upon his person or otherwise any record of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof, as defined in section three of chapter sixty-six, with the intention of permanently depriving said commonwealth or said political subdivision of its use shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

A custodian of such records or his agent who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated the provisions of this section may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.

A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person he has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section. The statement of a custodian of such records or his agent that a person has violated the provisions of this section shall constitute probable cause for arrest by a law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest in such jurisdiction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 37C — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 37C
Admission of nonresidents to nondegree granting post-secondary vocational education programs
Status: in_force

Section 37C. A student who resides in a city or town which does not offer approved vocational education programs at the post-secondary level may, upon the approval of the commissioner under the direction of the state board be admitted to such program in another city, town or regional district. In making his determination the commissioner shall take into consideration the opportunities for free vocational training where the applicant resides, the preparation, age, aptitude and previous record of the applicant, and other relevant circumstances, including the level of state assistance to such program. A student admitted under this provision shall be charged tuition and fees for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program, as approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board. Such students shall be eligible to apply for state scholarship aid pursuant to section seven of chapter fifteen A.

Section 37C. A student who resides in a city or town which does not offer approved vocational education programs at the post-secondary level may, upon the approval of the commissioner under the direction of the state board be admitted to such program in another city, town or regional district. In making his determination the commissioner shall take into consideration the opportunities for free vocational training where the applicant resides, the preparation, age, aptitude and previous record of the applicant, and other relevant circumstances, including the level of state assistance to such program. A student admitted under this provision shall be charged tuition and fees for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program, as approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board. Such students shall be eligible to apply for state scholarship aid pursuant to section seven of chapter fifteen A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 15
Superintendent and deputies; residences
Status: in_force

Section 15. The superintendent, and his deputy, shall reside constantly within the precincts of the correctional institution, unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.

Section 15. The superintendent, and his deputy, shall reside constantly within the precincts of the correctional institution, unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.