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MA Gen L ch 6a § 16z (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 16z - Pulmonary Hypertension Task Force

Section 16Z. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall establish a pulmonary hypertension task force. The task force shall consist of: the secretary of the executive office of health and human services or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the commissioner of the department of public health or a designee; the commissioner of insurance or a designee; the director of Medicaid or a designee; and 7 persons to be appointed by the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, 2 of whom shall be representatives from the Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance, Inc. appointed in consultation with their relevant specialty chapters, 1 of whom shall be a representative from the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Inc., 1 of whom shall be a representative from commercial health insurance plans or managed care organizations doing business in the commonwealth, 1 of whom shall be an individual with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, 1 of whom shall be a representative of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a drug or device for detecting, preventing or treating pulmonary hypertension and 1 of whom shall be a representative of a research, advocacy or support organization primarily serving individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.  (b) The task force shall: (i) develop and annually update a summary of the advances made in research on and treatment and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (ii) develop and annually update a summary of the advances made in access to care for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (iii) monitor pulmonary hypertension research, services and support activities across the commonwealth, including coordination of the commonwealth's activities and programs with respect to pulmonary hypertension; (iv) develop and annually update a comprehensive strategic plan to improve health outcomes for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, including recommendations to: (1) advance research or pulmonary hypertension; (2) improve the transplantation criteria and process concerning lung and heart-lung transplants for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (3) improve public awareness and recognition of pulmonary hypertension; (4) improve health care delivery for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (5) improve the early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; and (6) systematically advance the full spectrum of biomedical research on pulmonary hypertension; and (v) develop and annually update the progress made in implementing such comprehensive strategic plan.  (c) The task force shall submit its recommendations to the governor and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate annually not later than December 31.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 16bb (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 16bb - Statewide Program to Provide Remote Consultations to Health Care Providers Providing Care for Persons Exhibiting Symptoms of Substance Abuse Disorder

Section 16BB. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services shall develop and implement a statewide program to provide remote consultations available for not less than 5 days a week to primary care practices, nurse practitioners and other health care providers for persons over the age of 17 who exhibit symptoms of a substance use disorder. Consultation services shall include, but not be limited to, support of screening, diagnosis, treatment, other interventions and referrals for substance use disorder.  (b) Expenditures by the executive office of health and human services that for the program are related to services provided on behalf of commercially-insured clients may be assessed by the secretary of health and human services on surcharge payors, as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Section 18. The following state agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office of public safety and security: the department of fire services; the office of grants and research and the highway safety division; the municipal police training committee; the Massachusetts department of criminal justice information services; the state 911 department; the department of state police; the office of the chief medical examiner; the Massachusetts emergency management agency; the military department; the department of correction, including the parole board; the sex offender registry board; and all other agencies and boards within said departments, committees and boards.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18 1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18 1/2 - Undersecretaries; Duties

Section 18 1/2. The secretary shall, subject to section 3, appoint 4 undersecretaries. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or functions of such position, shall receive such salary as the secretary shall determine and shall devote his full time to the duties of the office.  One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary for law enforcement and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the department of state police, the municipal police training committee, and the office of grants and research.  One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary of criminal justice and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the sex offender registry board, the department of corrections, including the parole board and all other agencies within said department.  One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary of homeland security and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the Massachusetts emergency management agency, the department of fire services, the military department and the nuclear safety department.  One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary for forensic sciences. The undersecretary shall oversee the statewide emergency telecommunications board, the department of criminal justice information services, the automated fingerprint identification system, and the state 911 department; and shall work in conjunction with law enforcement authorities and shall coordinate all forensic science resources, appropriations and grants; shall oversee the functions and administration of the office of the chief medical examiner, the state police crime laboratory and such other forensic entities as the secretary shall assign from time to time; and shall convene the forensic science advisory board consistent with the duties set forth in section 184A of chapter 6.  Each undersecretary shall coordinate the functions and the programs of the agencies as directed by the secretary. Each undersecretary shall conduct studies of the operations of each agency and work with each agency in effecting procedures and programs which promote efficiency and improvements in the administration of the agency. Each undersecretary shall assist the secretary in reviewing and acting upon budgetary and other financial matters concerning those agencies in accordance with sections 2C, 3, 3A, 4, 9B and 29 of chapter 29.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18c - Public Safety Answering Points; Transmittal and Process of Requests; Requests From Outside Jurisdiction

Section 18C. (a) Each PSAP shall be capable of transmitting a request for law enforcement, fire fighting, medical, ambulance or other emergency services to a public or private safety department that provides the requested services.  (b) Each primary and regional PSAP shall be equipped with a system approved by the department for the processing of requests for emergency services from people with disabilities.  (c) Except as approved by the department, no person shall permit an automatic alarm or other alerting device to dial the numbers 911 automatically or provide a prerecorded message in order to access emergency services directly.  (d) A public safety department or private safety department that receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the PSAP or public safety department responsible for that geographical area. Any emergency unit dispatched to a location outside its jurisdiction in the commonwealth in response to such request shall render service to the requesting party until relieved by the public safety department responsible for that geographical area.  (e) Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out subsections (a), (b) and (d).
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18d - Public Safety Answering Points; Establishment; Proposed Municipal Plans; Statewide Plan

Section 18D. (a) Each municipality in the commonwealth, under the requirements of chapter 150E, shall establish, staff and operate, in conjunction with 1 or more other municipalities or governmental bodies, as determined by the department, or by itself, a PSAP on a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week basis, in a manner and according to a schedule to be approved by the department.  (b) The department shall review each proposed municipal or regional plan to determine if it meets the requirements of sections 18A to 18J, inclusive, and the technical and operational standards established by the department. The department shall require primary and regional PSAPs to display automatic number identification, automatic location identification and may require other enhanced 911 features that are or may become available and set forth in the department's regulations, standards and guidelines for administration of statewide enhanced 911 services. The primary and regional PSAP shall be designed according to the plan as specified in subsection (c).  (c) The department shall develop and maintain a statewide plan for the implementation and maintenance of enhanced 911 service consistent with federal law and regulation, including next generation 911 and IP–enabled 911 services and, if the technological and operational capability and financial feasibility exists, the routing of 911 wireless calls to primary and regional PSAPs. Such plan shall include the following:  (1) a division of the commonwealth into geographical segments under which an enhanced 911 system shall be established for each municipality, or by groups of municipalities, or by other governmental bodies, or groups of other governmental bodies, or by a combination of municipalities or governmental bodies, as specified and approved by the department;  (2) an implementation schedule, developed after consultation with communication services providers for the sequence of converting to enhanced 911 systems or next generation 911 systems;  (3) a designation, within each enhanced 911 system, of the municipalities and the public safety departments within such municipalities to serve as the primary or regional PSAPs. The department shall also evaluate the need for secondary and regional secondary PSAPs in municipalities which have requested them. It shall be the responsibility of the department to make the final determination regarding the total number and location of such PSAPs; and  (4) the department shall, not later than September 30, annually, review the existing configuration of primary, regional, regional secondary, limited secondary and ringing PSAPs and develop changes or recommendations for change by December 31, annually.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18e - Civil Proceedings by Attorney General

Section 18E. The attorney general may, at the request of the department or on the attorney general's own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any municipality or other governmental body operating a PSAP, or any enhanced 911 service provider or communication services provider, to enforce sections 18A to 18J, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18g - Retention of 911 Recordings

Section 18G. The department shall require that each PSAP that possesses enhanced 911 service shall retain 911 recordings for a period of not less than 1 year.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18i - Monitoring of Emergency 911 Communications

Section 18I. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a municipality or other governmental body, under the requirements of chapter 150E, may modify, change or alter communication equipment used in the municipality's or other governmental body's enhanced 911 system in order to permit the monitoring of emergency 911 communications by the fire department of the municipality or other governmental body at a secure location staffed at all times by fire department personnel fully trained in such monitoring. The emergency 911 communications shall be monitored in a manner that prevents any broadcast of such communications to the general public. The secure location used for monitoring emergency 911 communications shall be restricted to trained fire department personnel when such communications are being monitored. No such modification or change in a municipality's or other governmental body's wireline carrier equipment or enhanced 911 system shall cause any degradation of the state's 911 system.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18j - Multi-Line Telephone System Required to Provide Enhanced 911 Service; Exemptions

Section 18J. Beginning July 1, 2009, any new or substantially renovated multi-line telephone system shall provide the same level of enhanced 911 service that is provided to others in the commonwealth. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this requirement. In such regulations the department may exempt certain multi-line telephone systems from this requirement based on such factors as costs and the public benefits of compliance, except that accessibility of such a system to people with disabilities may only be waived if the proponent of the waiver has shown it to be technologically infeasible or of excessive cost without benefit to the disability community. For the purposes of this section, a ''multi-line telephone system'' shall mean a system comprised of common control units, telephones and control hardware and software providing local telephone service to multiple end-use customers in businesses, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, schools, dormitories, hotels, motels, resorts, extended care facilities, or similar entities, facilities or structures. ''Multi-line telephone system'' shall include: (1) network and premises based systems such as centrex, pbx and hybrid key telephone systems; and (2) systems owned or leased by governmental agencies, nonprofit entities and for-profit businesses.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18k - Construction of Secs. 18a to 18j

Section 18K. Sections 18A to 18J, inclusive, shall not be construed to limit or expand the authority to regulate communication service providers under chapters 159 or 166 nor construed to authorize the department, or any other agency, department or subdivision of government, to regulate the rates, terms or conditions of interconnected VoIP service providers or IP–enabled services, other than for the enhanced 911 surcharge or the provision of enhanced 911 services under said sections 18A to 18J, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18o - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Planning Committee

Section 18O. (a) As used in sections 18O to 18V, inclusive, the term ''regional 911 emergency communication center'' shall mean a facility housing or otherwise supporting a regional emergency communication center or a regional PSAP, as those terms are defined in section 18A, if the regional 911 emergency communication center is approved by the state 911 department.  (b) Two or more municipalities, by approval of the chief executive officer of a city or by vote of a board of selectmen or town council, may create a regional 911 emergency communication district planning committee, hereinafter called the district planning committee, consisting of 3 unpaid persons to be appointed by the mayor in each participating city and by the chairman of the board of selectmen or town council in each participating town.  (c) The district planning committee shall study the feasibility of establishing and constructing a regional 911 emergency communication district and propose the district's organization, governance structure, operation, location, estimate of construction or siting and operating costs, maintenance and methods of financing. Each municipality comprising the district planning committee may appropriate sums to compensate the committee's expenses. The district planning committee may expend any sums so appropriated and may employ any expert assistance as it considers necessary to carry out sections 18O to 18V, inclusive. The district planning committee may apply for, accept and expend, without appropriation, grants or gifts of funds from the federal government, the commonwealth or any other source.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18q - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Vote on Establishment

Section 18Q. If a district planning committee recommends that a regional 911 emergency communication district be established, the city councils or the boards of selectmen or town councils of member municipalities shall vote on whether to accept the proposed district agreement. For each council or board, the following question to be voted on shall be as follows:— ''Shall the municipality accept the provisions of sections 18O to 18V, inclusive, of chapter 6A of the General Laws providing for the establishment of a regional 911 emergency communication district, together with the cities of ___ and the towns of , and the construction or siting, administration, operation and maintenance of a regional 911 emergency communication center by the district under the provisions of the proposed district agreement filed with the city council, board of selectmen or town council?''  If a majority of the members of each city council, board of selectmen or town council voting on the question vote in the affirmative, the proposed regional 911 emergency communication district shall be established under the terms of the proposed district agreement.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18s - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Annual Budget; Apportionment Among Member Municipalities

Section 18S. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall annually determine the necessary amounts to maintain and operate the district during the ensuing fiscal year and the amounts required to pay any debt and interest incurred by the district. The district board shall apportion the amount so determined among the member municipalities under the terms of the district agreement. The amounts apportioned for each member municipality shall be certified by the district treasurer to the chief executive officers, board of assessors and treasurers of the participating municipalities not later than February 1, annually, and the amounts so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the district treasurer at the times specified in the district agreement. If any participating municipality fails to include any apportioned amount so certified in its appropriations for the fiscal year, the board of assessors shall raise the amount in the tax levy of that year under section 23 of chapter 59.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18t - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Duties of Board; Records; Financial Statements; Annual Report; Audits

Section 18T. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall maintain accurate and comprehensive records of services performed, costs incurred and reimbursements and contributions received. The district board shall issue quarterly and annual financial statements to all member municipalities and to the finance advisory subcommittee. The annual report shall include the center's maintenance and operating budget, including the amounts assessed to each member municipality, and any debt and interest incurred by the district under section 18R. The district board shall perform regular audits of the accounts of the records of the district. Upon the completion of each audit, the district board shall forward a copy of the audit to the mayor, the chairman of the board of selectmen or town council of each member municipality, the finance advisory subcommittee, the state auditor, the state 911 department and the division of local services.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18u (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18u - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Applicability of Certain Provisions Within Chapter 44

Section 18U. Sections 16 to 28, inclusive, of chapter 44 shall apply to regional 911 emergency communication districts. Section 16 of said chapter 44, relative to the countersigning of bonds and notes, and section 24 of said chapter 44, relative to the countersigning and approval of notes and the certificates of the clerk relating thereto, shall not apply to regional 911 emergency communication districts. Any debt incurred by a regional 911 emergency communication district shall not be subject to the limit of indebtedness prescribed in section 10 of said chapter 44.