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MA Gen L ch 115a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes|Section 7 - Unclaimed Funds of Former Patients; Disposition

Section 7. If a patient at either of such Homes is discharged therefrom or dies therein while obligated to the commonwealth for support furnished him at such Home and there is in the custody of the superintendent of such Home a bank book representing a deposit account in a bank, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, in his name, which is unclaimed during the two-year period following the date of the discharge or death of such patient, the chairman of the board of trustees of such Home may present said bank book to such bank accompanied by an affidavit stating (1) the name of said former patient, (2) the date of admission of said patient to the Home and the date of his discharge therefrom, or his death therein, (3) the amount of money for which the said patient or his estate is obligated to the commonwealth, (4) that said bank book belongs to said patient or his estate, (5) that it has been in the custody of the superintendent and has been unclaimed for more than two years, and demanding payment of all or such portion of the amount represented by said bank book as is not in excess of the amount due to the commonwealth for the support furnished such patient.  Thereupon, such bank shall pay the trustees of such Home the amount so requested in said affidavit and shall endorse such payment upon such bank book, with specific reference to this section and shall return such bank book to such chairman.  Upon receipt of such payment the trustees of such Home shall cause the same to be deposited in its legacy fund or legacy account.  Payment to the board of trustees of such Home, under the provisions of this section, shall discharge the bank of liability to the owner of said property, or any person claiming under him, to the extent of such payments.  Any person claiming an interest in property surrendered to the chairman of the board of trustees of such Home, pursuant to the provisions of this section, and who claims (1) that said property is or was not beneficially owned by said patient, or (2) that said patient is or was not obligated to the commonwealth for support, as set forth in said affidavit, may within seven years following the date upon which such property is surrendered to the trustees, establish such claim by a petition to the probate court which, after determining the merits of the claim, may direct the trustees to pay the whole or any part of the sum claimed to the claimant.
MA Gen L ch 115a § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes|Section 8 - Lease of Lands for Construction of Chapels

Section 8. The Soldiers' Homes, after a determination and approval of the trustees of the respective Homes, that it is in the best interest of the patients, may lease, upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated by said trustees, sufficient land belonging to such Soldiers' Home for the purpose of constructing thereon chapels for the use of the patients or members of said Home. The lease shall remain in full force and effect so long as a chapel for said patients is maintained thereon and so long as it shall be maintained in a physical condition satisfactory to the superintendent and the trustees of said Home.  The trustees shall select the lessees in each case, and the design and location of each chapel shall be subject to the approval of the trustees.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deprive any patient, regardless of his religious belief, of an equal opportunity to worship in accordance with said belief, and adequate facilities for such worship shall be made available to all patients by the superintendent.
MA Gen L ch 115a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes|Section 9 - Female Veterans; Domiciliary Facilities

Section 9. Domiciliary facilities within the limitation of physical facilities, are hereby authorized for the admission of female veterans at the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. Female veterans seeking admission shall be subject to all requirements, both federal and state, as may presently apply to other veteran applicants and services provided for domiciliary care shall be identical and equal to services provided male veterans.
MA Gen L ch 115a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes|Section 10 - Training Grants for Residents in Medicine, Surgery and Urology

Section 10. The commandant of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts may establish a program for the training of residents in medicine, surgery, urology and such other specialties and sub-specialties of medicine as he may deem advisable. The persons undergoing such training shall be designated as follows and shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth, which grants shall be exempted from the provisions of chapter sixty-two. Recipients of said grants shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one and shall not be deemed to be employees of the commonwealth. Approval of said training program by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 115a § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 115a - Soldiers' Homes|Section 11 - Insurance Covering Buildings and Contents

Section 11. The trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts may insure the buildings of the said home and contents thereof in such amounts as they deem sufficient over and above any insurance coverage purchased by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|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 public welfare a program of emergency aid for elderly and disabled residents of the commonwealth found by the department to be eligible for such aid, pursuant to regulations promulgated by said department and subject to appropriation. In promulgating, amending, or rescinding its eligibility regulations from time to time, the department may take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure under this chapter. The department shall by regulation provide that an applicant or recipient who lives with one or more family members who receives assistance pursuant to chapter one hundred and eighteen and who is legally obligated to support such family member shall receive assistance, pursuant to this chapter, which, when combined with the assistance being received by the family member of the applicant or recipient pursuant to chapter one hundred and eighteen, does not exceed the assistance available under chapter one hundred and eighteen to an assistance unit of the same household size as the applicant or recipient and such family member.  Any person (i) who is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter, (ii) who is not maintaining his or her own home, and (iii) who is receiving care in a licensed nursing home, a licensed chronic hospital, a licensed rest home or an approved public medical institution, shall retain the first sixty dollars of monthly income for clothing, personal needs allowance, and leisure time activities. If there is no such income, or if such income is less than sixty dollars, the recipient shall be paid the difference between such income and sixty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|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 or assistance under this chapter who willfully fails without good cause, as determined by the department, to maintain his registration for work or to accept a referral to or offer of suitable employment. He shall be required to report to the department information with respect to any job to which he has been referred. The department shall, not less frequently than once every three months, request verification from the division of employment and training of an applicant's record with that agency.  No individual shall be considered ineligible for aid or assistance because of failure to comply with the provisions of this section, if such failure is due to illness or disability. In no event shall such failure affect the eligibility of minor children for assistance under this chapter.  No recipients of assistance under chapter one hundred and eighteen A or recipients of assistance with dependent children under age three years, shall be subject to the provisions of this section; provided, however, that in a two parent household, only one parent shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 3 - Ineligibility for Benefits

[ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text effective July 1, 2021, see below.]  Section 3. A person shall not be eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter if said person is eligible to receive assistance under chapter one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and eighteen or who would be eligible under chapter one hundred and eighteen but for income or assets, or who is eligible to receive unemployment compensation under chapter one hundred and fifty-one A.[ First paragraph as amended by 2021, 24, Sec. 46 effective July 1, 2021. See 2021, 24, Sec. 149. For text effective until July 1, 2021, see above.]  A person shall not be eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter if said person is eligible to receive assistance under chapter one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and eighteen or is eligible to receive unemployment compensation under chapter one hundred and fifty-one A.[ Paragraph inserted following the first paragraph added by 2021, 71, Sec. 1 effective July 1, 2021.]  A person shall not be denied assistance under this chapter based wholly or in part on the amount of the person's assets; provided, however, that any income generated by such assets may be treated as countable income.  The department shall not consider ex-offenders, persons over the age of forty-five with no recent work history, or persons in residential treatment facilities as eligible solely by virtue of such status.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 4 - Persons Not Citizens or Legal Residents

Section 4. A person who is neither a citizen of the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law shall be ineligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 5 - Placing Persons in Unlicensed Institutions

Section 5. No person dependent on public support shall be placed by the department or by any veteran's agent, board of health, or other public authority, in any hospital, nursing home, infirmary or institution not operated by the commonwealth which is not licensed as required by chapter one hundred and eleven. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five or more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 6 - Liability; Persons Receiving Support to Which They Are Not Entitled

Section 6. A person shall be liable in contract to the commonwealth for expenses incurred by it under this chapter for his support to which he was not entitled, and action may be taken by the commonwealth to compel payment at any time within six years after the date when said person last received support or assistance under this chapter or chapter one hundred and eighteen A. The executor or administrator of such person shall likewise be liable for such expenses.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 7 - Parental Support

Section 7. The parents of such poor persons, if of sufficient ability, shall be bound to support such poor persons in proportion to their ability; provided, however, that said parents shall not be required to support or contribute to the support of any of their children eighteen years of age or over.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 8 - Treasurers of Financial Institutions; Duty to Furnish Information Upon Request

Section 8. A treasurer of a savings bank, national bank, trust company, co-operative bank, state-chartered or federally-chartered credit union, benefit association, insurance company or safe deposit company authorized to do business in the commonwealth who, upon written request, signed by an officer of the department, unreasonably refuses to inform him of the amount deposited in the corporation or association to the credit of a person named in such request as a charge upon the commonwealth, or as an applicant to the commonwealth for public assistance under chapter one hundred and seventeen A, one hundred and eighteen, one hundred and eighteen A or one hundred and eighteen D, or who willfully renders false information in reply to such request, shall forfeit fifty dollars to the use of the commonwealth. Upon such request, a treasurer, as aforesaid shall furnish the records on deposits and withdrawals during the past five years, concerning any applicant for or recipient of public assistance under chapter one hundred and seventeen A, one hundred and eighteen, one hundred and eighteen A or one hundred and eighteen D to any officer of the department.
MA Gen L ch 117a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 117a - Support by the Commonwealth|Section 9 - Final Disposition of Deceased Persons; Recovery of Expenses From Deceased's Kindred

Section 9. The department shall provide for the decent final disposition of all deceased persons who are at the time of death recipients of aid or assistance under this chapter, all deceased persons who, although without means of support at the time of death, did not apply for such aid or assistance and all unknown persons found dead. The commonwealth may recover this expense from any legally liable family members in the manner provided in this chapter, and if such family members do not pay this expense, the commonwealth shall pay an amount not exceeding $1,100 to the funeral establishment if the total expense of the funeral and final disposition does not exceed $3,500. The commonwealth shall have the right of reimbursement from whatever resources may exist in the estate of the deceased person.
MA Gen L ch 118 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following words and phrases as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:—  ''Dependent child'', a needy child who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity or the unemployment of a parent, and who is living with his father, mother or other parent in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home and who is under the age of eighteen or who is eighteen and a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training and who may reasonably be expected to complete such program before reaching age nineteen.  ''Parent'', shall include, in addition to the father and mother of the dependent child, the following:— stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister; any blood relative, including those of the half blood, except cousins who are more distantly related than first cousins; adoptive relative of equal propinquity to the foregoing; and spouses of any such persons.  ''Aid to families with dependent children'', money payments with respect to families with a dependent child or children.  ''Department'', the department of transitional assistance.
MA Gen L ch 118 § 2b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children|Section 2b - Application Form; Contents

Section 2B. Every application for assistance made under this chapter shall be in writing on application forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall include but not be limited to the following; the name, age and residence of the applicant; the name, date and place of birth of each dependent; the social security number of the applicant, the spouse and all dependent children over sixteen years of age; a list of any motor vehicle or trailer owned by the applicant or dependent; wages, salaries, pensions, fees, tips, bonuses and all other sources of income of all such persons; said application form shall include a statement not inconsistent with federal regulations giving consent to the department to investigate all facts related to the applicant's eligibility for assistance.  The application form prescribed in paragraph one shall contain a statement that it is signed by the applicant under the penalties of perjury.
MA Gen L ch 118 § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children|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 the liability of any person who is legally obligated by court order or otherwise to support his spouse or children and who is obligated to pay such support either to the department pursuant to section twenty-one of chapter eighteen or to individuals on whose behalf the department is giving aid in the enforcement of support obligations pursuant to Title IV–D of the Social Security Act, the department shall have access to the following information in accordance with the following conditions and requirements:  (a) The department may request from any employer whom the department has reason to believe employs a person described above, information concerning the dates and amounts of compensation paid to such person and the persons' last known address, social security number, and available health or medical insurance benefits. The department shall not inquire of an employer concerning any such person more than once every four months. Employers shall respond to such requests fully and in writing, but may limit their responses to the period beginning four months before the date of the request. No employer who complies with this section shall be liable in any civil or criminal action or proceeding brought by the employee on account of such compliance. Any employer who, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with such requests or who willfully renders false information in reply to such requests, pursuant to this paragraph, shall be liable for a penalty of one hundred dollars per violation.  (b) The department may request from the department of revenue state income tax information concerning any person described above. The commissioner of the department of revenue, upon written request, shall furnish to the commissioner of the department or his designee, the address, filing status, amounts, nature, and sources of income, including names and addresses of all employers, and the number of dependents reported on the most recent return filed by any individual with respect to whom child support obligations are sought to be established or enforced pursuant to section twenty-one of chapter eighteen or pursuant to the provisions of part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act. Such information shall be available only for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary in establishing and collecting child support obligations from, and locating, individuals owing such obligations.
MA Gen L ch 118 § 3b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children|Section 3b - Employment Counseling and Job Training Program

Section 3B. The department, in collaboration with the commonwealth corporation, shall establish an employment counseling and job training program to ensure appropriate training for recipients of cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children. The department, in consultation with the commonwealth corporation, shall work with community colleges, vocational schools, one-stop career centers, adult basic education programs, adult college transition programs and other workforce training programs to identify and develop, if necessary, employment training programs and resources, including programs and resources that meet participants' language and cultural needs and refer applicants to these programs or resources; provided further, that the program shall include, but not be limited to; (1) job coaching; (2) assistance in resolving workplace disputes; (3) life skills development; (4) transportation assistance; (5) counseling; (6) tutoring; (7) support services referrals; (8) tax information forms regarding state and federal earned income tax credits; and (9) any other activities to assist recipients through the first year after transitioning into employment.