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MA Gen L ch 6 § 116h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 116h - Municipal Police Training Committee; In-Service Training Program for School Resource Officers

Section 116H. (a) The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop an in-service training program designed to train school resource officers, as defined in section 37P of chapter 71. Such program shall include training on: (i) the ways in which legal standards regarding police interaction and arrest procedures differ for juveniles compared to adults; (ii) child and adolescent cognitive development, which shall include instruction on common child and adolescent behaviors, actions and reactions as well as the impact of trauma, mental illness, behavioral addictions, such as gaming and gambling disorder, and developmental disabilities on child and adolescent development and behavior; (iii) engagement and de-escalation tactics that are specifically effective with youth; and (iv) strategies for resolving conflict and diverting youth in lieu of making an arrest. Such program shall also include training related to: (i) hate crime identification and prevention training curriculum including acquisition of practical skills to prevent, respond to and investigate hate crimes and hate incidents and their impacts on victim communities; (ii) anti-bias, anti-racism and anti-harassment strategies; (iii) bullying and cyberbullying; and (iv) comprehensive training to help school resource officers interact effectively with school personnel, victim communities and build public confidence with cooperation with law enforcement agencies.  (b) The course of instruction, the learning and performance objectives and the curriculum and standards for training developed pursuant to this section shall be developed in consultation with experts on child and adolescent development and child trauma and with educators and attorneys experienced in juvenile and education law and preventing and addressing youth hate crimes.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 116i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 116i - Municipal Police Training Committee; Training Program for Appropriate Interactions With Persons on the Autism Spectrum or With Other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Section 116I. The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop within the recruit basic training curriculum a program for regional and municipal police training schools for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program shall include training for law enforcement response to individuals on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities who are victims or witnesses to a crime or suspected or convicted of a crime.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 116j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 116j - Municipal Police Training Committee; Basic and In-Service Training Programs for Regulation of Physical Force

Section 116J. The municipal police training committee, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security, shall establish and develop basic and in-service training programs designed to train officers on the regulation of physical force under section 14 of chapter 6E. Such programs shall be included in basic and in-service training for all law enforcement officers.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 116k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 116k - Municipal Police Training Committee; Basic and In-Service Training Programs on Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention

Section 116K. (a) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish, within its recruit basic training curriculum and its in-service training curriculum available to in-service trainees, a course for police training schools, academies and programs for the training of law enforcement officers on mental wellness and suicide prevention. The course, which shall consist of 2 hours of total instruction annually, shall teach law enforcement officers how to: (i) utilize healthy coping skills to manage the stress and trauma of policing; (ii) recognize the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder within themselves and other officers; and (iii) recognize the signs of suicidal behavior within themselves and other officers.  (b) The course shall include information on the mental health resources available to help law enforcement officers and shall be designed to reduce and eliminate the stigma associated with law enforcement officers receiving mental health services.  (c) The course of instruction shall be developed by the municipal police training committee in consultation with appropriate groups and individuals having an interest and expertise in law enforcement mental health and suicide prevention.  (d) All law enforcement officers shall annually attend and complete a course on mental wellness and suicide prevention.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 117 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 117 - Meetings; Compensation of Members

Section 117. The committee shall meet monthly and at other times when ordered by the governor, secretary or chairman or upon the written request of 3 members. Committee members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official committee duties. The committee shall advise the advisory, nonvoting members of the dates and times of committee meetings and the advisory, nonvoting members may attend such meetings.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 118 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 118 - Municipal Police Training Schools; Approval; Rules and Regulations Relative to Schools

Section 118. The municipal police training committee shall approve or disapprove municipal police training schools and shall make rules and regulations subject to the approval of the governor and council, for such schools, relating to courses of study, attendance requirements, equipment and facilities and qualifications of instructors. No municipal police training school shall be approved unless it provides for training members of the rape prevention and prosecution unit established by section ninety-seven B of chapter forty-one.  The municipal police training committee may establish a course within the recruit basic training curriculum for regional and municipal police training schools to train law enforcement officers on the application of section 34A of chapter 94C and section 12FF of chapter 112 and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. The committee may periodically include within its in-service training curriculum a course of instruction on the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. Upon request, the executive office of public safety and security, in collaboration with the department of public health, shall facilitate the collection and sharing of resources regarding the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 124a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 124a - World War II, Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict Memorial Commission; Members; Compensation; Honor Rolls

Section 124A. There shall be a World War II, Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict memorial commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of the commissioner of veterans' services, ex officio, and two persons to be appointed by the governor, of whom one shall be a director of the U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial Committee, Incorporated, a charitable corporation established under chapter one hundred and eighty. The appointive members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of three years. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as such members but shall be reimbursed for their necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  Upon the transfer of the U.S.S. Massachusetts from the United States to said corporation said commission shall, with the consent of said corporation, erect and maintain thereon an honor roll in memory of those members of the armed forces of the United States from the commonwealth who died in the service of their country during World War II and the Persian Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm, and suitable facilities to honor the dead of said wars. Said U.S.S. Massachusetts is hereby designated as the Massachusetts World War II Memorial.  Upon the transfer of the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. from the United States to said corporation said commission shall, with the consent of said corporation, erect and maintain thereon an honor roll in memory of those members of the armed forces of the United States from the commonwealth who died in the service of their country during the Korean Emergency and the Vietnam Conflict and suitable facilities to honor the dead of said wars. Said U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. is hereby designated as the Massachusetts Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict Memorial.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 125 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 125 - Health and Welfare Commission; Establishment

Section 125. There shall be a health and welfare commission, in this section and in sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and twenty-nine, inclusive, called the commission, consisting of the commissioner of public health, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of transitional assistance, the commissioner of rehabilitation, and three members to be appointed by the governor, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, and one of whom shall represent the Massachusetts Psychological Association. Said commission shall plan, co-ordinate and develop comprehensive programs in health and welfare services and facilities. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an appointive member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of three years, and shall serve until the qualification of his successor. Each appointive member of the commission shall receive the sum of fifty dollars for each day or part thereof of service as a commissioner; provided, that no such member shall receive in any fiscal year a sum in excess of five thousand dollars for his services.  The chairman and vice chairman of the commission shall be elected biennially by the members; provided, however, that no member may serve as chairman for two consecutive terms. The vice chairman shall assist the chairman and serve as chairman in his absence. The commission shall meet monthly, and at other times at the call of the chairman or as the commission may determine.  The commission may appoint an executive secretary, research assistants, and legal, clerical, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The executive secretary shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one nor to section nine A of chapter thirty, and shall be paid such compensation as the commission shall from time to time fix.  Funds received by the commission from the federal government, or from any foundation, corporation or other person shall be deposited with the state treasurer and be accounted for and audited in the usual manner prescribed for all agencies of the commonwealth. The commission shall not interfere with the administrative or policy making decisions of the departments of mental health, public health, or public welfare or of the rehabilitation commission.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 126 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 126 - Duties of Commission

Section 126. The commission shall review, and make recommendations for all new programs that provide for co-ordinating the services of the departments of public health, mental health, and transitional assistance, and of the rehabilitation commission. The commission shall, wherever feasible, recommend combined staff services for said departments and said commission in such areas as central accounting and fiscal operation, personnel services, legal, training, information, educational and statistical services, research for long-range planning and development, and joint studies.  The commission may serve as the communicative mechanism for the development and submission of plans to the various agencies of the federal government by state and local health and welfare agencies, and may serve in an advisory capacity for the receipt and disbursement of funds to medical schools, hospitals, laboratories, and other agencies participating in the planning, operation, and development of regional medical programs, hospitals, health centers and other facilities under any federal law providing such funds.  The commission may recommend the conduct of pilot studies, research and demonstration programs in co-ordinated health and welfare programming, and may receive and disburse funds to these ends. The commission may contract with the Massachusetts Health Research Institute, Inc., The Medical Foundation, Inc., the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth, and other qualified organizations, associations, corporations, or individuals to carry on approved research studies and to submit reports recommending ways and means of co-ordinating, consolidating or in other ways improving health and welfare facilities in the commonwealth.  The commission shall maintain full co-operation with all departments, divisions, agencies and boards of the commonwealth, all of its political subdivisions, all hospitals, universities, and other agencies whose functions are encompassed by the objectives of the commission, and shall receive from them, and render to them, all possible assistance.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 127 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 127 - Advisory Committee; Members; Meetings

Section 127. The commission may establish an advisory committee of thirty unpaid members, to be appointed by the chairman for a term of four years, of whom one shall represent the medical schools, one the Massachusetts Medical Society, one the dental schools, one the Massachusetts Dental Society, one The Massachusetts Public Health Association, one the Massachusetts Hospital Association, one the Massachusetts Hospital Service, Inc., one the department of corrections, one the youth service board, one the division of employment and training, one the department of education, one the department of elder affairs, one the Massachusetts Mental Health Association, one representative of a community chest organization or community health and welfare council serving an area containing two hundred thousand or more residents, one the Massachusetts Heart Association, one the Massachusetts Cancer Society, one the consumers' council, one The Massachusetts Health Council, Inc., one the Massachusetts Medical Service, one the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, one the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Rehabilitation Association, one the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth, one the drug addiction rehabilitation board, one the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL–CIO, one the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, one The Massachusetts Selectman's Association, Inc., one The Massachusetts Mayors Association, Inc., one the Massachusetts League of Women Voters and one the Public Welfare Administrators Association of Massachusetts.  Said advisory committee shall meet at least once a year to receive an annual report from the commission. Other meetings of the advisory committee may be called at the discretion of the commission, for the purpose of discussing proposed plans and programs for co-ordinating health and welfare services of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 128 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 128 - Regional Offices; Service Regions; Regional Advisory Committees; Annual Reports

Section 128. The commission may establish regional offices equipped to offer the public complete information or services which are the responsibility of any of said three departments of mental health, public health, public welfare and the rehabilitation commission.  The commission shall give high priority to establishing service regions, and to offering comprehensive service to the citizens, thereby preventing unnecessary traveling from office to office seeking information, advice, or assistance from each of said departments and said commission.  The commission may also organize regional advisory committees of not more than thirty persons to be appointed by the chairman to aid in planning for, locating or operating the combined regional health and welfare service facility. Membership on the regional advisory committee shall be from the same categories of persons listed in section one hundred and twenty-seven.  The commission shall report annually to the general court.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 129 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 129 - Massachusetts Commission for the Blind; Composition; Cooperation With Federal Agency; Commissioner; Advisory Board

Section 129. There shall be a commission for the blind, to be known as the Massachusetts commission for the blind, in this section and in sections one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, called the commission, consisting of a commissioner of the blind and an advisory board of five members as hereinafter described. The commission shall cooperate with the United States Department of Education or its successors in the administration of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and may expend such state, federal or other funds as are available for such purpose.  The commissioner for the blind shall be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor for a term of five years and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. The position of commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty and he shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office during business hours.  The advisory board shall consist of five persons, qualified by training, experience, or demonstrated interest in the amelioration of the condition of the blind to be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor, for a term of five years. Upon expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of five years. Said members of the advisory board shall elect their chairman and shall meet at least once a month. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. If any member is absent from three regularly scheduled monthly meetings in any one calendar year, his office as a member of said board shall be deemed vacant. The chairman of the board shall forthwith notify the secretary of health and human services that such vacancy exists.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 130 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 130 - Commissioner's Duties and Powers; Supervisors; Divisions and Directors; Assistance to Blind Persons; Funeral Expenses

Section 130. The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the commission. The commissioner shall have charge of the administration and enforcement of all laws which it is the duty of the commission to administer and enforce. The commissioner may appoint and remove supervisors. The compensation of such supervisors shall be determined by the personnel administrator in the division of personnel administration. The commissioner, subject to appropriation, may also appoint and remove such other agents, teachers and clerks as may be necessary but no person employed or appointed by him shall be a member of the advisory board.  The commissioner may establish divisions and appoint directors as he deems necessary and such assistants and consultants as may from time to time be necessary to enable him to perform his duties. The commissioner may ameliorate the condition of the blind by devising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by promoting visits among the aged or helpless blind in their homes, by aiding individual blind persons in accordance with sections one hundred and thirty-one to one hundred and thirty-one E, inclusive, or by other means as he may deem expedient.  The commission may, if no other means are available, pay for the expense of the funeral and burial of blind persons aided under this section, a sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars, provided that the total expense of the funeral and burial does not exceed fifteen hundred dollars; and provided, further, that any payment made by said commission shall be reduced by whatever resources may exist in the estate of such deceased blind person. Payment under this section may be made directly to the person furnishing such service.