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MA Gen L ch 121g § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 121g - Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund|Section 3 - Preference in Allocation of Funds

Section 3. The department, in consultation with nonprofit organizations, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation established in chapter 40H, the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency established in chapter 708 of the acts of 1966 and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund established in section 35 of chapter 405 of the acts of 1985 shall identify those projects at greatest risk of prepayment or nonrenewal of rental assistance and shall grant preference in allocating funds pursuant to this chapter to those projects. The department shall enter into agreements to ensure that not less than 50 per cent of the units in such housing shall be occupied and affordable to persons of income of 80 per cent or less of the area median income and that not less than 10 per cent of such affordable units is available and affordable to households with income of 50 per cent or less of the area median income or such greater percentage of units as required by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations. The department may enter into subcontracts with community development corporations, for-profit organizations or nonprofit organizations to carry out the purposes of the grants and loans and shall enter into contracts with the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, the Massachusetts Housing Finance agency and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund. A portion of the funds may be allocated in the form of predevelopment grants or loans from the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund to nonprofit purchasers of the housing. The housing shall remain affordable for not less than 40 years or for such longer period, based upon the useful life of the housing as determined by the department, as may be specified in the applicable recorded restriction at the registry of deeds or the registry district of the land court of the county in which the affected real property is located.
MA Gen L ch 121g § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 121g - Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund|Section 4 - Regulations

Section 4. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation, administration and enforcement of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 121g § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 121g - Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund|Section 5 - Annual Report; Contents

Section 5. The department shall annually file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets detailing all expenditures from the fund, including, but not limited to, the recipient of the funds, the cost of administration, and the number of units constructed, acquired and rehabilitated.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 1 - Supervision; Inpatient and Outpatient Services

Section 1. The department of public health, in this chapter called the department, shall have general supervision of the Tewksbury hospital; and may delegate any of its powers and duties to and execute any of its functions by agents appointed for the purpose.  Subject to appropriation and subject to the provisions of sections twenty-five B to twenty-five G, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven, the department shall be authorized to establish at the Tewksbury hospital, with the approval of the superintendent and the trustees, any inpatient or outpatient services, including but not limited to medical, surgical, restorative, rehabilitative or chronic services, mental health and mental retardation services, extended care services, dental services, rehabilitative therapy services, family planning services, services for treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction, skilled nursing care services, intermediate care facility services, and residency care services.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 2 - Board of Trustees; Number; Appointment

Section 2. There shall be a board of trustees of the Tewksbury Hospital serving in the department consisting of seven persons, three of whom shall annually in June be appointed by the governor for three years, except that in the year nineteen hundred and sixty and every third year thereafter only one such trustee shall be appointed.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 3 - Board of Trustees; Powers and Duties; Appointment of Superintendent

Section 3. The trustees of the Tewksbury hospital, in this chapter called the trustees, shall hold meetings monthly at the hospital. One trustee shall visit the hospital at least once a week. The commissioner of the department, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a superintendent thereof, who may be the medical director. No member of the board of trustees shall be employed at the hospital.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 4 - Trustees; Rules and Regulations

Section 4. The trustees shall, with the approval of the department, make rules and regulations for the proper management and government of said hospital, and shall see to their enforcement.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 5 - Corporate Status of Trustees; Powers and Duties

Section 5. The trustees shall be a corporation for the purpose of taking and holding, by them and their successors, in the name of the commonwealth, and in accordance with the terms thereof, any grant or devise of land or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made for the use or benefit of the Tewksbury hospital, its patients or former patients, and for the purpose of preserving and investing the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgages or other security, with all the powers necessary to effect said purposes. For said purposes the trustees may employ such agencies as they may from time to time determine to be wise and proper, including any trust company or other corporation authorized by law to administer trusts, and may from funds received as aforesaid or the income thereof pay such expenses as may be necessary for the wise administration of such gifts or trusts, or may delegate any powers conferred by this section upon any such trust company or corporation. In the use, management and administration of such gifts or trusts, the trustees or their agents shall in their discretion so act as most effectively to aid the beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the gift or trust, and when so acting their judgments and determinations in extending or denying aid or benefit to any individual shall be conclusive and final. No trustee shall be answerable for the use of any money or property received by any beneficiary or for the default or neglect of any co-trustee, or of any agent employed hereunder, or of any corporation to which power is delegated or transferred as herein authorized.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 6 - Deposit of Funds by Superintendent

Section 6. The superintendent of the Tewksbury hospital may deposit in any bank or trust company within the commonwealth or on paid-up shares and accounts of and in co-operative banks, funds belonging to patients and funds deposited by their relatives or friends to be used for their benefit or may use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, in an account entitled ''Patients' Funds'', or the superintendent may, whenever he deems it desirable, deposit such funds in such banks in separate accounts as trustee or use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, as trustee, in each instance, for the patient.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 7 - Unclaimed Patients' Funds; Disposition

Section 7. So much of any funds known as ''Patients' Funds'' as represents monies belonging to, or deposited for the benefit of, former patients of said hospital, which shall have remained unclaimed for more than seven years, shall be paid by the superintendent thereof to the state treasurer to be held subject to be paid to the person establishing a lawful right thereto, with interest at the rate of three per cent per annum from the time when it was so paid to the state treasurer to the time when it is paid by him to such person; provided, that so much of any monies so paid to the state treasurer as may be necessary to reimburse the trustees for any sum due for the support of the person by whom or for whose benefit such money was originally deposited shall be credited to said trustees for that purpose. After six years from the date when any such monies were paid to the state treasurer the same or any balance thereof then remaining in his hands may be used as a part of the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth. Any person may, however, establish his claim after the expiration of the six years above mentioned, and any claim so established shall be paid from the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth. Any person claiming a right to money deposited with the state treasurer under this section may establish the same by a petition to the probate court; provided, that in cases where claims amount to less than fifty dollars, the claims may be presented to the comptroller who shall examine the same and allow and certify for payment such as may be proved to his satisfaction.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 8 - Unclaimed Patients' Valuables; Disposition; Record

Section 8. Property known as ''Patients' Valuables'', belonging to, or deposited for the benefit of, former patients of said hospital, which shall have remained unclaimed for more than one year, shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided, by the superintendent thereof and a representative of the trustees designated by them acting as a special board for said purpose, but only if all known next of kin of the former patient shall have been notified in writing by the said superintendent. The board shall ascertain whether the property has any sale value and, if so, shall solicit from at least three reputable dealers in like property offers for the purchase thereof, and shall sell the same to the dealer offering the highest price. The proceeds of such sale shall become a part of the ''Patients' Funds'' and shall be disposed of as provided in section seven. The board may dispose of such of said property as, in its opinion, has no sale value, or any of said property for which no offer, solicited as aforesaid, has been received, in such manner as it may deem proper. A complete record of each transaction hereunder shall be made and signed by both members of the board and filed with the other records at said hospital relating to the former patient whose property shall have been disposed of as aforesaid.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 9 - Unclaimed Bank Books of Former Patients; Payment to Trustees

Section 9. Any bank book representing a deposit account in a savings bank or trust company within the commonwealth, which belongs to a former patient of said hospital and shall have remained unclaimed for more than two years in the custody of the superintendent thereof, may be presented by the trustees to such bank or trust company accompanied by their written request for payment to them of such deposit account except so much as is in excess of the amount due the commonwealth for the support of such patient, and such bank or trust company shall thereupon pay to the trustees the amount so requested.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 10 - Powers of Trustees Relative to Patients and Their Property

Section 10. The trustees shall have and exercise the same powers relative to patients and their property as towns and boards of public welfare have relative to persons supported or relieved by them, and the same powers as said boards to return patients of said hospital to the place or country from which they came.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 11 - Receiving of Persons

Section 11. The superintendent, subject to the rules and regulations of the hospital, shall receive any person sent with a proper certificate from the department of transitional assistance, or from the department of public health, or from a board of health, or from the institutions department of the city of Boston, or from some one duly authorized by said boards or said departments, and shall provide for them under the rules and regulations made under section four.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 12 - Removal of Persons to Places of Residence

Section 12. If a person, who has received a certificate as described in section eleven, desires to be sent to any state or place where he resides, or to friends willing to support him, the department of transitional assistance, on the advice of the department of public health, may remove said person, if in its judgment it is for the interest of the commonwealth and of said person.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 13 - Removal of Persons Infected With Dangerous Disease; Expenses

Section 13. The department may, if expedient, remove any person infected with a disease dangerous to the public health, who is maintained or liable to be maintained by the commonwealth, to the Tewksbury hospital, or may provide such place of reception for such person as is judged best for his accommodation and the safety of the public, which place shall be subject to the regulations of said department, and it shall have the same authority to remove such person thereto as is conferred upon boards of health by section ninety-five of chapter one hundred and eleven, and any expenses incurred in carrying out this section may be paid from the annual appropriation to the department of transitional assistance for expenses in connection with smallpox and other diseases dangerous to the public health.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 14 - Admission of Persons Affected With Diseases; Expenses

Section 14. Subject to such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe, any person who is a resident of the commonwealth and is affected with any disease, mental illness, mental retardation or suffers any other mental disability, or smallpox, or other diseases dangerous to the public health, or whose health would be injured or endangered by removal, may be admitted to the Tewksbury Hospital, with the approval of the superintendent and the trustees, providing the hospital is suitable for the care and treatment of such person. The department may make rules and regulations for such admission and to facilitate the operation of this section.  The expenses of the maintenance of such a patient shall be paid by him, his executor or administrator, except that persons in need of public assistance shall have the responsibility for payment of such charges fixed in accordance with the provisions of the particular category of assistance under which they are aided. Persons or kindred bound by law to support such needy persons, not eligible for public assistance, shall be assessed in accordance with rates established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 15 - Contracts for Employment of Patients; Discharge; Forfeiture of Support

Section 15. The superintendent, with the consent of the trustees, may contract with any person for the employment of any patient of the said hospital in any kind of lawful labor for such wages or on such terms as the superintendent and trustees approve. If a contract is so made, such patient shall be discharged from said institution, and, if he refuses to accept the employment offered, shall forfeit all claim to support.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 16 - Liability of Kindred for Support

Section 16. The kindred liable by law to towns for expenses in supporting such persons shall in like manner be liable to the commonwealth for any expense incurred for such persons; and the department may adopt the same measures and institute like proceedings for the recovery of such expenses from the kindred so liable as are prescribed for towns in like cases.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 22 - Treasurer of Banking Institutions; Failure to Disclose Deposits, etc.; Penalty

Section 22. A treasurer of a savings bank, national bank, trust company, co-operative bank, benefit association, credit union, insurance company or safe deposit company who, upon written request, signed by an officer of the department of public health, unreasonably refuses to inform him of the amount deposited in the corporation, association, or credit union to the credit of a person named in such request who is a charge upon the commonwealth, or who wilfully renders false information in reply to such request, shall forfeit fifty dollars to the use of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 122 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital|Section 23 - Unlawful Possession of Liquids or Articles by Patients With Intent to Consume as Inebriants

Section 23. Any patient of Tewksbury hospital who has in his possession, within or outside the precincts thereof, any liquid or other article with intent to consume the same as an inebriant, or to convey, give, sell or deliver the same to any other patient thereof for such consumption, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months. This section shall not apply to the possession, handling or consumption of any such liquid or article under lawful directions of a physician.
MA Gen L ch 123 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 123 - Mental Health|Section 2 - Regulations

Section 2. The department shall, in accordance with section two of chapter thirty A and subject to appropriation, adopt regulations consistent with this chapter which establish procedures and the highest practicable professional standards for the reception, examination, treatment, restraint, transfer and discharge of mentally ill persons in departmental facilities. Said regulations shall be adaptable to changing conditions and to advances in methods of care and treatment of the mentally ill. Said regulations (1) shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, provisions for inpatient care, both during the day and at night, halfway house services, family care, aftercare and home treatment, (2) shall define the categories of mental illness for the purpose of this chapter, and (3) may provide for different procedures for specific types of patients or for particular facilities.
MA Gen L ch 123 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 123 - Mental Health|Section 3 - Transfers; Notice; Emergencies

Section 3. The department may transfer any person from any facility to any other facility which the department determines is suitable for the care and treatment of such person; provided that no transfer to a private facility shall occur except with the approval of the superintendent thereof. At least six days before a transfer from a facility occurs, the superintendent shall give written notice thereof to the person and to the nearest relative, unless said person knowingly objects, or guardian of such person; provided, however, if the transfer must be made immediately because of an emergency, such notice shall be given within twenty-four hours after the transfer. Except in emergency cases, no person who at any time prior to transfer has given notice of his intention to leave a facility under the provisions of section eleven shall be transferred until a final determination has been made as to whether such person should be retained in a facility.
MA Gen L ch 123 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVII - Public Welfare|Chapter 123 - Mental Health|Section 5 - Commitment or Retention Hearings; Right to Counsel; Medical Examination; Notice

Section 5. Whenever the provisions of this chapter require that a hearing be conducted in any court for the commitment or further retention of a person to a facility or to the Bridgewater state hospital or for medical treatment including treatment with antipsychotic medication, it shall be held as hereinafter provided. Such person shall have the right to be represented by counsel and shall have the right to present independent testimony. The court shall appoint counsel for such person whom it finds to be indigent and who is not represented by counsel, unless such person refuses the appointment of counsel. The court may provide an independent medical examination for such indigent person upon request of his counsel or upon his request if he is not represented by counsel. The person shall be allowed not less than two days after the appearance of his counsel in which to prepare his case and a hearing shall be conducted forthwith after such period unless counsel requests a delay. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be furnished by the court to the department, the person, his counsel, and his nearest relative or guardian. The court may hold the hearing at the facility or said hospital.