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MA Gen L ch 19a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 10 - Civil Service Status or Tenure of Employees

Section 10. If an employee serving in a position which is classified under chapter thirty-one or in which he has tenure by reason of section nine A of chapter thirty shall be appointed to a position within the department of any agency under the department which is not subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, he shall upon termination of his service in such unclassified position be restored to the position which he held immediately prior to such appointment; provided, however, that if his service in such unclassified position shall have been terminated for cause, his right to be so restored shall be determined by the civil service commission in accordance with the standards applied by said commission in administering chapter thirty-one. Such restoration shall be made without impairment of his civil service status or tenure under section nine A of chapter thirty and without loss of seniority, retirement, or other rights to which uninterrupted service in such prior position would have entitled him. During the period of such appointment, each person so appointed from a position in the classified civil service shall be eligible to take any competitive promotional examination to which he would have otherwise been eligible.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 11 - Interagency Cooperation

Section 11. The department shall collaborate with the department of housing and community development in the location, design, construction and management of housing built for the elderly and shall upon request provide technical assistance to local housing authorities and other groups.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 12 - Biennial Evaluations of Programs and Projects; Standards, Restriction; Publication of Summaries; Annual Report

Section 12. The secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this chapter, their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such programs. Goals and standards for evaluation purposes shall be developed jointly by the department of elder affairs and statewide organizations representing the interests of the elderly. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated. Subject to appropriation, evaluations shall be conducted every two years by an evaluator who does not supply service to the department and who is not in the regular employ of the commonwealth.  The secretary may not make grants or contracts under this chapter until he has developed and published general standards to be used by him in evaluating the programs and projects assisted under this chapter. Results of evaluations conducted pursuant to such standards shall be included in the annual reports required by this section.  In carrying out evaluations under this section, the secretary shall, whenever possible, arrange to obtain the opinions of program and project participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and projects.  The secretary shall, on or before the second Wednesday in February in each year, publish summaries of the results of evaluative research and evaluation of program and project impact and effectiveness, the contents of which shall be available to the general court and the public. All studies, evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed shall become the property of the commonwealth.  Such information as the secretary may deem necessary for purposes of the evaluations conducted under this section shall be made available to him, upon request, by the departments and agencies of the commonwealth.  The secretary shall expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor, not exceeding one per cent of the funds appropriated to the department for this chapter, to conduct program and project evaluations as required by this chapter.  Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the secretary shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court a full and complete report on the activities carried out under this chapter. Such annual reports shall include statistical data reflecting services and activities provided individuals during the preceding fiscal year.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 17 - Protective Services Agencies; Authorized Activities

Section 17. A protective services agency is authorized:  (1) to receive and investigate reports of abuse;  (2) to furnish protective services to an elderly person with his or her consent;  (3) to petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian or for issuance of an emergency order for protective services;  (4) to furnish protective services to an elderly person on an emergency basis as hereinafter provided;  (5) to furnish protective services to a protected person with the consent of such person's guardian or conservator;  (6) to serve as conservator, guardian, or temporary guardian of a protected person; and  (7) to perform all other functions determined by the department to be necessary for the administration of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 18 - Assessment and Evaluation of Reports; Investigations; Arrangement for Protective Services

Section 18. (a) The department or its designated agency shall assess and evaluate the information reported pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen.  Such assessment shall include a visit to the residence of the elderly person who is the subject of the report and may include consultations with appropriate service agencies and individuals who have knowledge of the elderly person's situation including the person filing the report. The elderly person who is the subject of the report shall receive written notice that an assessment is being conducted and shall have the right to review the file and report developed as a result of the assessment.  If the assessment results in a determination that the elderly person is suffering from abuse, the department or the designated agency shall evaluate the elderly person's functional capacity, situation, and resources and shall develop a service plan for the provision of protective services. Said plan shall be appropriate to the needs of the elderly person and shall utilize the least restrictive alternatives.  The department shall adopt rules and regulations establishing time limits for the completion of assessments and evaluations and for the implementation of service plans; provided, however, that if an emergency exists, assessments shall be completed within twenty-four hours of the receipt of the report.  If an assessment results in a determination that the elderly person has suffered serious abuse, the department or designated agency shall report such determination to the district attorney of the county where the abuse occurred within forty-eight hours. The district attorney may investigate and decide whether to initiate criminal proceedings.  (b) The department or the designated agency shall provide or arrange for protective services in accordance with the service plan developed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a). Protective services shall include, but not be limited to, the following: the capacity to respond to an emergency; protective services case work; the capacity to provide or arrange for a homemaker, home-health aide, transportation, legal assistance, counseling, nutrition services, guardianship and conservatorship, protective order through the court, emergency shelter, foster care, and adult day care services.  The department or the designated agency is authorized to arrange for additional services necessary to assist and protect elderly persons who have been abused, including, but not limited to, the following: medical care, mental health care and emergency financial assistance.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 19 - Consent to Protective Services; Interference With Provision of Services

Section 19. (a) Any elderly person who requests or affirmatively consents to the receipt of protective services may receive said services. If the person withdraws or refuses consent, the service shall not be provided or continued except as provided in section twenty.  (b) No person shall interfere with the provision of protective services to an elderly person who requests or consents to receive such services. In the event that interference occurs on a continuing basis, the department, a protective services agency, or the public guardian may petition the court to enjoin such interference.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 21 - Geriatric Evaluation Process

Section 21. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall establish a geriatric evaluation process for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive physical, mental, or social evaluation of an elderly person for whom a petition has been filed in a court for appointment of a conservator or guardian, under the provisions of clause (3) of section seventeen, or for an emergency order for protective services.  (b) The evaluation of an elderly person conducted by the geriatric evaluation process shall include at least the following:  (1) the name and address of the place where the person is residing and of the person or agency, if any, who is providing services at present;  (2) a description of the treatment and services, if any, presently being provided to the person;  (3) an evaluation of the person's present physical, mental, and social conditions; and  (4) a recommendation concerning the least restrictive course of services, care or treatment consistent with the person's needs.  (c) Subject to appropriation, the cost of this evaluation shall be borne by the department.  (d) Such elderly person shall have the right, at his own expense to secure an independent medical and psychological or psychiatric examination relevant to the issue involved in any hearing under this section and to present a report of his independent evaluation or the evaluator's personal testimony as evidence at the hearing.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 22 - Financial Eligibility Guidelines; Reimbursements by Elderly Persons

Section 22. The department shall establish, by regulation, financial eligibility guidelines which provide a procedure for reimbursement by elderly persons for all or part of cost of protective services. If the department or the designated agency determines, pursuant to section eighteen, that an elderly person who is in need of protective services has sufficient resources to pay for part or all of the cost of protective services, it shall initiate said procedures for reimbursement. If the department or designated agency determines that an elderly person does not have sufficient resources, no reimbursement for any such costs shall be charged to the elderly person.  No elderly person shall be required to reimburse the department for part or all of the cost of protective services unless he or she has been notified prior to the commencement of service provision that a reimbursement will be charged. No elderly person shall be required to reimburse the department for protective services before service provision commences.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 24 - Reports

Section 24. Within one hundred and twenty days following the end of each fiscal year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, the general court and the public which shall include a description of the activities of the department and all designated agencies pursuant to sections fourteen to 26, inclusive, during the preceding fiscal year. Said report shall contain statistical information about the number and types of reports received under section fifteen; the results of the assessments and evaluations conducted and the amount, type and costs of services provided under section eighteen; and information on the quality of services provided and the results of such services in terms of alleviating abuse. Said report shall identify problems that may arise in the implementation of this chapter and shall contain the recommendations of the department for action on the part of the legislature.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 25 - Rules and Regulations

Section 25. The secretary shall adopt and from time to time revise rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of sections fifteen to twenty-four, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 26 - Powers and Responsibilities of Other Departments or Agencies

Section 26. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a limitation of the powers and responsibilities assigned by law to other departments or agencies.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 36 - Eligibility for Public Assistance Programs; Reverse Mortgage Proceeds

Section 36. All proceeds from reverse mortgage loans held by or available to persons sixty years of age or older shall not be taken into consideration in determining eligibility or continuing eligibility for, or the amount of payment from, any medical or other public assistance program or any state or federal low interest loan or grant, unless such proceeds have become countable resources.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 38 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 38 - Liability of Counselors and Coordinators; Description of Duties and Responsibilities

Section 38. No person trained and designated by the department of elder affairs as a counselor or coordinator in the serving health information needs of elders program, whether acting on a compensated or volunteer basis shall be liable in any civil or criminal action by reason of the good faith performance of his official duties. The department shall make publicly available a description of the function and the responsibilities of such counselor.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 41 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 41 - Veterans Independence Plus Initiative Trust Fund

Section 41. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Veterans Independence Plus Initiative Trust Fund. The secretary shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend monies in the fund, without further appropriation, for the administration of the Veterans Independence Plus Initiative, a joint initiative of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Administration on Aging in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Revenues collected by the department from this initiative shall be deposited in the fund. The department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of expected receipts, provided that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Any remaining balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain in the fund and be available to the department during the following fiscal year for the purposes of this section. The secretary may expend from the fund for services provided in prior fiscal years.
MA Gen L ch 19a § 43 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19a - Department of Elder Affairs|Section 43 - Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression; Training Program

Section 43. The department shall develop a curriculum and training program on the prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and on improving access to services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders and caregivers. The training program shall be completed by: (i) all providers of services who contract with or receive funding from the department, (ii) aging services access points, (iii) the MassHealth's office of long term care or (iv) whose services are certified by the department. Within 12 months after commencing employment, providers shall complete the training program.
MA Gen L ch 19b § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services|Section 3 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications

Section 3. The commissioner shall appoint, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, a person qualified to serve as deputy commissioner of developmental services. Said deputy commissioner shall perform such duties as the commissioner may determine and shall, in the case of a vacancy in the office of the commissioner, and during said commissioner's absence or disability, exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office of the commissioner. Said deputy commissioner may be allowed such professional affiliations as the commissioner approves, subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight A.  The deputy commissioner shall have such educational qualifications and such administrative and other experience, including education or experience in a field related to human services, as the commissioner determines are necessary for the performance of the duties of deputy commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 19b § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services|Section 4 - Assistant, Associate or Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications

Section 4. The commissioner shall, subject to appropriation, appoint such other assistant, associate or deputy commissioners as the commissioner may determine to be necessary or desirable to carry out the work of the department. Such other assistant, associate or deputy commissioners shall be assigned areas of responsibility to be specified by the commissioner. At the time of appointment, they shall possess such qualifications as the commissioner shall determine. Persons appointed to such positions shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. Chapter thirty-one and section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply to said positions.
MA Gen L ch 19b § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services|Section 5 - Legal Counsel

Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint a member of the Massachusetts bar to serve as legal counsel to the commissioner. Such legal counsel shall devote full time to his duties. Such legal counsel shall have been a member of the bar for not less than six years and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law.
MA Gen L ch 19b § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services|Section 6 - Program for Training of Residents in Professional Disciplines

Section 6. The commissioner may establish a program for the training of residents in professional disciplines as required by departmental programs. Such residents shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth. Recipients of said grants shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one and shall not be deemed employees of the commonwealth; provided, however, that such recipients shall be deemed public employees under chapter two hundred and fifty-eight. Such grants shall not be deemed income under chapter sixty-two. Approval of such training programs by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 19b § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services|Section 7 - State Facilities Under Department Control

Section 7. The state facilities under the control of the department shall be the state schools, and such other mental retardation facilities as the commissioner from time to time shall designate or approve pursuant to the regulations of the department.