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2023 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 214 - Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery

Section 214. There shall be presented annually on September 11 an award for civilian bravery in memory of Madeline Amy Sweeney, a victim on American Airlines Flight 11. The award shall be presented to citizens of the commonwealth who have displayed extraordinary courage, bravery and heroism without regard for personal safety, in an effort to save the life of another.
Nominations for the award shall be made to an award selection committee in the Executive Office of Public Safety. The committee shall consist of the lieutenant governor, who shall be chairperson; 6 members to be appointed by the governor including: the surviving spouse or offspring of Madeline Amy Sweeney, or a designee, 2 members of the public safety community, and 3 members to include past Sweeney award recipients; and representatives of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund, Inc.; 2 members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and 2 members appointed by the senate president.
2023 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 215 - Interagency Child Welfare Task Force; Membership; Goals

Section 215. There shall be an interagency child welfare task force. The secretary of health and human services shall serve as its chair. The member agencies shall include the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of transitional assistance, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of public health, the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care.
The task force shall establish interagency goals each year to coordinate and streamline services to children and families and shall examine, among other issues: interagency collaboration to increase medical and mental health consultation; the availability of health and behavioral health services to children and families; collaboration with law enforcement as it relates to children and families involved with the criminal justice system; the availability of supportive child care for children in the care of the department of children and families; domestic violence awareness programs; children awaiting discharge from psychiatric inpatient units; and interagency training initiatives for staff, communities and providers.
2023 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 222 - State Agencies; Responsibilities

[ Text of section added by 2023, 28, Sec. 6 effective July 1, 2023. See 2023, 28, Sec. 115.]
Section 222. (a) For the purposes of this section, "state agency'' shall mean the executive and judicial branches of the government of the commonwealth, any special legislative commission created by the general court and any agency, department or quasi-state agency
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a state agency required by law to file reports with the general court or a committee thereof shall provide an electronic copy of the report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives. The clerks of the senate and house of representatives shall: (i) make all such reports available online to the public in an accessible, searchable format through the general court's website; and (ii) create and maintain an archive of all such reports that is available online in a searchable format. The clerks of the senate and house of representatives shall develop procedures and requirements for the preparation of such reports to facilitate their collection and storage. A state agency submitting a report shall notify, in writing, every entity that is required by law to receive the report of the availability of the report on the general court's website and of the means of accessing the report. A state agency shall provide a hard copy of any such report upon request from an entity that is required by law to receive the report. Compliance with this section shall fulfill any general or special law requirement for the filing of a report by a state agency with the general court.
2023 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 1781/2 - Use of Criminal Offender Record Information to Commit Crime Against or Harass Subject; Penalty

Section 1781/2. Whoever uses criminal offender record information to commit a crime against the subject of the criminal offender record information or to engage in harassment of the subject, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 1 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For purposes of this section, ''harassment'' shall mean willfully and maliciously engaging in a knowing pattern of conduct or series of acts over a period of time directed at a specific person, which seriously alarms that person and would cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''Secretary'', the head of an executive office established under section two.
''State agency'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 2 - Establishment of Executive Offices

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 2. There shall be the following executive offices, each of which shall serve under the governor: administration and finance, education, energy and environmental affairs, health and human services, housing and economic development, labor and workforce development, public safety and security, technology services and security, transportation and public works and veterans' services.
Chapter 6A: Section 2. Establishment of executive offices
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 14 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 2. There shall be the following executive offices, each of which shall serve under the governor: administration and finance, education, energy and environmental affairs, health and human services, economic development, housing and livable communities, labor and workforce development, public safety and security, technology services and security, transportation and public works and veterans' services.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 3 - Secretary; Appointment of Undersecretary

Section 3. Each of said executive offices shall be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall receive such salary as the governor may determine, and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Each secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, subject to the approval of the governor and subject to appropriation, appoint 1 or more undersecretaries for the executive office, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of her appointing secretary. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or functions of such position, shall receive such salary as the secretary shall determine, subject to the approval of the governor, and shall devote his full time to the duties of the office.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 4 - Executive Officer

Section 4. Each secretary shall act as the executive officer of the governor for accomplishing the purposes of his executive office. He shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of said office and coordinate the activities and programs of the state agencies therein. He shall conduct studies of the operations of said agencies with a view to effecting improvements in administrative organization, procedures and practices, and to promoting economy, efficiency, and avoiding useless labor and expenses in said agencies. He shall from time to time recommend to the governor such changes as he shall deem desirable in the laws relating to the organization, structure, efficiency or administrative functions, services, procedures and practices of any such agency or agencies. He shall review and act upon budgetary and other financial matters concerning said agencies under chapter 29.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 4a - Performance Goals and Metrics; Strategies for Improvement

Section 4A. In coordination with the office of the governor, each secretary shall, at the executive office and agency level: (i) develop measurable, outcome-based performance goals and a focused set of performance metrics to track progress and execution; (ii) measure performance on an ongoing basis against the goals and metrics; and (iii) establish strategies to improve government performance informed by the goals and metrics. Each secretary shall, in coordination with the office of the governor, make the performance goals and the secretary's progress in reaching those goals available online annually not later than March 1.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 5 - Access to Records, Copies of Documents, Information

Section 5. The secretary shall have access to all records, as defined in section forty-two of chapter thirty, in the custody of all state agencies within his executive office, except where such access is prohibited by law. Such agencies shall furnish him with copies of all reports, notices and other documents which they are required by law to submit to the governor, the general court or any state agency, and with all other information requested by the secretary for the purpose of discharging the duties of his office.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 6 - Funds

Section 6. The secretary may, subject to the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, apply for and accept on behalf of the commonwealth any funds, including grants, bequests, gifts or contributions, from any person. Such funds shall be deposited in a separate account with the state treasurer and received by him on behalf of the commonwealth. All such funds may be expended by the secretary under chapter 29 and any rules or regulations promulgated under that chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 7 - Experts, Consultants, Assistants

Section 7. Subject to appropriation, the secretary may, without regard to chapter thirty-one but subject to the approval of the governor, appoint such experts, technical consultants and other assistants in his executive office as he shall deem necessary to perform the functions of said office; provided, that the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply to any person holding any such appointment.
Every person so appointed to any supervisory position in said office shall have experience and skill in the field of the functions of such position. So far as practicable in the judgment of the secretary, appointments to such positions shall be made by promoting employees of the commonwealth serving in positions which are classified under chapter thirty-one; and in every such instance, and in every instance of an employee so promoted from a position in which at the time of promotion he shall have tenure by reason of section nine A of chapter thirty, upon termination of his service in such unclassified supervisory position, the employee shall, if he shall so request, be restored to the classified position from which he shall have been promoted, or to a position equivalent thereto in salary grade in the same state agency, without impairment of his civil service status or his tenure by reason of said section nine A or loss of the seniority, retirement and other rights to which uninterrupted service in the classified position would have entitled him; provided, however, that if his service in such unclassified supervisory 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.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 7a - Executive Office of Technology Services and Security; Approval Requirement for Performance of Information Technology Functions by Other Executive Offices; Transfer of Information Technology Resources

Section 7A. The executive office of technology services and security is the commonwealth's lead information technology organization. Each executive office may perform activities concerning information technology for the executive office and its constituent agencies only to the extent such activities are approved by the executive office of technology services and security. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, regulation, executive order, policy or procedure to the contrary, the executive office of technology services and security, upon written notice to the affected executive office or agency, may direct the transfer of any information technology resources, including, without limitation, hardware, software, services, personnel, contracts and infrastructure related to information technology, from any executive office or any agency within any executive office to the executive office of technology services and security.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 8a - Commission on Indian Affairs; Membership; Functions

Section 8A. There shall be in the department of housing and community development a commission on Indian affairs, consisting of seven members who shall be appointed by the governor. All of the members shall be of American Indian descent and shall represent the major tribes of American Indian population located within the commonwealth. In the year nineteen hundred and ninety-three, three members shall be appointed for a term of three years, two members shall be appointed for a term of two years and two members shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a three-year term.
Said commission shall meet at least four times annually, but may meet as often as it deems necessary for the proper conduct of its affairs, and shall elect from its membership a chairman and such other officers as may be required, each to serve for a term of one year.
Said commission shall investigate problems common to American Indians and persons of American Indian descent who are residents of the commonwealth. It shall assist tribal councils, Indian organizations and individuals in their relationship with agencies of state and local government, assist with social services, education, employment opportunities, health, housing problems, civil rights, legal aid, treaties, taking of a census of American Indian residents, and any other rights or services concerning American Indian residents of the commonwealth.
Said commission may make recommendations to the director of housing and community development concerning programs and policies that will best serve the interest of the American Indian residents of the commonwealth. It shall make an annual report of its activities to said director and shall file a copy thereof with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before the last Wednesday in January of each year.
Said commission shall provide for the burial expenses, up to three hundred dollars, for the remains of any person whose previously unknown grave has been disturbed, forcing its relocation, and whose identity has been determined by the state archaeologist to be that of an American Indian.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 8c - Structurally Deficient Bridge Improvement Program Coordination and Oversight Council; Members; Powers and Duties; Annual Report; Frequency of Meetings

Section 8C. (a) There shall be established a structurally deficient bridge improvement program coordination and oversight council. The council shall consist of a chair appointed by the governor, the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, the administrator of the division of highways of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, or their designees.
(b) the council shall coordinate and oversee the accelerated structurally deficient bridge improvement program including, without limitation:— (i) ensuring regular communication and coordination between the department of highways and the department of conservation and recreation as to their bridge development projects, programs and plans and any regulations or guidelines promulgated pursuant thereto; (ii) establishing and implementing project controls to ensure adequate tracking and reporting of program progress, cost and schedules; (iii) establishing an annual structurally deficient bridge improvement plan which shall include the number and location of bridges which shall be replaced or rehabilitated in the preceding year and the cost estimates of said replacement or rehabilitation; provided, however, that the council shall annually submit a report pursuant to this clause (iii) of subsection (b) not later than December 31
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to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the chairs of the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets and the chairs of the joint committee on transportation; (iv) directing appropriate agencies to provide technical assistance as necessary to accomplish the objectives of the structurally deficient bridge improvement program; (v) coordinating and resolving any inconsistencies between capital investments made pursuant to the bridge improvement program and capital improvements made pursuant to the commonwealth's capital plan; and (vi) establish criteria for project selection relative to funding from the structurally deficient bridge improvement program.
(c) The council shall annually, not later than December 31
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, submit a report of its activities to the chairs and ranking members of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the chairs and ranking members of the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets and the chairs and ranking members of the joint committee on transportation.
(d) The council shall meet at least quarterly. The secretary of executive office of transportation shall provide personnel necessary to coordinate the activities of the council and to provide administrative support to the council, as requested.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16b - Division of Medical Assistance

Section 16B. There shall be a division of medical assistance within the executive office of health and human services. Such division shall be in the charge of a commissioner who shall be known as the commissioner of medical assistance. The commissioner of medical assistance shall administer the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighteen E. Any agency within the executive office of health and human services engaging in any activity or implementing any policy involving the delivery of services reimbursable under chapter one hundred and eighteen E, certification or licensure of providers of services under such chapter, or identification of individuals eligible for medical assistance under such chapter, shall seek review by the commissioner of medical assistance prior to engaging in any such activity or implementing any such policy. This section shall not apply to chapter 118E medical care and assistance, other than acute care services as defined by the secretary of health and human services, to eligible persons aged 65 and over as those services shall be administered by the secretary of elder affairs pursuant to section 1 of chapter 19A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16bb - Statewide Program to Provide Remote Consultations to Health Care Providers Providing Care for Persons Exhibiting Symptoms of Substance Abuse Disorder

Section 16BB. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services shall develop and implement a statewide program to provide remote consultations available for not less than 5 days a week to primary care practices, nurse practitioners and other health care providers for persons over the age of 17 who exhibit symptoms of a substance use disorder. Consultation services shall include, but not be limited to, support of screening, diagnosis, treatment, other interventions and referrals for substance use disorder.
(b) Expenditures by the executive office of health and human services that for the program are related to services provided on behalf of commercially-insured clients may be assessed by the secretary of health and human services on surcharge payors, as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16c - State or Local Public Benefits Under Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

Section 16C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, to the maximum extent allowed by federal law, the commonwealth, including any department, board, commission, division or authority or subdivision thereof, may, subject to appropriation, provide state or local public benefits within the meaning of section 411(c) of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act to any person, whether or not such person is a citizen or is a qualified alien within the meaning of section 431 of said Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1641, but only to the extent that such person otherwise satisfies the applicable criteria for such benefits.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16ff - Statewide Program to Assist in Implementing Behavior Health Services and Supports in School Districts

Section 16FF. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services, in coordination with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall develop and implement a statewide program to assist in implementing behavioral health services and supports in each school district which shall include, but not be limited to, consultation, coaching and technical assistance.
(b) The program shall provide web-based, in-person and remote supports to administrators, teachers and school behavioral health staff related to planning, administering and managing behavioral health promotion, prevention and intervention services and supports, including: (i) engagement of families and guardians, with a focus on ensuring equitable, linguistically-competent, culturally-competent and developmentally appropriate responses, and (ii) access to services.
(c) The executive office, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall establish a central base of operations within the University of Massachusetts, as well as regional sites, to carry out the program; provided, that there shall be a preference for existing locations providing similar services, such as the state center on child wellbeing and trauma within the University of Massachusetts medical school and the Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for Children Project within the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16g.5 - Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities; Secretary; Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices; Policy Guidance for Certain Public Instrumentalities

[ Text of section added by 2023, 7, Sec. 22 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 16G1/2. (a) There shall be an executive office of housing and livable communities, which shall be under the supervision and control of a secretary for housing and livable communities. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor, as provided pursuant to section 3. The secretary shall be the executive and administrative head of the executive office, shall otherwise have all of the powers and duties provided by sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of law relative to the executive office and to each administrative unit thereof, except as provided in subsection (c); provided, however, that the secretary may authorize any officer within the executive office to exercise in the secretary's name any power or discharge any duty assigned to the secretary by law, and may at any time revoke such authority.
(b) The secretary may establish such bureaus, divisions, and offices within the executive office as are necessary for its efficient operation. Such divisions shall be under the charge of an undersecretary or department head who shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary and who shall be subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary or an undersecretary as determined by the secretary. Each undersecretary or department head shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of their appointment, shall devote full time to the duties of the office. Appointments as undersecretary or department head shall not be subject to the provisions of section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. In accordance with the provisions of chapter 30A, the secretary may promulgate regulations with respect to the divisions under the secretariat's control.
(c) There shall also be within the executive office the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, the manufactured homes commission, the commission of Indian affairs, and the American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission. The executive office shall provide general policy guidance for these public instrumentalities, but shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to such instrumentalities, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16n - Commission to Study Feasibility of Reducing or Eliminating Contributions to Uncompensated Care Trust Fund

Section 16N. There shall be a special commission to study the feasibility of reducing or eliminating the contribution made by contributing employers to the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund or any successor fund. The commission shall consist of: the secretary of health and human services or his designee, who shall serve as chair; the executive director of the center for health information and analysis or his designee; the commissioner of insurance or his designee; 2 members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; 2 members appointed by the president of the senate; and 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
The study shall evaluate the amount of reimbursements provided from the uncompensated care pool, or any successor fund, for the medical care of the uninsured or underinsured patients in the commonwealth on the first day of each hospital fiscal year and compare it to the amount of reimbursements provided from the uncompensated care pool, or any successor fund, for the medical care of the uninsured or underinsured patients in the commonwealth on the first day of the preceding hospital fiscal year in order to determine whether a decrease or elimination of the contribution by contributing employers is possible based on the amount of reduction, if any, in the amount of reimbursements provided from the uncompensated care pool, or any successor fund, for the medical care of the uninsured or underinsured patients in the commonwealth during a hospital fiscal year.
The commission shall report annually to the senate president, minority leader of the senate, senate committee on ways and means, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the house of representatives and the house committee on ways and means no later than the first day in December.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16s - Coordination of Purchase of Behavioral Health Services for Children

Section 16S. The secretary of health and human services shall coordinate the purchase of behavioral health services for children to promote economy and efficiency and improve service delivery, thereby integrating services provided by the executive office of health and human services into a comprehensive, community-based behavioral health delivery system. The secretary shall establish guidelines for the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, the department of developmental services and the office of Medicaid for the delivery of behavioral health services to children, including children subject to proceedings under sections 39E to 39J, inclusive, of chapter 119, pursuant to which the commissioner of mental health shall be consulted in the design and implementation of the commonwealth's behavioral health services for children; and the secretary shall consult with the commissioner of early education and care and the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to establish similar guidelines for those respective departments.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16x - Contracts to Provide Housing and Support Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youths

Section 16X. (a) Subject to appropriation or third party reimbursement, the executive office of health and human services shall enter into performance-based contracts with organizations and agencies to provide housing and support services to address the needs of unaccompanied homeless youths in urban, suburban and rural areas. In entering into such contracts, the executive office of health and human services shall take into consideration the recommendations of the commission on unaccompanied homeless youth established in section 16W on identifying, connecting and serving unaccompanied homeless youth, in general, and unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of 18 and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, in particular. Contracts authorized in this section shall include housing services for unaccompanied homeless youth which may include, but shall not be limited to: emergency shelter; kinship home placements; short-term housing; and transition to independent living programs. Programs shall provide any such unaccompanied homeless youth with stable out-of-home placement, help to reunite any such youth with the youth's parent or legal guardian if family reunification is in the youth's best interest and help to create educational and residential stability. Additional support services may include, but shall not be limited to: individual, family and group counseling; access to medical, dental and mental health care; education and employment services; case management, advocacy and referral services; independent living skills training; and provision of basic needs.
(b) The executive office of health and human services shall monitor organizations awarded contracts under this section to ensure that appropriate and high-quality services are being delivered to unaccompanied homeless youth and shall collect common data and outcome measures from these organizations and agencies. Data collected from the organizations and agencies, the incidence of unaccompanied youth homelessness in the commonwealth and the status of and any change in housing, residential stability, educational stability and outcomes and well-being of unaccompanied homeless youth shall be included in the annual report of the special commission on unaccompanied homeless youth pursuant to section 16W.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 16z - Pulmonary Hypertension Task Force

Section 16Z. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall establish a pulmonary hypertension task force. The task force shall consist of: the secretary of the executive office of health and human services or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the commissioner of the department of public health or a designee; the commissioner of insurance or a designee; the director of Medicaid or a designee; and 7 persons to be appointed by the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, 2 of whom shall be representatives from the Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance, Inc. appointed in consultation with their relevant specialty chapters, 1 of whom shall be a representative from the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Inc., 1 of whom shall be a representative from commercial health insurance plans or managed care organizations doing business in the commonwealth, 1 of whom shall be an individual with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, 1 of whom shall be a representative of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a drug or device for detecting, preventing or treating pulmonary hypertension and 1 of whom shall be a representative of a research, advocacy or support organization primarily serving individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.
(b) The task force shall: (i) develop and annually update a summary of the advances made in research on and treatment and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (ii) develop and annually update a summary of the advances made in access to care for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (iii) monitor pulmonary hypertension research, services and support activities across the commonwealth, including coordination of the commonwealth's activities and programs with respect to pulmonary hypertension; (iv) develop and annually update a comprehensive strategic plan to improve health outcomes for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, including recommendations to: (1) advance research or pulmonary hypertension; (2) improve the transplantation criteria and process concerning lung and heart-lung transplants for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (3) improve public awareness and recognition of pulmonary hypertension; (4) improve health care delivery for individuals with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; (5) improve the early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; and (6) systematically advance the full spectrum of biomedical research on pulmonary hypertension; and (v) develop and annually update the progress made in implementing such comprehensive strategic plan.
(c) The task force shall submit its recommendations to the governor and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate annually not later than December 31.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 18 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Section 18. The following state agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office of public safety and security: the department of fire services; the office of grants and research and the highway safety division; the municipal police training committee; the Massachusetts department of criminal justice information services; the state 911 department; the department of state police; the office of the chief medical examiner; the Massachusetts emergency management agency; the military department; the department of correction, including the parole board; the sex offender registry board; and all other agencies and boards within said departments, committees and boards.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 18 1/2 - Undersecretaries; Duties

Section 18 1/2. The secretary shall, subject to section 3, appoint 4 undersecretaries. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or functions of such position, shall receive such salary as the secretary shall determine and shall devote his full time to the duties of the office.
One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary for law enforcement and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the department of state police, the municipal police training committee, and the office of grants and research.
One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary of criminal justice and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the sex offender registry board, the department of corrections, including the parole board and all other agencies within said department.
One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary of homeland security and shall oversee the functions and administration of the following boards and agencies: the Massachusetts emergency management agency, the department of fire services, the military department and the nuclear safety department.
One undersecretary shall be the undersecretary for forensic sciences. The undersecretary shall oversee the statewide emergency telecommunications board, the department of criminal justice information services, the automated fingerprint identification system, and the state 911 department; and shall work in conjunction with law enforcement authorities and shall coordinate all forensic science resources, appropriations and grants; shall oversee the functions and administration of the office of the chief medical examiner, the state police crime laboratory and such other forensic entities as the secretary shall assign from time to time; and shall convene the forensic science advisory board consistent with the duties set forth in section 184A of chapter 6.
Each undersecretary shall coordinate the functions and the programs of the agencies as directed by the secretary. Each undersecretary shall conduct studies of the operations of each agency and work with each agency in effecting procedures and programs which promote efficiency and improvements in the administration of the agency. Each undersecretary shall assist the secretary in reviewing and acting upon budgetary and other financial matters concerning those agencies in accordance with sections 2C, 3, 3A, 4, 9B and 29 of chapter 29.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 18aa - State-Administered Needs-Based Benefits and Services; Secure Common Application

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 18AA. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of housing and economic development, in coordination with the division of medical assistance, the department of transitional assistance, the department of early education and care, the executive office of education and the department of housing and community development, shall develop and implement a secure common application portal for individuals to simultaneously apply for state-administered needs-based benefits and services. The common application shall allow individuals the option to apply simultaneously for MassHealth coverage, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, income supports under chapters 117A and 118, childcare subsidies, housing subsidies, fuel assistance and other needs-based health care, nutrition and shelter benefits. The common application shall, with the consent of the applicant, allow the state agencies responsible for determining eligibility for the benefits requested to share relevant eligibility information and supporting documentation submitted by the applicant as needed to determine eligibility for other benefits.
Chapter 6A: Section 18AA. State-administered needs-based benefits and services; secure common application
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 26 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 18AA. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of housing and livable communities, in coordination with the division of medical assistance, the department of transitional assistance, the department of early education and care, and the executive office of education, shall develop and implement a secure common application portal for individuals to simultaneously apply for state-administered needs-based benefits and services. The common application shall allow individuals the option to apply simultaneously for MassHealth coverage, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, income supports under chapters 117A and 118, childcare subsidies, housing subsidies, fuel assistance and other needs-based health care, nutrition and shelter benefits. The common application shall, with the consent of the applicant, allow the state agencies responsible for determining eligibility for the benefits requested to share relevant eligibility information and supporting documentation submitted by the applicant as needed to determine eligibility for other benefits.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 6a - Executive Offices › Section 18c - Public Safety Answering Points; Transmittal and Process of Requests for Emergency Services; Requests From Outside Jurisdiction

Section 18C. (a) Each PSAP shall be capable of transmitting a request for law enforcement, firefighting, medical, ambulance, emergency service provider or other emergency services to a public or private safety department that provides the requested services.
(b) Each primary and regional PSAP shall be equipped with a system approved by the department for the processing of requests for emergency services from persons with disabilities.
(c) Each primary and regional PSAP shall be equipped with a system approved by the department for the processing of requests for emergency services from persons with mental health or substance use conditions.
(d) A public safety department or private safety department that receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the PSAP or public safety department responsible for that geographical area. Any emergency unit dispatched to a location outside its jurisdiction in the commonwealth in response to such request shall render service to the requesting party until relieved by the public safety department responsible for that geographical area.
(e) Except as approved by the department, no person shall permit an automatic alarm or other alerting device to dial the numbers 911 automatically or provide a prerecorded message in order to access emergency services directly.
(f) Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out subsections (a) through (d).