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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 20 · Purchase of home or income producing property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 21 · Support and maintenance; subrogation of department; termination of assistance; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 22 · Verification of categorical and financial eligibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 23 to 25 · Repealed, 1974, 752, Sec. 12
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 26 · Direct payment of rent; public housing; appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 27 · Direct payment of rent; request of landlord or recipient
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 27A · Direct deposit of assistance checks at banking institutions; option of recipient
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 28 · Accreditation of homemaker services; board, establishment, members, staff and services; standards; rules and regulations; restrictions; enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 29 · Repayment of fraudulently obtained assistance; lien
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 30 · Overpayments of assistance; repayment agreement; assignment of income
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 31 · Job diversion program; services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 32 · Participation in pathways to self-sufficiency program required; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 33 · Providing of social security number required; exceptions; penalty for noncompliance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 34 · Tracking of outcomes of individuals served by training and employment service programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 35 · Availability of caseworker via telephone to recipient of cash assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 36 · Fraud detection program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 37 · Work-related expense deduction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 38 · Non-approval of application for new benefits for failure to comply with registration requirements in Secs. 178C to 178P of chapter 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 39 · Protocols for coordination of information with law enforcement agencies, etc. when recipient the subject of felony warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 1 · Department of youth services; commissioner; powers and duties; federal funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 2 · Delinquency prevention programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 3 · Deputy commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 4 · Bureaus
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 5 · Bureau of clinical services; duties; detention centers; assistant commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 6 · Bureau of after-care, delinquency prevention and community services; duties; assistant commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 7 · Bureau of educational services; duties; assistant commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 8 · Bureau of institutional services; duties; assistant commissioner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 9 · Advisory committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, § 10 · Background checks for employees with potential for unsupervised contact with youth committed to the care or custody of the department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 1 · Establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 2 · Services enumerated
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 3 · Functions of department; area-based service programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 4 · Payment for services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 5 · Federal requirements; additional services; inspection of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 6 · Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; salary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 6A · Foster care review unit; director
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 7 · Commissioner; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 8 · Deputy commissioner; appointment; qualifications; duties; salary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 9 · Assistant commissioners; appointment; qualifications; salary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 10 · Legal counsel; staff personnel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 11 · Regional offices; directors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 12 · Area directors; appointment; qualifications; duties; plans; budgets; social worker qualifications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 13 · Area boards; members; appointment; terms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 14 · Area boards; selection committee; lists of prospective members; approval; appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 15 · Area boards; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 16 · Statewide advisory council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 17 · Centers for children and families
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 18 · Trust funds; investment deposits; expenditures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 19 · Unclaimed money of former wards; annual pay over to state treasurer; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 20 · Funds; advancement and disbursement; reports
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 21 · Adoption subsidy program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 22 · Adoption and medical assistance for interstate children; interstate compacts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 23 · Residential care of children; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 24 · High-risk children; racial disproportion; procurement of services; children transitioning out of system; semi-annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, § 25 · Multiple 51A reports; quarterly report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 2 · Office of the child advocate; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 3 · Child advocate; appointment; vacancies; removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 4 · Child advocate advisory board; duties and salary of child advocate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 5 · Investigation of critical incidents; coordination with other agencies; complaints; review of program effectiveness; oversight
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 6 · Access to facilities and records; release of information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 7 · Witnesses; documents; subpoenas
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 8 · Discrimination or retaliation; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 9 · Procedures for performance of duties; rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 10 · Annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 10A · Annual reporting of recommendations for decreasing and eliminating number of children and adolescents awaiting clinically-appropriate behavioral health services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 11 · Examination of systemwide responses to child abuse and neglect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 12 · Information and records; confidentiality; subpoena and discovery; public disclosure; investigation of critical incidents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 13 · Personal liability for civil damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18C, § 14 · Childhood trauma task force
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 1 · Creation; powers of department and commissioner; safety symposium
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 2 · Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; appointments by commissioner; report; salary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 3 · Deputy commissioner; appointment; duties; qualifications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 4 · Assistant, deputy or associate commissioners; appointment; duties; qualifications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 5 · Legal counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 6 · Program for training of residents in psychiatry and other professional disciplines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 7 · State facilities under department control; admission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 8 · Superintendents or directors; vacancies; appointments; qualifications; officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 8A · Boards of trustees for Taunton state hospital and Worcester recovery center and hospital
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 9 · Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 12
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 10 · Crimes committed by or upon persons on facility premises or persons in care of facility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 11 · Mental health advisory council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 11A · Disclosure of financial interest in department contracts by human rights advisory committee members
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 12 · Community mental health services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 13 · Community mental health area directors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 14 · Community mental health area boards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 15 · Duties and powers of area boards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 16 · Development and maintenance of community mental health services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 16A · Program to provide remote mental health consultations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 17 · Area advisory committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 18 · Rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 19 · Inpatient psychiatric, residential or day care services; licenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 20 · Mental health facility employees; civil service exemption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 21 · Interagency agreements with developmental services department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 22 · Consultation of commissioner for behavioral health services for children
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 23 · Children's behavioral research center; powers and duties; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 24 · Notification of parent or guardian of child receiving inpatient psychiatric services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 25 · Center for responsive training in crisis intervention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 26 · Expedited psychiatric inpatient admission advisory council; members; annual report; expedited psychiatric inpatient admissions protocol
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, § 1 · Establishment; secretary, powers and duties