The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PETITION OF:
Barbara A. L'Italien
Richard R. Tisei
Robert F. Fennell
Anne M. Gobi
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Christopher G. Fallon
Michael R. Knapik
In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act relative to the definition of a disabled person as used by the disabled persons protection commission. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 19C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the definition for the term "disabled person", by deleting the period (.) so appearing on line 19 and adding at the end of said definition the following clause: --
; provided, however, that "disabled person" in this chapter shall include all persons who are over the age of fifty-nine and who are mentally retarded, or otherwise mentally or physically disabled, and who reside in a state school, state hospital, or any residential setting operated by a private agency which provides services to disabled persons, or who have as their caretaker a state agency, as defined in this chapter; and, provided further, that no such agency or provider is licensed under any provision of Chapter 111."