Section 4C of Chapter 260 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, shall be stricken in its entirety and inserted in place there of the following:

Section 4C.  Actions for assault and battery alleging the defendant sexually abused a minor may be commenced at any time after the acts alleged to have caused an injury or condition.  Actions for negligence alleging that the defendant negligently supervised a third person who sexually abused a minor, or that the defendant’s conduct caused or contributed to the sexual abuse of a minor by a third person, may be commenced at any time after the acts alleged to have caused an injury or condition.

For purposes of this section, “sexual abuse” shall mean the commission of any act against a minor as set forth in section thirteen B, thirteen F, thirteen H, thirteen L, twenty-two, twenty-two A, twenty-three, twenty-four, or twenty-four B of chapter two hundred and sixty-five, or section three, four A, four B, sixteen, seventeen, or thirty-five A of chapter two hundred and seventy-two.

SECTION  2. This amendment shall become effective upon passage.

SECTION  3. This amendment shall apply to all claims which have accrued, and to all actions which are pending, on the date upon which it becomes effective.

SECTION  4. This amendment shall be deemed to be retroactive to the fullest extent permitted under the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Rights of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SECTION  5. Each section of this Act shall be separable and shall continue in effect if any provision hereof is deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise ineffective.