It shall be the duty of the committee on Children, Families and Persons
with Disabilities to consider all matters concerning mental health
and public health issues involving children, child nutrition, homelessness and
homeless shelters, public welfare, children, handicapped and adults
(generally), mental retardation, and other such matters as may be
referred.
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Docket No.
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Bill No. | Sponsor | Title |
| SD177 | S28 | Brewer | An Act relative to certain land in Templeton under the control of the Department of Mental Retardation. |
| SD333 | S29 | Candaras | An Act to let child support come home |
| SD344 | S30 | Candaras | An Act encouraging low-income savings and economic opportunity |
| SD1452 | S31 | Chandler | An Act relative to equitable reimbursement rates for services provided to publicly assisted patients. |
| SD614 | S32 | Creem | An Act relative to safety in day care facilities. |
| SD950 | S33 | Creem | An Act to protect children from emotional abuse. |
| SD963 | S34 | Creem | An Act relative to emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children. |
| SD1068 | S35 | Creem | An Act to survey the needs of children, adults and seniors who are visually impaired. |
| SD1688 | S36 | Creem | An Act to bring child support home. |
| SD607 | S37 | Eldridge | An Act Relative to Workers’ Pathways to Self Sufficiency |
| SD1635 | S38 | Eldridge | An Act Removing Barriers to Financial Stability and Asset Development for Low to Moderate Income Families |
| SD1376 | S39 | Flanagan | An Act to Assure Continuity of Health Coverage for Children. . |
| SD1392 | S40 | Flanagan | An Act Concerning Foster Youth Who Remain in the Care of the Department of Children and Families after They Attain Eighteen Years of Age. |
| SD400 | S41 | Galluccio | An Act relative to educational stability for foster children. |
| SD1804 | S42 | Hart | An Act to provide for an income tax credit for taxpayers with family members requiring care in their homes. |
| SD892 | S43 | Jehlen | An Act to prevent homelessness among recipients of transitional assistance. |
| SD1021 | S44 | Joyce | An Act relative to parental leave. |
| SD1437 | S45 | Joyce | An Act relative to level IV treatment interventions. |
| SD1468 | S46 | Joyce | An Act creating a special commission on behavior modification. |
| SD1520 | S47 | Joyce | An Act relative to the licensure of applied behavior analysts. |
| SD812 | S48 | Kennedy | An Act relative to deceased poor and indigent persons. |
| SD889 | S49 | Kennedy | An Act relative to deceased poor and indigent persons. |
| SD273 | S50 | Knapik | An Act further regulating the release of information concerning adoption. |
| SD274 | S51 | Knapik | An Act relative to the reporting of child abuse to local law enforcement officials. |
| SD436 | S52 | McGee | An Act to assess the impact of the public welfare system on the health and well-being of children. |
| SD1394 | S53 | McGee | An Act establishing the interstate compact for juveniles. |
| SD1413 | S54 | McGee | An Act ensuring access to basic health care for children and young adults. |
| SD4 | S55 | Menard | An Act relating to improving quality in early education and care by family child care providers. |
| SD145 | S56 | Menard | An Act to promote healthy behaviors. |
| SD370 | S57 | Montigny | An Act requiring equal benefits for all new mothers |
| SD515 | S58 | Montigny | An Act relating to anti-human trafficking and protection. |
| SD1480 | S59 | Montigny | An Act to assist families care for elders. |
| SD811 | S60 | Morrissey | An Act to provide an income tax exemption for families caring for their elderly relatives at home. |
| SD471 | S61 | Pacheco | An Act to ensure accountability in the Department of Transitional Assistance. |
| SD491 | S62 | Pacheco | An Act relative to protecting against the displacement of current employees. |
| SD1877 | S63 | Pacheco | An Act relative to mandated reporters. |
| SD847 | S64 | Petruccelli | An Act establishing a study commission on the needs of the elderly blind and visually impaired citizens of the Commonwealth. |
| SD854 | S65 | Petruccelli | An Act surveying the needs of children and adults who are visually impaired and reside in the Commonwealth. |
| SD86 | S66 | Spilka | An Act to enhance opportunities for housing among recipients of transitional assistance. |
| SD295 | S67 | Spilka | An Act to improve the interstate compact on the placement of children . |
| SD903 | S68 | Spilka | An Act regarding families and children engaged in services. |
| SD992 | S69 | Spilka | An Act relative to welfare reform. |
| SD994 | S70 | Spilka | An Act to Provide Habilitative Services to the Children of the Commonwealth . |
| SD1066 | S71 | Spilka | An Act supporting strong families by providing paid family and medical leave, increasing tax deductions, and establishing a work-family council. . |
| SD793 | S72 | Tarr | An Act to promote self-sufficiency |
| SD1426 | S73 | Tarr | An Act relative to positive discipline. |
| SD1009 | S74 | Tisei | An Act providing for supportive living services for brain-injured individuals. |
| SD1010 | S75 | Tisei | An Act protecting disabled persons from financial exploitation. |
| SD1011 | S76 | Tisei | An Act directing the Department of Transitional Assistance to enact regulations providing for direct payments to property owners on behalf of department recipients. |
| SD59 | S77 | Tolman | An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed marriage and family therapists |
| SD60 | S78 | Tolman | An Act relative to eligibility criteria for nursing homes serving pediatric residents |
| SD61 | S79 | Tolman | An Act relative to improvements in private duty nursing care for developmentally disabled children |
| SD62 | S80 | Tolman | An Act providing for insurance coverage for vision screening for children |
| SD1882 | S81 | Tolman | An Act relative to the rights of children in juvenile justice systems. |
| SD124 | S82 | Tucker | An Act protecting and improving the Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC) program. |
| SD1334 | S83 | Tucker | An Act relative to home care accountability . |
| SD1568 | S84 | Walsh | An Act relative to reckless endangerment of persons with disabilities. |
| HD524 | H112 | Atsalis | An Act relative to crimes committed by persons licensed by the Office of Children. |
| HD571 | H113 | Atsalis | An Act establishing a toll free hotline for the use of foster children reporting cases of abuse or mistreatment. |
| HD579 | H114 | Atsalis | An Act requiring employees of the Department of Social Services to wear photo identification. |
| HD588 | H115 | Atsalis | An Act establishing an office of family and children's ombudsman. |
| HD593 | H116 | Atsalis | An Act requiring the Department of Social Services to provide certain information in care and protection proceedings . |
| HD598 | H117 | Atsalis | An Act relative to physical examinations of children prior to procedures by the Juvenile Court to place such children in custody of the Department of Social Services. |
| HD697 | H118 | Atsalis | An Act relative to videotaping testimony of children in custody of the Department of Social Services. |
| HD699 | H119 | Atsalis | An Act relative to information to be provided to foster children by the Department of Social Services . |
| HD701 | H120 | Atsalis | An Act establishing a toll free hotline for the use of foster children reporting cases of abuse or mistreatment. |
| HD3228 | H121 | Barrows | An Act Relative to Public Assistance Substance Screening. |
| HD1038 | H122 | Bosley | An Act relative to the amount of money allowed for burial expenses. |
| HD294 | H123 | Bradley | An Act bettering the lives of youth who age out of the care of the Commonwealth. |
| HD1039 | H124 | Cabral | An Act establishing paid family leave. |
| HD3786 | H125 | Coakley-Rivera | An Act relative to improving handicapped accessibility. |
| HD3789 | H126 | Coakley-Rivera | An Act relative to the Architectual Access Board. |
| HD1803 | H127 | D'Amico | |
| HD2398 | H128 | Dempsey | An Act relative to deceased poor and indigent persons. |
| HD1278 | H129 | Donato | An Act regarding children and familes requiring assistance. |
| HD2329 | H130 | Fagan | An Act relative to time lines for social workers in the department of social services. |
| HD3282 | H131 | Fagan | An Act relative to the reporting of the abuse of mentally retarded persons. |
| HD3287 | H132 | Fagan | An Act providing for random reviews of abuse investigations conducted by the Department of Mental Retardation. |
| HD1153 | H133 | Fernandes | |
| HD1628 | H134 | Frost | An Act to provide low interest loans to families with a child suffering from a terminal illness. |
| HD1925 | H135 | Garballey | An Act An Act Regarding the Disabled Persons Protection Commission Investigations . |
| HD1926 | H136 | Garballey | An Act Relative to the Humane Treatment of Persons with Disabilities . |
| HD1927 | H137 | Garballey | An Act to Protect Persons with Disabilities from Inappropriate Treatments . |
| HD3803 | H138 | Golden | An Act relative to nursing facility reporting. |
| HD2396 | H139 | Gregoire | An Act removing barriers to emergency shelter. |
| HD2403 | H140 | Gregoire | An Act to assess the impact of the public welfare system on the health and well being of of children. |
| HD2413 | H141 | Gregoire | An Act requiring the Department of Transitional Assistance to track and report on the use of emergency shelter services by families. |
| HD2420 | H142 | Gregoire | An Act relative to the disclosure of information held by the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to general laws chapter 19C. |
| HD2425 | H143 | Gregoire | An Act relative to the authority of the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to Chapter 19C. |
| HD2433 | H144 | Gregoire | An Act relative to the authority of the disabled persons protection commission pursuant to chapter 19C. |
| HD2023 | H145 | Hargraves | An Act Protecting Children and Parents. |
| HD3780 | H146 | Hill | An Act relative to the Department of Social Services. |
| HD1341 | H147 | Jones | An Act relative to nutrition awareness in schools. |
| HD3445 | H148 | Kafka | An Act relative to the tuition of children under the control of the Department of Transitional Assistance living in family shelters. |
| HD2448 | H149 | Khan | An Act providing for the protection and care of certain children. |
| HD703 | H150 | Koutoujian | An Act relative to sufficient services within the department of mental retardation. |
| HD1286 | H151 | Lantigua | An Act prohibiting adults from playgrounds. |
| HD997 | H152 | L'Italien | An Act regarding spouses as caregivers. |
| HD1040 | H153 | L'Italien | An Act to support and increase the number of qualified providers of intensive intervention providers for children with autism spectrum disorders. |
| HD1071 | H154 | L'Italien | An Act relative to the humane treatment of disabled persons. |
| HD1109 | H155 | L'Italien | An Act establishing an autism commission. |
| HD1155 | H156 | L'Italien | An Act establishing a pilot program for adults with Asperger Syndrome and Autism. |
| HD725 | H157 | Malia | An Act creating assignment levels in the Department of Early Education and Care. |
| HD179 | H159 | Miceli | An Act relative to school served food products. |
| HD3909 | H160 | Murphy | An Act relative to the status of runaways. |
| HD2539 | H161 | Naughton | |
| HD1671 | H162 | O'Day | An Act relative to family networks. |
| HD1815 | H163 | O'Day | An Act to establish caseloads at the Department of Children and Families. |
| HD2934 | H164 | O'Day | An Act relative to job opportunities for people with disabilities. |
| HD3305 | H165 | Peisch | An Act clarifying the investigative powers of the Disabled Persons Protection Commission. . |
| HD1018 | H166 | Poirier | An Act providing for enhanced protection of children an investigation of abuse and neglect allegations. |
| HD1025 | H167 | Poirier | An Act relative to the licensure and regulation of au pair and nanny agencies by the office of child care services. |
| HD1170 | H168 | Polito | An Act relative to adoption specialists. |
| HD3938 | H169 | Provost | An Act to Prevent Homelessness among recipients of transitional assistance. . |
| HD1994 | H170 | Reinstein | An Act to Support the Availability of Residential Care Facilities as an Affordable Option for Elders and Persons with Disabilities. |
| HD2508 | H171 | Reinstein | An Act To Protect And Improve Emergency Aid to Elderly Disabled and Children (EAEDC) Program. |
| HD854 | H172 | Richardson | An Act relative to a study of health and human service programs in the commonwealth. |
| HD871 | H173 | Richardson | An Act relative to metrowest regional advisory council. |
| HD2405 | H174 | Rodrigues | An Act to modernize the board of registration of social workers. |
| HD1245 | H175 | Rushing | An Act ensuring equal access to services for all residents of the Commonwealth. |
| HD3945 | H176 | Sannicandro | An Act To eliminate the use of the word retardation from the general laws. |
| HD3949 | H177 | Sannicandro | An Act creating a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| HD3952 | H178 | Sannicandro | |
| HD2930 | H179 | Scaccia | An Act establishing an independent office of quality assurance for mentally retarded persons. |
| HD3046 | H180 | Scaccia | An Act concerning the public records law. |
| HD2058 | H181 | Scibak | An Act relative to the licensure of applied behavior analysts. |
| HD2281 | H182 | Scibak | An Act creating a special commission on behavior modification. |
| HD2294 | H183 | Scibak | An Act relative to level IV treatment interventions. |
| HD3660 | H184 | Scibak | An Act relative to out of state child support. |
| HD963 | H185 | Spellane | An Act providing for the public disclosure of quality indicators for the developmentally disabled. |
| HD2878 | H186 | Stanley | |
| HD3353 | H187 | Story | An Act regarding the Personal Care Attendant Program. |
| HD3905 | H188 | Story | An Act to Assure Continuity of Health Coverage for Children. |
| HD3719 | H189 | Swan | An Act to establish an office of youth development. |
| HD2859 | H190 | Walsh | An Act establishing a state association for settlement houses and neighborhood centers. |
| HD487 | H191 | Welch | An Act establishing the miracle league of Massachusetts. |
| HD1391 | H3416 | Balser | An Act to protect nursing home residents |
| HD902 | H3417 | Canavan | An Act relative to increasing the personal needs allowance. |
| HD1242 | H3418 | Coakley-Rivera | An Act establishing a special commission on gender-responsive programming for system-involved girls. |
| HD1258 | H3419 | Coakley-Rivera | An Act to study the need for drug rehabilitation for Department of Children and Families' clients. |
| HD568 | H3420 | Garry | |
| HD1282 | H3421 | L'Italien | An Act to improve the personal care attendant program. |
| HD825 | H3422 | Richardson | An Act providing for a study by the executive offices of health and human services and the department of public safety. |
| HD1372 | H3423 | Wolf | An Act to bring child support home. |
| HD2757 | H3645 | Grant | An Act Relative to Cueing and Supervision in the PCA Program. |
| HD3533 | H3798 | Fagan | |
| HD4103 | H3857 | Murphy | An Act relative to the protection of children |
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