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General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 18B Department of Social Services.
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- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment - Chapter 18B, Section 1
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]There shall be a department of social services, in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Services enumerated - Chapter 18B, Section 2
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The department shall provide and administer a comprehensive social...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Functions of department; area-based service programs. - Chapter 18B, Section 3
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The department shall establish a comprehensive program of social...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Payment for services - Chapter 18B, Section 4
Subject to appropriation, services of the department shall not be denied to any person because of such person’s financial assets or income; provided, however, that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Federal requirements; additional services; inspection of records - Chapter 18B, Section 5
The department shall make provision for such social services as are required under Title XX and Title IV B of the Social Security Act and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; salary. - Chapter 18B, Section 6
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The department shall be under the direction, supervision and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Foster care review unit; director - Chapter 18B, Section 6A
[ First paragraph effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The commissioner of social services shall appoint a foster care...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; powers and duties - Chapter 18B, Section 7
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.](a) The commissioner shall establish reasonable caseload rates and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy commissioner; appointment; qualifications; duties; salary - Chapter 18B, Section 8
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The commissioner shall appoint and may remove a deputy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant commissioners; appointment; qualifications; salary - Chapter 18B, Section 9
The commissioner may appoint and remove such assistant commissioners as the commissioner shall from time to time determine, not to exceed four in number, who...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Legal counsel; staff personnel - Chapter 18B, Section 10
The commissioner may appoint a member of the Massachusetts bar a legal counsel who shall be placed in grade 30 of the classification and pay...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional offices; directors - Chapter 18B, Section 11
The commissioner may, subject to appropriation, establish regional offices at such locations in the commonwealth as may be deemed necessary to ensure the development and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Area directors; appointment; qualifications; duties; plans; budgets - Chapter 18B, Section 12
[ First paragraph effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The commissioner, with the advice of the area board, shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Area boards; members; appointment; terms - Chapter 18B, Section 13
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]In each area established under section three, there shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Area boards; selection committee; lists of prospective members; approval; appointment - Chapter 18B, Section 14
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]To facilitate the appointment of the members of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Area boards; powers and duties - Chapter 18B, Section 15
The area board shall have the following duties and powers: (a) to act as the representative of the citizens of the area;[ Subsection (b) effective until...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statewide advisory council - Chapter 18B, Section 16
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]There shall be a statewide advisory council which shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Social service centers - Chapter 18B, Section 17
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The department may establish social service centers in any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Trust funds; investment deposits; expenditures - Chapter 18B, Section 18
The commissioner may receive funds in trust for the use of children born out of wedlock or other persons under the care or supervision of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unclaimed money of former wards; annual pay over to state treasurer; disposition - Chapter 18B, Section 19
Annually on or before November thirtieth, the commissioner shall pay to the state treasurer all unclaimed money held by the department for the benefit of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Funds; advancement and disbursement; reports - Chapter 18B, Section 20
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two of chapter twenty-nine...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption subsidy program - Chapter 18B, Section 21
The department shall establish an adoption subsidy program for the purpose of facilitating the adoption of children with special needs who are in substitute care...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption and medical assistance for interstate children; interstate compacts - Chapter 18B, Section 22
As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Adoption assistance state'', the state that is...
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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