General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 6A Executive Offices

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 6A, Section 1
  The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Secretary”, the head of an executive office...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of executive offices - Chapter 6A, Section 2
  There shall be the following executive offices, each of which shall serve under the governor: administration and finance, education, energy and environmental affairs, health and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Secretary; appointment of undersecretary - Chapter 6A, Section 3
  Each of said executive offices shall be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Executive officer - Chapter 6A, Section 4
  Each secretary shall act as the executive officer of the governor for accomplishing the purposes of his executive office. He shall conduct comprehensive planning with...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Strategic plan; office of performance management - Chapter 6A, Section 4A
  Each secretary shall develop a strategic plan and establish an office of performance management that will execute the strategic plan as part of implementing a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Access to records, copies of documents, information - Chapter 6A, Section 5
  The secretary shall have access to all records, as defined in section forty-two of chapter thirty, in the custody of all state agencies within his...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Funds - Chapter 6A, Section 6
  The secretary may, subject to the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, apply for and accept on behalf of the commonwealth any funds,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Experts, consultants, assistants - Chapter 6A, Section 7
  Subject to appropriation, the secretary may, without regard to chapter thirty-one but subject to the approval of the governor, appoint such experts, technical consultants and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Performance of core information technology functions by executive office or designated state agencies - Chapter 6A, Section 7A
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each secretary may, identify information technology related activities and related supporting financial functions common to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6A, Section 8
  Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commission on Indian affairs; membership; functions - Chapter 6A, Section 8A
  There shall be in the department of housing and community development a commission on Indian affairs, consisting of seven members who shall be appointed by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2007, 19, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6A, Section 8B
  Repealed, 2007, 19, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Structurally deficient bridge improvement program coordination and oversight council; members; powers and duties; annual report; frequency of meetings - Chapter 6A, Section 8C
  (a) There shall be established a structurally deficient bridge improvement program coordination and oversight council. The council shall consist of a chair appointed by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6A, Section 9
  Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 22 - Chapter 6A, Section 9A to 13
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 329, Sec. 107 - Chapter 6A, Section 14
  Repealed, 1980, 329, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Executive office of education - Chapter 6A, Section 14A
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION (a) There shall be an executive office of education, which shall include the departments of early education and care, elementary and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6A, Section 15
  Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agencies within executive office of health and human services - Chapter 6A, Section 16
  The executive office of health and human services shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department for the following purposes: (a) developing, coordinating,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 450, Sec. 10 - Chapter 6A, Section 16A
  Repealed, 1996, 450, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division of Medical Assistance - Chapter 6A, Section 16B
  There shall be a division of medical assistance within the executive office of health and human services. Such division shall be in the charge of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State or local public benefits under federal personal responsibility and work opportunity act - Chapter 6A, Section 16C
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, to the maximum extent allowed by federal law, the commonwealth, including any department,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Managed care oversight board; advisory committee - Chapter 6A, Section 16D
  (a) The managed care oversight board is hereby established within, but not subject to the control of, the executive office of health and human services....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6A, Section 16E
  Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Support to individuals with disabilities and their families - Chapter 6A, Section 16F
  As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:— (a) “Community services”, services that are available to the general population. “Department”,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Executive office of housing and economic development - Chapter 6A, Section 16G
  (a) In the executive office of housing and economic development, there shall be a department of business development, the Massachusetts office of consumer affairs and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Housing and Economic Development Trust - Chapter 6A, Section 16H
  [Text of section effective until June 30, 2013. Repealed by 2012, 239, Sec. 4A. See 2012, 239, Sec. 61.] (a) There shall be a Housing...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Housing and Economic Development Trust Fund - Chapter 6A, Section 16I
  [ Text of section added by 2013, 38, Sec. 15 effective July 1, 2013. See 2013, 38, Sec. 219.]  Section 16I. (a) There shall be a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec. 7 - Chapter 6A, Section 16J to 16L
  Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - MassHealth payment policy advisory board; composition; powers and duties; staff - Chapter 6A, Section 16M
  (a) There shall be a MassHealth payment policy advisory board. The board shall consist of the secretary of health and human services or his designee,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commission to study feasibility of reducing or eliminating contributions to Uncompensated Care Trust Fund - Chapter 6A, Section 16N
  There shall be a special commission to study the feasibility of reducing or eliminating the contribution made by contributing employers to the Uncompensated Care Trust...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Health disparities council; duties; composition; meetings; annual reports - Chapter 6A, Section 16O
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. For text effective July 1, 2013, see below.]  Section 16O. (a) There shall be a health disparities...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Coordination of clinically-appropriate behavioral health services for children; monthly report - Chapter 6A, Section 16P
  The secretary of health and human services shall facilitate the coordination of services for children awaiting clinically-appropriate behavioral health services by convening a monthly meeting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Children’s behavioral health advisory council; members; terms; powers and duties; annual report - Chapter 6A, Section 16Q
  (a) There shall be a children’s behavioral health advisory council within, but not subject to control of, the executive office of health and human services....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Geographically-based interagency review team for disabled children who qualify for services from multiple agencies - Chapter 6A, Section 16R
  There shall be geographically-based interagency review teams to collaborate on complex cases when a child, which shall include a person under the age of 22...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Coordination of purchase of behavioral health services for children - Chapter 6A, Section 16S
  The secretary of health and human services shall coordinate the purchase of behavioral health services for children to promote economy and efficiency and improve service...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Health planning council; advisory committee; identification and distribution of health care resources; determination of need; report - Chapter 6A, Section 16T
  [ Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 224, Sec. 255.] (a) There shall be a health planning council within the executive office of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Network of community-based services and family resource centers - Chapter 6A, Section 16U
  [Text of section added by 2012, 240, Sec. 1 effective November 5, 2015. See 2012, 240, Sec. 40.] (a) As used in this section, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6A, Section 17
  Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1987, 525, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6A, Section 17A
  Repealed, 1987, 525, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 7 - Chapter 6A, Section 17B
  Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 3, Sec. 12 - Chapter 6A, Section 17C
  Repealed, 2011, 3, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2007, 145, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6A, Section 17D 17E
  Repealed, 2007, 145, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agencies within executive office of public safety and security - Chapter 6A, Section 18
  The following state agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office of public safety and security: the department of public safety; the department...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Undersecretaries; duties - Chapter 6A, Section 181/2
  The secretary shall, subject to section 3, appoint 4 undersecretaries. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Secretary of public safety; functions - Chapter 6A, Section 183/4
  It shall be the function of the secretary of public safety:   (1) to develop and implement, in conjunction with the department of criminal justice information...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 18A to 18J - Chapter 6A, Section 18A
  In this section, and in sections 18B to 18J, inclusive, of this chapter, and in section 14A of chapter 166, the following words shall, unless...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State 911 department; state 911 commission; policy advisory commission; implementation of enhanced 911 services; PSAPs; funding; establishment of standards and requirements; grant programs; accessibility to persons with disabilities - Chapter 6A, Section 18B
  (a) There shall be, within the executive office of public safety and security, a state 911 department. The secretary of public safety and security shall,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public safety answering points; transmittal and process of requests; requests from outside jurisdiction - Chapter 6A, Section 18C
  (a) Each PSAP shall be capable of transmitting a request for law enforcement, fire fighting, medical, ambulance or other emergency services to a public or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public safety answering points; establishment; proposed municipal plans; statewide plan - Chapter 6A, Section 18D
  (a) Each municipality in the commonwealth, under the requirements of chapter 150E, shall establish, staff and operate, in conjunction with 1 or more other municipalities...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Civil proceedings by attorney general - Chapter 6A, Section 18E
  The attorney general may, at the request of the department or on the attorney general’s own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any municipality or other...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2008, 223, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6A, Section 18F
  Repealed, 2008, 223, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Retention of 911 recordings - Chapter 6A, Section 18G
  The department shall require that each PSAP that possesses enhanced 911 service shall retain 911 recordings for a period of not less than 1 year.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Wireless enhanced 911 service surcharge; collection; adjustment; expenditures; revenues; monthly reports; forwarding and use of call data; disposition of call volume - Chapter 6A, Section 18H
  (a) There shall be imposed on each subscriber or end user whose communication services are capable of accessing and utilizing an enhanced 911 system, a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2008, 223, Sec. 9 - Chapter 6A, Section 18H1/2
  Repealed, 2008, 223, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Monitoring of emergency 911 communications - Chapter 6A, Section 18I
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a municipality or other governmental body, under the requirements of chapter 150E, may modify, change or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Multi-line telephone system required to provide enhanced 911 service; exemptions - Chapter 6A, Section 18J
  Beginning July 1, 2009, any new or substantially renovated multi-line telephone system shall provide the same level of enhanced 911 service that is provided to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Construction of Secs. 18A to 18J - Chapter 6A, Section 18K
  Sections 18A to 18J, inclusive, shall not be construed to limit or expand the authority to regulate communication service providers under chapters 159 or 166...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Silver alert community response system - Chapter 6A, Section 18L
  (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “EMS first responder”, a person...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal justice commission; members; areas of examination; technical assistance; information access; annual report - Chapter 6A, Section 18M
  (a) There shall be a standing commission to study the commonwealth's criminal justice system which shall include: 3 members of the house of representatives, 1...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State domestic violence fatality review team; membership; purpose; powers and duties; local review teams; provision of information to review team; confidentiality - Chapter 6A, Section 18N
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 260, Sec. 4 effective January 1, 2015. See 2014, 260, Sec. 51.] (a) As used in this subsection,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6A, Section 19 to 19A
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 311, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6A, Section 20 to 30
  Repealed, 1975, 311, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 31 - Chapter 6A, Section 31 to 77
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 495, Sec. 11 - Chapter 6A, Section 78 to 102
  Repealed, 1991, 495, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6A, Section 103
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 7 - Chapter 6A, Section 104
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.

Last modified: September 11, 2015