HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 697        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 118

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to videotaping testimony of children in custody of the Department of Social Services..

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 24 of chapter 119 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—

            Any interviews of the child conducted while he is in the custody of the department shall be videotaped and made available to all parties and the court at the hearing conducted under the provisions of section 25.