HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 744        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1298

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to private bar counsel..

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.  Subsection (b) of Section 6 of Chapter 211D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 52 by adding at the end thereof the following: 

provided, however, that private attorneys serving on a per case basis shall be eligible to purchase health benefits authorized under chapter 32A through the committee, in accordance with eligibility standards and procedures developed by the committee and at no cost to the committee or the commonwealth.