HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 21        FILED ON: 7/30/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 21

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYER DYNAMICS SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 46 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 194 of the acts of 2007, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection: - (j)(1) The commissioner may provide the United States Census Bureau with information for use by the Census Bureau in the Longitudinal Household – Employer Dynamics System pursuant to a written agreement between the United States Census Bureau and the commissioner.  The confidentiality of such information shall be protected by this section and title thirteen of the United States Code. (2) The commissioner may provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with information for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities and duties under chapter one of title twenty-nine of the United States Code pursuant to a written agreement between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the commissioner.  The confidentiality of such information shall be protected by this section and title twenty-nine of the United States Code.