HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2126        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3038

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to ensure diversity in proposal review teams..

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

Chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 6 the following section:–

 Section 6A.  Any state agency or quasi-public nonprofit corporation which solicits proposals for state funding through a request for proposals shall ensure a diverse pool of individuals to evaluate the proposals.  In selecting the members of the proposal review team, the chief procurement officer shall include a sufficient number of individuals to adequately reflect the geographic area(s) and demographics of the population to be served through the grant program under review.