M.G.L.18c, sec 1 is amended by striking lines 6 through 12 and replacing them with the following;
”Critical incident”, (a) a fatality, near fatality, or serious bodily injury of a child who is in the custody or receiving services from an executive agency of the commonwealth; or (b) circumstances which result in a reasonable belief that the executive agency failed in its duty to protect a child and, as a result, the child was at imminent risk of, or suffered serious bodily injury.
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