SENATE DOCKET, NO. 99 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Gale D. Candaras
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Gale D. Candaras | First Hampden and Hampshire |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex |
Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex |
Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
John V. Fernandes | 10th Worcester |
Michael R. Knapik | Second Hampden and Hampshire |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 99 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
By Ms. Candaras, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 574) of Gale D. Candaras, John W. Scibak, Stephen L. DiNatale, Ruth B. Balser and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations. Higher Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 565 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations.
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. Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new section:--
Section 19F. The board of higher education, in exercising its powers under section four of chapter fifteen A, shall by no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act establish a program of tuition remission pursuant to which persons employed by providers of social services programs that hold contracts with the commonwealth, and spouses of those persons, are provided tuition remission benefits for courses or programs taken at any public community college or state college or the University of Massachusetts. Tuition remission benefits provided to such persons and their spouses shall be on parity, as nearly as possible, with tuition remission benefits provided to employees of the commonwealth and their spouses. For purposes of this act the term "social services programs" shall have the meaning specified in section 1 of chapter 118G. In developing such programs of tuition remission benefits, the board of higher education and the administrator of the current tuition remission program operated by the Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers, Inc. shall consult with the secretaries of health and human services and elder affairs.