HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 58        FILED ON: 1/8/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 127

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tom Sannicandro

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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 creating a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

1/8/2015

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

 

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

 

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

 

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

 

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

 

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

 

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

 

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

 

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

 

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

 

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

 

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

 

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 58        FILED ON: 1/8/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 127

By Mr. Sannicandro of Ashland, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 127) of Tom Sannicandro and others for legislation to establish a system for tracking the unmet service needs of persons with developmental disabilities.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 149 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act creating a means for tracking the unmet need of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

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. There is hereby established a system of tracking the unmet service needs of individuals with developmental disabilities in Massachusetts.  The system will consist of a central electronic database, using open-source software, operated and maintained by The Office of Disabilities and Community Services at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.  The content of the database will consist of data prepared by the following agencies, including but not limited to: the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Each of the agencies required to submit data will do so annually by means of a standard reporting form which will include statistics regarding the number of individuals with developmental disabilities who apply for services with said agencies, the number of individuals with developmental disabilities receiving services, and the number of individuals with developmental disabilities who apply for services with said agencies and are unsuccessful in receiving services.  The Office of Disabilities and Community Services will enter the standard report form content into the electronic database and generate annual reports to be made available on-line to the public.