HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2432        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3212

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James J. O'Day and Jennifer L. Flanagan

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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 regarding background checks on foster parents.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/15/2015

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

1/16/2015

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/20/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

12/20/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

12/20/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

12/20/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

12/20/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2432        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3212

By Representative O’Day of West Boylston and Senator Flanagan, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3212) of James J. O’Day, Jennifer L. Flanagan and others relative to background checks on foster parents.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

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 regarding background checks on foster parents.

 

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

Section 51F of Chapter 119 of the General laws is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following:

DCF Background Record Check reports of Central Registry Records on a foster parent consisting exclusively of 51A reports determined to be “invalid”, “unsupported” or by some other designation conclude that the foster parent was not found to be responsible for abuse or neglect of a child, shall be reported to the hiring authority as “no record”. Said report shall be considered a full accounting of the foster parent’s central registry record. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Department from maintaining and using this data in investigating future 51A reports.