HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3121 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2802
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James J. O'Day
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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 | 1/20/2017 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/30/2017 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 1/31/2017 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 2/1/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/30/2017 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3121 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2802
By Mr. O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2802) of James J. O'Day and others relative to background checks on foster parents. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3212 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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.