SECTION 1. Section 26A of chapter 119 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2018 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following section after section (h):-
(i) the department shall screen potential grandparent care givers with a twenty-year maximum look back on the potential guardian’s record. This is applicable to any minor infraction that has not been repeated since the first infraction. Instances of felonies, violence, sexual offenses, including any offense included in m.g.l. c. 119, section 26A(f), no matter when it occurred, will not be removed from the look back.
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