Amendment #12 to H4517

Counsel

Representatives O'Connell of Taunton, DeCoste of Norwell, Diehl of Whitman, McKenna of Webster, Ferguson of Holden, Kane of Shrewsbury, Kuros of Uxbridge, Lombardo of Billerica, Vieira of Falmouth and Mirra of West Newbury move to amend the bill in SECTION 12, in line 118,  by inserting after the word "petition" the following sentence-:  "The court shall notify the respondent of his right to retain counsel to represent him at such hearing and his right to have counsel appointed for him if he is found to be indigent as determined by the court using the standards under chapter 211D. "