Bill Text: MA H149 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Provide for the protection and care of certain children born to incarcerated mothers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H149 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H149-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kay Khan
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for the protection and care of certain children.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Elizabeth A. Malia |
11th Suffolk |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 104 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing for the protection and care of certain children.
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. Section 23A of Chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “child”, in line 11, the following words: -- ; provided, however, that every effort shall be made to keep infants of twelve months or less born to incarcerated mothers with their mothers. If it is not possible for the child to remain with the mother, the care of the child will be taken care of through other arrangements.
