Bill Text: MA H2252 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Expand the definition of the central register for missing children to include certain elderly persons with dementia

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H2252 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2252-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James R. Miceli

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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 relative to certain missing persons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

William G. Greene, Jr.

22nd Middlesex


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4978 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to certain missing persons.



��������������� 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 1 of chapter 22A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of �Missing child or children� the following definition:-

��Missing person� any adult suffering from dementia missing from his normal and ordinary place of residence and whose whereabouts cannot be determined by the person responsible for such person�s care.

Section 2.� Section 2 of said chapter 22A, as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting after the word �child� in line 4 the following:- or missing person

Section 3.� Section 4 of said chapter 22A, as so appearing by inserting after the word �child� in lines 3, 5 and 10, in each instance, the fellow or adult suffering from dementia

Section 4.� Section 6 of said chapter 22A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word �person� in line 1 and 11 the following:- or child

Section 5. Said section 6 of said chapter 22A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word �persons� in line 7 the following:- or children

Section 6.� Section 7 of said chapter 22A, as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting after the word �child� in lines 4 and 6 in each instance the following:- or missing person

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