Massachusetts H 5089: An Act relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities

Bill Text

HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5089

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 26, 2022.
The committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities to
whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 240) of
Kay Khan, Mindy Domb and others relative to individuals with
intellectual or developmental disabilities, reports recommending that the
accompanying bill (House, No. 5089) ought to pass.

For the committee,

MICHAEL J. FINN.

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FILED ON: 7/22/2022
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5089

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:

1 SECTION 1. Section 15F of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “Employ
3 Handicapped Persons Week” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Persons with
4 Disabilities Employment Week.
5 SECTION 2. Section 15LLLL of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
6 striking out, in line 2, the word “Autistic” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-
7 Autism.
8 SECTION 3. Section 15OOOOO of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended
9 by striking out, in line 5, the words “disabled individuals” and inserting in place thereof the
10 following words:- individuals with disabilities.
11 SECTION 4. Section 56 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
12 striking out, in lines 47 and 48, the words “and handicapped persons” and inserting in place
13 thereof the following words:- persons and persons with disabilities.

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14 SECTION 5. Section 74 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by
15 striking out, in lines 2, 6 and 9, the words “handicapped persons” and inserting in place thereof,
16 in each instance, the following words:- persons with disabilities.
17 SECTION 6. Section 76 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking
18 out, in line 7, the word “handicaps” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-
19 disabilities.
20 SECTION 7. Section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking
21 out, in line 19, the words “handicapped individual” and inserting in place thereof the following
22 words:- individual with disabilities.
23 SECTION 8. Said section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
24 amended by striking out, in lines 5, 34 and 58, the words “a handicapped individual” and
25 inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- an individual with disabilities.
26 SECTION 9. Said section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
27 amended by striking out, in lines 25, 29 and 30, and 38 the words “handicapped individuals” and
28 inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- individuals with disabilities.
29 SECTION 10. Said section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
30 amended by striking out, in line 17, the words “handicapped individual’s family” and inserting in
31 place thereof the following words:- family of the individual with disabilities.
32 SECTION 11. Said section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
33 amended by striking out, in line 45, the words “the handicapped” and inserting in place thereof
34 the following words:- persons with disabilities.

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35 SECTION 12. Said section 77 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
36 amended by striking out, in line 49, the words “Handicapped person” and inserting in place
37 thereof the following words:- Person with a disability.
38 SECTION 13. Section 78 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
39 striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words “handicapped individual” and inserting in place thereof
40 the following words:- individual with disabilities.
41 SECTION 14. Said section 78 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
42 amended by striking out, in line 23, the words “a handicapped individual” and inserting in place
43 thereof the following words:- an individual with disabilities.
44 SECTION 15. Said section 78 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further
45 amended by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, 15 and 16 and 17, the words “handicapped individuals”
46 and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- individuals with
47 disabilities.
48 SECTION 16. Section 78A of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
49 striking out, in lines 3 and 13, the words “handicapped persons” and inserting in place thereof, in
50 each instance, the following words:- persons with disabilities.
51 SECTION 17. Section