MA S791

Bill

MA S791

Establishing a task force on elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to establish a task force on the safety and welfare of elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing. Housing.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a joint task force within the Department of Housing and Economic Development to advise on best practices to ensure the safety and welfare of elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing. The task force will consist of 9 members, including the undersecretary for housing and economic development, the undersecretary for elder affairs, 3 members of the Massachusetts Psychological Association who specialize in at-risk mental illness patients, and 4 directors of housing authorities representing geographic and population diversity. The task force will investigate efforts to maximize overall facility and individual apartment safety and security, and report its findings and recommendations to the Massachusetts legislature by January 1, 2020.

Committee Categories

Housing and Urban Affairs

Sponsors (4)

Diana Dizoglio (D), Paul Feeney (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Timothy Whelan (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2527 (on 02/13/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S791

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S791
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S791.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1166	Relative to establishing a health safety net task force	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1325	To establish a task force to review housing production and equity in the Commonwealth	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
H1912	Relative to sexual assault counselor task force	Accompanied a new draft, see H4446	Similar To
H2690	Ensuring cyber security in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H5103	Similar To
H510	Establishing an educational mandate task force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S1141	Relative to best practices for sober homes	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1832	Relative to Native American tribal recognition	Accompanied a study order, see S2569	Similar To
S2023	Establishing a food tourism task force	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2284	Establishing an interagency PFAS task force	Accompanied H3851	Similar To
S2527	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Housing to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public housing	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S341	Relative to the creation of a Educational Unfunded Mandate Task Force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To

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