MA H243

Bill

Expanding access to adoption

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
11/02/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to expanding access to adoption. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

AI Summary

This bill aims to expand access to adoption by amending the existing law to remove the requirement that an adoptive parent must be a sibling, uncle, or aunt of the child being adopted. The bill removes the language specifying these familial relationships, allowing for a broader range of individuals to be eligible for adoption.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (33)

Jack Lewis (D)*, Brian Ashe (D), Carol Doherty (D), Paul Donato (D), Shawn Dooley (R), Pat Duffy (D), Carolyn Dykema (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Colleen Garry (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Jessica Giannino (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Brad Jones (R), Hannah Kane (R), Patrick Kearney (D), Kay Khan (D), Kathy LaNatra (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Susan Moran (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Steve Owens (D), Smitty Pignatelli (D), Dave Robertson (D), Maria Robinson (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Tom Stanley (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Bud Williams (D), Steve Xiarhos (R), Jon Zlotnik (D),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H243

(20 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H243
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H243.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1749	For uniform fiduciary access to digital assets	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H2500	Relative to access to constitutional rights	Accompanied a study order, see H5190	Similar To
H4120	Modernizing library access to electronic books and digital audiobooks	Accompanied a study order, see H5219	Similar To
H4566	Similar Bills	Text of an amendment, see S2616	Similar To
H4930	Expanding protections for reproductive rights	Published as amended, see H4954	Similar To
H4954	Expanding protections for reproductive rights	Reported by H5090	Similar To
S1304	Expanding access to patient centered care for opioid use disorder	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S1346	Relative to PEG access and cable related funds	No further action taken	Similar To
S1859	Reducing the costs for adoption	Accompanied a study order, see H5248	Similar To
S192	To provide increased access to hearing aids	Accompanied S211	Similar To
S2519	To establish free access to ride to elections in Massachusetts (FARE)	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2584	Addressing barriers to care for mental health	Reported by S3097	Similar To
S2616	Expanding access to adoption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S3097	Addressing barriers to care for mental health	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S357	To increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs	Accompanied a new draft, see S2749	Similar To
S760	To reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S765	To increase access to urgent care centers	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S806	Relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S823	Providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2714	Similar To
S879	Relative to access to housing for first responders	Accompanied a study order, see H5276	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1749

For uniform fiduciary access to digital assets

Accompanied a study order, see H4844

Similar To

H2500

Relative to access to constitutional rights

Accompanied a study order, see H5190

Similar To

H4120

Modernizing library access to electronic books and digital audiobooks

Accompanied a study order, see H5219

Similar To

H4566

Similar Bills

Text of an amendment, see S2616

Similar To

H4930

Expanding protections for reproductive rights

Published as amended, see H4954

Similar To

H4954

Expanding protections for reproductive rights

Reported by H5090

Similar To

S1304

Expanding access to patient centered care for opioid use disorder

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S1346

Relative to PEG access and cable related funds

No further action taken

Similar To

S1859

Reducing the costs for adoption

Accompanied a study order, see H5248

Similar To

S192

To provide increased access to hearing aids

Accompanied S211

Similar To

S2519

To establish free access to ride to elections in Massachusetts (FARE)

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2584

Addressing barriers to care for mental health

Reported by S3097

Similar To

S2616

Expanding access to adoption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S3097

Addressing barriers to care for mental health

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S357

To increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs

Accompanied a new draft, see S2749

Similar To

S760

To reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S765

To increase access to urgent care centers

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S806

Relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S823

Providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2714

Similar To

S879

Relative to access to housing for first responders

Accompanied a study order, see H5276

Similar To

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