MA H845

Bill

Prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill prohibits discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings. It defines key terms such as "adaptive parenting equipment," "disability," and "supportive parenting services," and establishes that a parent's disability cannot be considered a negative factor in determinations of custody, visitation, child removal, termination of parental rights, or appointment of a guardian, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the disability causes specific harm to the child that cannot be alleviated by accommodations. The bill also requires courts to make specific written findings if they do consider a parent's disability as a negative factor in such proceedings.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (34)

Ruth Balser (D), Mike Barrett (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Thomas Calter (D), James Cantwell (D), Tackey Chan (D), Brendan Crighton (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), James Dwyer (D), Jennifer Flanagan (D), Sean Garballey (D), Anne Gobi (D), Carlos González (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Paul Heroux (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), Kevin Kuros (R), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Joe McGonagle (D), Paul McMurtry (D), James Murphy (D), Jim O'Day (D), Denise Provost (D), Todd Smola (R), Tom Stanley (D), Paul Tucker (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Aaron Vega (D), Chris Walsh (D), Tom Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4874 (on 08/09/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H845

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H845
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H845.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1685	Prohibiting discrimination in state contracts	Accompanied a study order, see H4589	Similar To
H4874	Judiciary Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H695	Providing a homeless bill of rights	No further action taken	Similar To
H775	Streamlining the investigation process of discrimination complaints	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H952	Making discrimination on the basis of height and weight unlawful	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
S1023	Establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act	Accompanied a new draft, see H3659	Similar To
S113	Creating transparency in emerging price discrimination technologies	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S158	Relative to preventing discrimination on certain boards of registration	Hearing scheduled for 10/17/2017 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-2	Similar To
S544	Prohibiting discrimination in insurance policies	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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