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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, § 12 (2026)

Community mental health services

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Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of community mental health services which shall include state hospitals, clinics, comprehensive centers and other facilities of the department, and to promote such programs the department shall divide the commonwealth into service areas for the conduct of said mental health services, and shall establish standards for the development of said community programs.

Each area shall be drawn so as to include and to allow for the development of mental health services and facilities, as needed, which shall be readily accessible to the people in the area, taking into consideration such factors as geographic boundaries, roads and other means of transportation, population concentration, city, town and county lines, other relevant community services, and community economic and social relationships.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1993–1993 · leading case: Williams v. Secr. of Exec. Off. of Human Serv., 609 N.E.2d 447 (Mass. 1993).
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Williams v. Secr. of Exec. Off. of Human Serv., 609 N.E.2d 447 (Mass. 1993). · cites it 5× “The judge allowed the defendants' motion on the Federal and State due process claims, the tort claim for "negligent discharge," the Williams plaintiffs' claims under G.L.c. 19, § 12, and the J.S. plaintiffs' claims under G.”
Williams v. Sec'y of Exec. Off. of Human Servs., 414 Mass. 551 (Mass. 1993). · cites it 5× “The judge allowed the defendants’ motion on the Federal and State due process claims, the tort claim for “negligent discharge,” the Williams plaintiffs’ claims under G. L. c. 19, § 12, and the J.S. plaintiffs’ claims under G.”
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