Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12B (2026)

Bureau of transitional planning; transitional advisory committee; establishment

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Section 12B. There shall be within the executive office of human services a bureau of transitional planning. There is also hereby established within the executive office of human services a committee, to be known as the transitional advisory committee, which shall meet on a regular and periodic basis for the purpose of reviewing and approving transitional plans for disabled persons whose entitlement to services under special education programs has terminated or will terminate within two years. The committee shall consist of the secretary of the executive office of human services who shall be chairman, or his designee, and one representative from each of the following agencies: the executive office of labor and workforce development, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of children and families, the department of transitional assistance, the department of public health, MassAbility, the Massachusetts office of deafness, the Massachusetts commission for the blind and the department of education. Said representatives shall be designated by the executive secretary, commissioner or department head whose agency they shall represent. The committee shall adopt rules and procedures governing its proceedings. Members of the committee shall not be compensated for service on said committee.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2007–2007 · leading case: Molly A. v. Comm'r of the Dep't of Mental Retardation, 867 N.E.2d 350 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007).

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Molly A. v. Comm'r of the Dep't of Mental Retardation, 867 N.E.2d 350 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “G. L. c. 71B, § 12B. The BTP makes a preliminary determination as to which agency is to develop an ITP.”

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