SECTION 257.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any person currently employed by the parole board as a parole officer, whose appointment or promotion was made provisionally, who has served satisfactorily in the position for at least 6 months immediately before March 1, 2014 and who has passed a qualifying examination prescribed by the personnel administrator, shall be granted permanent civil service status in that position as of the date of the parole officer's appointment or promotion.