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Outside Section 57
Data Current as of:  12/6/2017




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MASAC Transfer 2

SECTION 57.   Said section 35 of said chapter 123 is hereby further amended by striking out the fifth paragraph, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-

Annually, not later than February 1, the commissioner shall report on whether a facility other than the Massachusetts correctional institution at Bridgewater is being used for treatment of males under the previous paragraph and the number of persons so committed to such a facility in the previous year. The report shall be provided to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary.

Nothing in this section shall preclude a facility, including the Massachusetts correctional institution at Bridgewater or such other facility as may be designated by the commissioner of correction, from treating persons on a voluntary basis.