Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Working papers (2) Background files; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, c 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A . For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file
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Scope and Content: The commission was responsible for coordinating agreements with other states on matters that benefit by reciprocity or interstate standards, such as labor and commerce, law enforcement, and provision of human services. These history materials were created for reference purposes, to assist the commission in understanding its mandate. The file includes typescript, carbon, and photocopied materials relating to the creation, authority, and jurisdiction of the commission and its membership.
Notes: These materials were brought together after the dissolution of the commission, from records discarded by them. Collated 1988
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Scope and Content: The commission was responsible for coordinating agreements with other states on matters that benefit by reciprocity or interstate standards, such as labor and commerce, law enforcement, and provision of human services. To fulfill this mandate, the commission held meetings and public hearings as recorded in these minutes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Minutes from 1966 until the commission’s dissolution in 1988 were dictated by the agency
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Scope and Content: The commission was created by St 2012, c 165, to examine and streamline operation and management of the Commonwealth’s county registries of deeds, including expansion of use of technology and possible consolidation of all registries under the state secretary’s office, already responsible for registries from counties where county government had been discontinued. The fourteen members included representatives of the Senate, House of Representatives, and registers (i.e., registrars) of deeds, gubernatorial designees, and a designee of the state secretary, Assistant Secretary of the Commonwealth Michael Maresco, who chaired the group. The commission met from April through December of 2013, including public hearings in Boston, Springfield, and Worcester, after which a final report was submitted to three relevant joint legislative committees of the General Court..
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Health protects the health of Commonwealth residents by maintaining state health facilities, regulating private health facilities, controlling disease, and regulating food, drugs, and other consumer products. The department is headed by the commissioner of public health, who maintains these administrative files. Files document the functions of the department, daily activities of the commissioner, and constituent concerns.
Arrangement: In seven subseries; Arranged within each subseries by subject, partly alphabetically
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children. Series is created for the office director (commissioner from 1987) to prepare and track annual budget requests submitted to the General Court.
Notes: Scheduled as: Budgetary testimony
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children. Series consisting of correspondence and reports to the office director (commissioner from 1987) from components of the agency’s central office is created to develop and implement policy and to administer the activities of the office.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject. Arranged alphabetically by unit (administration, advocacy (through FY1991 only), communications, legal, licensing), thereunder chronologically
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Additional 1982-1985 files transferred to: Commissioner’s regional reportage files ((M-Ar)349)
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children. Series consisting of incoming/outgoing correspondence and memorandums of the office director (commissioner from 1987) is created to administer the office. Typescript, photocopied, and manuscript materials relate to the development, policies, and procedures of the office, as well as planning and budgeting functions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files salvaged from offsite storage. Files for 1976 and 1980 lacking
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program, including financial assistance under the federal-state programs (MGLA c 18, s 2). The department is under the direction, supervision, and control of the commissioner of public welfare (s 3). In order to administer the department, the commissioner corresponds with federal agency staff.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Federal official correspondence
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