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H4180 • 2025

An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services

An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services

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Sponsor
Colleen M. Garry
Last action
2025-12-31
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4883
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services

An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M.
  • Garry that the Department of Developmental Services consider neuropsychological evaluations of certain persons with intellectual disabilities.
  • Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-31 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4883

  2. 2025-09-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Senate concurred

  4. 2025-05-29 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

  5. 2025-03-27 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to intellectual disabilities for DDS services
By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M. Garry that the Department of Developmental Services consider neuropsychological evaluations of certain persons with intellectual disabilities. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

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Bill H.4180

Section 14 of Chapter 19B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words: "The Department of Developmental Services shall not deny Intellectual Disability Services for Intellectual Disability under (115CMR 2.0) on the basis of IQ testing score alone, but shall take into consideration all Neuropsychological evaluations of the individual."

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