Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6 § 172B
Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Notwithstanding any provision of section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter or of any other provision of law, the following information shall be available to the department of children and families and the department of youth services, upon request, for the purpose of evaluating any and all foster homes and adoptive homes, whether with public or private agencies, in order to further the protection of children: conviction data, arrest data, sealed record data, and juvenile arrest or conviction data. The department of children and families and the department of youth services shall not make, and shall prohibit, any dissemination of such information, for any purpose other than as set forth herein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 172B