An Act to protect individuals with disabilities in MassHealth day habilitation programs

In 2020, the legislature passed Senator Moore’s Nicky’s Law, a law that established a registry to track caretakers found to have abused individuals with disabilities and prevent them from working with vulnerable populations. This legislation would build on Nicky’s Law by extending its protection — based on substantiated findings of abuse by the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) — to day habilitation programs contracted by MassHealth.