Massachusetts. Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Among cabinet-level offices established and placed under the Massachusetts governor per St 1969, c 704, s 3 (effective Apr. 30, 1971) was the Executive Office of Human Services, renamed Executive Office of Health and Human Services per St 1992, c 133, ss 172, 599.

The office is responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.

The principal state agencies for which it provides oversight are: Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, Division of Medical Assistance, Dept. of Mental Health, Dept. of Mental Retardation, Dept. of Public Health, Dept. of Social Services, Dept. of Transitional Assistance (formerly Dept. of Public Welfare), Dept. of Youth Services, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Office for Children, and Soldiers' Homes in Chelsea and Holyoke (MGLA c 6A, s 16)

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agencies described above can be found by searching the following access points for the time period stated: 1971-1992--Massachusetts. Executive Office of Human Services; 1992-present--Massachusetts. Executive Office of Health and Human Services.