Notice of Unsupported Response Decision
Effective Jan 6, 2023Mass. Register #1486MGL c. 18B MGL c. 66A MGL c. 119, §§ 23(A), 51A through F, 39E through J MGL c. 210, § 2Massachusetts Department of Children & Families
(1) When the Department determines a report is unsupported, the Department shall issue written notice of the response to the following interested persons, as applicable at their current or last address or email:
(a) The parent(s) or caregiver(s):
- 1. If both parents, have custody of the child(ren), notice will be sent to both parents.
- 2. If only one parent has custody of the child(ren) by court-order, notice will be sent only to the parent(s) with court-ordered custody of the child(ren).
- (b) If the source of the report was a mandated reporter, the mandated reporter receives a copy of the notice sent to the parent(s) or caregiver(s).
- (c) The director or owner of a facility involved in a report containing an allegation of institutional abuse or neglect, which occurred at a facility owned, operated, or funded, in whole or in part, by any department or office listed in 110 CMR 4.30(3), or at a facility operated by a person or entity subject to licensure or approval by any department or office listed in 110 CMR 4.30(3).
- (d) Other state agencies who received notice of the report during the screening process or 51B response.