An Act to return DOC and Parole to Health and Human Services

This bill proposes transferring the Department of Correction and the Parole Board from the Executive Office of Public Safety to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts. The legislation achieves this by amending state laws to list the Department of Correction under the Health and Human Services office while simultaneously removing it from the list of agencies within Public Safety. Additionally, the bill updates various sections of the state's administrative code to replace references to "public safety" with "health and human services" regarding these specific departments. If enacted, this change would alter the administrative structure by placing correctional and parole functions under the same executive office that currently oversees health, human services, and disability programs.