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Committee hears push to open century-old institutional records, name graves
Summary
Lawmakers and advocates urged the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to report out H.3335/S.2102 to allow public access to records from state institutions after 75 years and to identify names for graves of institutional residents.
Boston — Lawmakers, advocates and family-members told the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight on June 24 that the Commonwealth should make records about people who lived in state institutions publicly available after 75 years and take steps to identify names on institutional graves.
Representative (testifier) — identified in testimony as a long-time sponsor — told the committee H.3335 would allow descendants, researchers and the general public to access records now inaccessible without a court order, saying: “Currently, if somebody would want to find out the history of a loved one who lived in the state institution… you would need a court order.”
The bill would limit release to records about…
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