Actions Following Commissioners’ Investigation

(1) Commissioners’ Investigation Report. (a) Upon completion of the investigative activities of the Commissioners’ Investigation including the conducting of a hearing, if one is held, a report shall be prepared by the staff of the Commission, which shall be known as the Commissioners’ Investigation Report. (b) Unless otherwise determined by the Commissioners, Commissioners’ Investigation shall be completed and the Commissioners’ Investigation Report shall be issued within a reasonable time from the date on which the Commissioners initially authorized the investigation. (c) The requirements enumerated in 118 CMR 5.02(4)(b): Recipients of Report shall apply to Commissioners’ Investigation Report. (d) Upon completion of the report, the Commissioners shall vote to approve it by a majority vote. (e) Upon its approval by the Commissioners, the report, with an Executive Summary appended, shall be issued by the Commission. (2) Other Actions to Be Taken. Upon the completion of Commissioners’ Investigation and the issuance of the Commissioners’ Investigation Report, the Commission shall: (a) ensure that the matters contained therein, if appropriate, be referred to the Commission’s Oversight Unit for protective service monitoring. (b) take all other appropriate actions consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 19C, § 3, to have the recommendations contained in the Commissioners’ Investigation Report implemented including, but not limited to, those referral activities enumerated in M.G.L. c. 19C, § 9, referral to all parties to the Commissioner’s Investigation, to the Commissioner of the public agency that licensed or approved the service provider against which there is reason to believe that professional misconduct has occurred, to the Commissioner of the public agency that has licensed or approved the service provider for state funding, to the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and to any other agency which requested to be so notified.