MA H260

Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, in conjunction with Health and Human Services and the Office for Immigrants and Refugees, must conduct a comprehensive study on immigrant and refugee resettlement infrastructure in Massachusetts

Study must analyze current reception and placement structures, including housing, healthcare, education, professional licensure transfer, and workforce development efforts for refugees and newly arrived individuals

Report must assess economic impacts on labor markets and tax revenue, identify gaps in services across geographic regions, and evaluate coordination between state agencies, community organizations, and federal partners including USCIS and Voluntary Agencies (VOLAGs)

Study must examine how resettlement agencies can be integrated into state emergency assistance and shelter programs, and assess effects of federal policies that dismantle the federal resettlement system

Agency members must be named within 60 days of the act's effective date, with final report due to legislature within 1 year, including any draft legislation or regulatory recommendations