SENATE DOCKET, NO. 886 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 521
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An act providing an alternative to institutional care.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex |
Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex |
James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 886 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 521
By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 521) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Denise Andrews, Jonathan Hecht, James M. Murphy and others for legislation to regard MassHealth applications. Health Care Financing. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
SENATE
, NO. 510 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An act providing an alternative to institutional care.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. The division shall provide, within forty-eight hours of a request, up to sixty (60) days of eligibility for MassHealth home and community based services, including personal care services, for individuals who, upon discharge from an acute hospital, medical center, nursing facility, or health care facility including rehabilitation facilities and state hospitals, are eligible for the MassHealth program and permanently or temporarily clinically eligible for home and community based services, as determined by an aging services access point, an independent living center, senior care options provider, or program for all-inclusive services for the elderly; provided further the division shall promulgate such standards and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of said provision of services.
