SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1181        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 848

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to MassHealth Enrollment for Persons Leaving Correctional Facilities.

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. Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is amended by adding the following new section:--

Section 61.  The division, in collaboration with the Department of Correction, county jails, and county houses of correction, shall establish a system of medical care such that persons who will become eligible for MassHealth benefits upon release from Massachusetts correctional facilities shall begin receiving benefits immediately upon such release.