HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 928 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kay Khan
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to improve the personal care attendant program.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/19/2011 |
Patricia D. Jehlen |
| 2/1/2011 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 2/4/2011 |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol | 2/4/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 928 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 64
By Ms. Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 64) of Kay Khan and others improving the personal care attendant program. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3421 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to improve the personal care attendant program.
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. Section 9 of Chapter 118E is hereby amended by adding in the second sentence of the second paragraph, after the words “requirements for Title XIX” the following new language:--
“Any program of home and community based services funded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or pursuant to the provisions chapter one hundred and eighteen G, in which family members are permitted to serve as paid caregivers, shall include spouses within the definition of family member.”