HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1595        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 70

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jennifer E. Benson

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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 regarding spouses as caregivers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/15/2015

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

8/16/2019

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

8/16/2019

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

8/16/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

8/16/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

8/16/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/21/2015

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

8/16/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/21/2015

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/22/2015

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

8/16/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

8/16/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

8/16/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

8/16/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

8/16/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

8/16/2019

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/26/2015

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

8/16/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

8/16/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

8/16/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

8/16/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

8/16/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

8/16/2019

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

8/16/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

8/16/2019

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

8/16/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Leah Cole

12th Essex

8/16/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

8/16/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

8/16/2019

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

8/16/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

8/16/2019

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

8/16/2019

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

8/16/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

8/16/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

8/16/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

8/16/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

8/16/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1595        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 70

By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 70) of Jennifer E. Benson and others relative to spouses under the definition of family members serving as paid caregivers.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act regarding spouses as caregivers.

 

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 of 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.”