HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 286        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 996

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kate Hogan

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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 relative to reserving beds in nursing homes for residents during certain leaves of absence.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/13/2015

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

9/9/2019

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

9/9/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/23/2015

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

9/9/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

9/9/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

9/9/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

9/9/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

9/9/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

9/9/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

9/9/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

9/9/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

9/9/2019

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

9/9/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

9/9/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

9/9/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

9/9/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

9/9/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

9/9/2019

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

9/9/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

9/9/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

9/9/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

9/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 286        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 996

By Ms. Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 996) of Kate Hogan and others relative to the payment and preservation of beds in nursing home facilities for recipients of MassHealth benefits.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1029 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 relative to reserving beds in nursing homes for residents during certain leaves of absence.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 14A of chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs:

In the event that a nursing facility resident who is a MassHealth recipient enters a hospital, the division shall pay to preserve his or her bed in the nursing facility for a period of up to and including 10 calendar days per medical event. The division shall reimburse the nursing facility for the medical leave of absence, which shall include an observation stay in a hospital in excess of twenty-four hours, at the recipients pre-absence rate during the medical leave and upon the residents return. In the event that a nursing facility resident who is a MassHealth recipient leaves the nursing facility for non-medical reasons, the division shall pay to preserve his or her bed in the facility for a period of up to and including 15 days per year. The division shall reimburse the nursing facility for the non-medical leave of absence at the recipients pre-absence rate during the non-medical leave and upon the residents return.