SENATE DOCKET, NO. 560        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1181

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joan B.  Lovely

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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 MassHealth applications.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

Leah Cole

12th Essex

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 560        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1181

By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1181) of Joan B.  Lovely, James J. Dwyer, Dennis A. Rosa, Colleen M. Garry and other members of the General Court relative to providing for a presumptive eligibility program for MassHealth applicants.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2083 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 regarding MassHealth applications.

 

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

Section 9 of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 211 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “long-term care needs of the individuals,” the following:-

The division shall provide, without requiring prior authorization, for 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 presumed to be financially eligible for the MassHealth program and clinically eligible for home and community based services, as determined by an Aging Services Access Point or an Independent Living Center; provided further the division shall promulgate such standards and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of said presumptive eligibility program.