HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1481 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 336
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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 | 1/18/2017 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex |
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Jay R. Kaufman | 15th Middlesex |
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José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden |
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Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester |
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
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Mathew Muratore | 1st Plymouth |
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Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol |
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Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol |
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Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
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Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex |
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Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
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Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester |
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Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex |
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Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex |
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Claire D. Cronin | 11th Plymouth |
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Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex |
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William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk |
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Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
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James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex |
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Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
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Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex |
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Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
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Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex |
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Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex |
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Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth |
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Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex |
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Paul Brodeur | 32nd Middlesex |
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Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
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Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk |
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Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol |
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Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth |
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Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
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Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex |
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James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk |
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Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester |
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RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
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David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
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Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex |
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Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex |
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Paul Tucker | 7th Essex |
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Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire |
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David M. Nangle | 17th Middlesex |
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John C. Velis | 4th Hampden |
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Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk |
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James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester |
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Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
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Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex |
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Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk |
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Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex |
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James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1481 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 336
By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 336) of Jennifer E. Benson and others relative to spouses as caregivers. Elder Affairs. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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; provided further, that the Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall file a state plan amendment or wavier application, as is required to allow spouses to serve as paid caregivers."