HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1317        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 342

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise C. Garlick

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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 Medicaid eligibility for seniors.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/18/2017

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

 

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

 

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

 

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

1/30/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

 

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

 

Bud Williams

11th Hampden

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

 

Carlos González

10th Hampden

 

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

2/2/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

 

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

 

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

 

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

 

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

 

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

 

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

 

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

 

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

 

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

 

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

 

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

 

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

 

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1317        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 342

By Ms. Garlick of Needham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 342) of Denise C. Garlick and others relative to Medicaid eligibility for senior citizens.  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 Medicaid eligibility for seniors.

 

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

Section 25 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (5) the following:

(6) resources in an amount determined annually in accordance with  42 U.S.C. §1395w-114(a)(3), the criteria used for a Medicare Part D low-income subsidy for individuals with income up to 135 percent of the federal poverty level.

The division shall file for any necessary waiver, amend its state plan to the extent required by law and promulgate regulations to implement said resource exemption.