HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1322 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 615
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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 Medicare savings programs eligibility.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 1/18/2017 |
Brendan P. Crighton | Third Essex | 1/18/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/18/2017 |
Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex | 1/18/2017 |
Chynah Tyler | 7th Suffolk | 1/30/2017 |
Jack Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Bud Williams | 11th Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Alan Silvia | 7th Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Evandro C. Carvalho | 5th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Gerard Cassidy | 9th Plymouth | 1/18/2017 |
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. | 28th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 1/18/2017 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/18/2017 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Paul A. Schmid, III | 8th Bristol | 1/18/2017 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/18/2017 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Eric P. Lesser | First Hampden and Hampshire | 1/18/2017 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 1/18/2017 |
Christopher M. Markey | 9th Bristol | 1/18/2017 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire | 1/18/2017 |
Nick Collins | 4th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/18/2017 |
Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol | 1/18/2017 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 1/18/2017 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 1/18/2017 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 1/18/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1322 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 615
By Ms. Garlick of Needham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 615) of Denise C. Garlick and others relative to Medicare savings programs eligibility. Health Care Financing. |
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 Medicare savings programs eligibility.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, shall be amended by inserting after section 25 the following section:
SECTION 25A. The division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent to one hundred sixty-five percent (165%) of the federal poverty level, as adjusted annually, in determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. §1396(a)(10)(E) and also known as the Medicare Savings or Medicare Buy-In Programs;
The division shall not apply an asset test in determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. §1396(a)(10)(E) and also known as the Medicare Savings or Medicare Buy-In Programs;
The division shall amend its state plan and promulgate regulations to implement said income disregards and asset test elimination.