SENATE DOCKET, NO. 474        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 648

 

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

 

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/23/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/23/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/23/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/27/2017

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

1/27/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/27/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/27/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/30/2017

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

1/30/2017

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/30/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/31/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

2/2/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/2/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/2/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/3/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/3/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/3/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/3/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/3/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/3/2017

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

2/6/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 474        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 648

By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 648) of Joan B. Lovely, Jose F. Tosado, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Mathew Muratore and other members of the General Court relative to providing for a presumptive eligibility program for MassHealth applicants.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1181 OF 2015-2016.]

 

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 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.