HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 252        FILED ON: 1/9/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 598

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce J. Ayers

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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 relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

1/9/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/30/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/28/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/30/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/28/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/31/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/29/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/1/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/31/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

1/31/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/25/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/25/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

2/1/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

2/1/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/31/2019

Barry R. Finegold

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/29/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/30/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/25/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/30/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/29/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/30/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/29/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/31/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/31/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/30/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

1/31/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/1/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/31/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/29/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/28/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/29/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/30/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/30/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/25/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/1/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/28/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/1/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/31/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Joseph F. Wagner

8th Hampden

1/31/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

2/1/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/1/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 252        FILED ON: 1/9/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 598

By Mr. Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 598) of Bruce J. Ayers and others relative to services provided through the MassHealth frail elder home and community-based services waiver regarding early-onset Alzheimer's disease.  Elder Affairs.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 335 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

 

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. Notwithstanding any General or special law to the contrary, services provided through the MassHealth Frail Elder Home and Community-Based Services Waiver shall be made available to persons diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease regardless of their age, if they are otherwise eligible for such services. The Secretary for Health and Human Services shall ensure that the relevant agencies under her purview promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this act.