HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 438        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 613

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Danielle W. Gregoire

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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 intensive case management for clinically complex older adults.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/10/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/29/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/30/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/1/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

2/1/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/1/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

2/1/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

2/1/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/1/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 438        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 613

By Miss Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 613) of Danielle W. Gregoire and others relative to intensive case management for clinically complex older adults.  Elder Affairs.

 

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 intensive case management for clinically complex older adults.

 

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

Chapter 19A  is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:-

Section 41/2: (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Clinically Complex”. A summarized status of an individual’s clinical eligibility for receiving intensive case management.

(b) There is hereby established the intensive case management program for the purposes of supporting individuals who are current or prospective participants of the home care program established in section 4, but who are determined to be clinically complex and therefore require sustained, in-depth case management exceeding the level provided under the program. Intensive case management shall be provided to transition an individual into receiving home care program services, or to retain an active enrollee who is experiencing program participation challenges due to 1) serious mental illness or behavioral disturbances; 2) complex dynamics involving the family and informal support networks that impact the acceptance or delivery of critical home care services; or 3) multiple medical and/or functional needs that put at risk the ability of the ASAP to appropriately serve the enrollee.

(c) The department shall establish intensive case management reimbursement rates that reasonably reflect the level of expertise and commitment of time required to successfully support a qualifying individual’s enrollment and ongoing participation in the State Home Care program.