HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1964        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 624

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake

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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 Massachusetts home care eligibility.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/10/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/23/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/24/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/28/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/28/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/28/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/30/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/30/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/30/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/31/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

2/1/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1964        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 624

By Ms. Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 624) of Sarah K. Peake and others that persons diagnosed with HIV or AIDS be eligible for home care to be administered by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs.  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 Massachusetts home care eligibility.

 

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.  The executive office of elder affairs, under authority granted in section 4 of chapter 19A of Massachusetts general laws, shall amend the Massachusetts home care regulations (651 CMR 3.00).  Such amendment shall require home care program services be made available to persons diagnosed with HIV or AIDS 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.