SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1346        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 50

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

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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 personal care attendant services.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

 

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

 

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

2/6/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/6/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

2/7/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/7/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/7/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/7/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

2/7/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

2/7/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/7/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/11/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/11/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/11/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/12/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/25/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

3/13/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1346        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 50

By Mr. Humason, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 50) of Donald F. Humason, Jr., John C. Velis, Dean A. Tran, Patrick M. O'Connor and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to personal care attendant services.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

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 personal care attendant services.

 

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. Section 70 of Chapter 118E as appearing in the 2016 Offical Edition is hereby deleted and replaced with the following new text:-

Section 70. As used in sections 70 to 75 inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Consumer,'' a person to whom a personal care attendant provides personal care services.

''PCA quality home care workforce council'', ''workforce council'' or ''the council'', the Personal Care Attendant quality home care workforce council established in section 71.

''Personal care attendant'', a person, including a personal aide, who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide personal care services to persons with disabilities or seniors under the MassHealth personal care attendant program or any successor program or under any program operated by an entity under contract in whole or in part with MassHealth.; provided further that a parent or legal guardian of an adult person with disabilities shall be considered eligible to provide personal care services.

''Surrogate'', a consumer's legal guardian or person identified in a written agreement with the consumer as responsible for hiring, directing and firing on behalf of the consumer.