HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2029        FILED ON: 2/16/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1319

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Steven Ultrino and Marjorie C. Decker

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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 Medicare savings programs eligibility.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/16/2021

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/16/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

2/17/2021

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/17/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/17/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/17/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/17/2021

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/17/2021

Steven C. Owens

29th Middlesex

2/17/2021

Jacob R. Oliveira

7th Hampden

2/17/2021

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

2/18/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/19/2021

Orlando Ramos

9th Hampden

2/20/2021

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/22/2021

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/23/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/24/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/24/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/24/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/26/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

2/26/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/26/2021

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/26/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/26/2021

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/26/2021

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

2/26/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

2/26/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

2/26/2021

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/26/2021

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

3/11/2021

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

3/5/2021

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

3/3/2021

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

3/3/2021

Carlos González

10th Hampden

3/11/2021

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

3/11/2021

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

3/11/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/11/2021

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

3/11/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

3/11/2021

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

3/11/2021

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

3/12/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/12/2021

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

3/12/2021

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

3/15/2021

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

3/15/2021

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

3/15/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

3/29/2021

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

4/1/2021

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

4/5/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

4/7/2021

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

4/7/2021

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

4/8/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

4/25/2021

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

5/3/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

5/6/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

5/11/2021

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

5/25/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

6/1/2021

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

6/1/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

6/7/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

6/21/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

6/24/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

6/27/2021

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

7/1/2021

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

7/2/2021

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

8/5/2021

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

8/24/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

10/22/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2029        FILED ON: 2/16/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1319

By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1319) of Steven Ultrino, Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to Medicare savings programs eligibility.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1199 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act regarding Medicare savings programs 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. Section 25A of Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by replacing Section 25A with the following section:-

SECTION  25A. The division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent to sixty-five percent of the federal poverty level, as adjusted annually, in determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. §1396(a)(10)(E) and also known as the Medicare Savings or Medicare Buy-In Programs in accordance with the following schedule or such earlier date as the division determines to be feasible: In the year in which the state plan amendment is approved, the division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent  to forty-five percent (45%) of the federal poverty level; in the following year the division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent to sixty-five percent (65%) of the federal poverty level.

The division shall implement a waiting list in any year in which the number of qualified applicants for the Qualified Individual Program exceeds the annual block grant amount for said program. The division shall not apply an asset test in determining eligibility for said Medicare Savings Programs. The division shall submit a state plan amendment to implement this section no later than 30 days after the effective date of this section and subsequently promulgate all regulations necessary to implement said income and asset disregards.