HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3086        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 752

 

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

2/8/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/22/2021

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

2/22/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

2/22/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/24/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/25/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/25/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/26/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

2/26/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Susan L. Moran

Plymouth and Barnstable

2/26/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/26/2021

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/26/2021

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/26/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

3/3/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

3/12/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

3/12/2021

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

3/18/2021

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

3/24/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

4/7/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

4/12/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

5/6/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

6/3/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

6/3/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3086        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 752

By Ms. Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 752) 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.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 624 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 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.