HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 380        FILED ON: 1/21/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 722

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce J. Ayers

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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 early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

1/21/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

2/1/2021

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

2/25/2021

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/25/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/25/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/25/2021

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/25/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/25/2021

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/25/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/25/2021

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/26/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

3/2/2021

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

3/2/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

3/2/2021

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

3/2/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

3/2/2021

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

3/2/2021

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

3/2/2021

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

3/2/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

3/2/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

3/2/2021

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

3/2/2021

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

3/2/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

3/2/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

3/22/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

3/22/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/22/2021

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

3/22/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

3/22/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/22/2021

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

3/22/2021

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

3/22/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

3/22/2021

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

3/22/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

3/22/2021

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

3/22/2021

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

4/16/2021

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/16/2021

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

4/16/2021

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

4/16/2021

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

4/16/2021

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

4/16/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

4/16/2021

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

4/16/2021

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

4/16/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

4/16/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

4/16/2021

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

4/16/2021

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

4/21/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

4/21/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

7/6/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

7/6/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

7/6/2021

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

10/6/2021

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

10/6/2021

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

10/6/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 380        FILED ON: 1/21/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 722

By Mr. Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 722) of Bruce J. Ayers and others relative to services provided through the MassHealth frail elder home and community-based services waiver regarding early-onset Alzheimer's disease.  Elder Affairs.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 598 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 early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

 

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. Notwithstanding any General or special law to the contrary, services provided through the MassHealth Frail Elder Home and Community-Based Services Waiver shall be made available to persons diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease 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.