HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2455 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1232
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James J. O'Day
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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 family members serving as caregivers.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/19/2023 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/26/2023 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 1/26/2023 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/26/2023 |
Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | 1/26/2023 |
Kelly W. Pease | 4th Hampden | 1/26/2023 |
William M. Straus | 10th Bristol | 1/26/2023 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/26/2023 |
Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex | 1/26/2023 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/26/2023 |
Samantha Montaño | 15th Suffolk | 1/26/2023 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/26/2023 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 1/26/2023 |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 1/26/2023 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | First Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/26/2023 |
Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex | 1/27/2023 |
Jessica Ann Giannino | 16th Suffolk | 1/27/2023 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/30/2023 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 1/30/2023 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/30/2023 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/30/2023 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 2/1/2023 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 2/1/2023 |
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos | 14th Essex | 2/1/2023 |
Steven Owens | 29th Middlesex | 2/1/2023 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 2/1/2023 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 2/1/2023 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 2/2/2023 |
Kathleen R. LaNatra | 12th Plymouth | 2/2/2023 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 2/2/2023 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 2/2/2023 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 2/2/2023 |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 2/2/2023 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 2/3/2023 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/3/2023 |
Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex | 2/6/2023 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 2/6/2023 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 2/6/2023 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 2/6/2023 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 2/8/2023 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 2/8/2023 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 2/8/2023 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex | 2/8/2023 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 2nd Berkshire | 2/8/2023 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/9/2023 |
Rodney M. Elliott | 16th Middlesex | 2/13/2023 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/13/2023 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/14/2023 |
Rob Consalvo | 14th Suffolk | 2/15/2023 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 2/15/2023 |
James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex | 2/15/2023 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/21/2023 |
Jacob R. Oliveira | Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester | 2/21/2023 |
Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin | 2/21/2023 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 2/21/2023 |
Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk | 2/22/2023 |
Kate Lipper-Garabedian | 32nd Middlesex | 2/22/2023 |
Simon Cataldo | 14th Middlesex | 2/28/2023 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 2/28/2023 |
Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex | 2/28/2023 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 2/28/2023 |
Michael P. Kushmerek | 3rd Worcester | 2/28/2023 |
Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester | 3/16/2023 |
Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex | 3/27/2023 |
Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk | 3/27/2023 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 3/27/2023 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 5/4/2023 |
Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex | 5/4/2023 |
Adam Scanlon | 14th Bristol | 5/4/2023 |
Estela A. Reyes | 4th Essex | 5/4/2023 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 5/4/2023 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 5/4/2023 |
Patricia A. Duffy | 5th Hampden | 5/4/2023 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 5/4/2023 |
Vanna Howard | 17th Middlesex | 6/14/2023 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 6/14/2023 |
Kristin E. Kassner | 2nd Essex | 6/14/2023 |
William F. MacGregor | 10th Suffolk | 8/11/2023 |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | 9/26/2023 |
Jennifer Balinsky Armini | 8th Essex | 9/26/2023 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 9/29/2023 |
Marcus S. Vaughn | 9th Norfolk | 10/3/2023 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 12/11/2023 |
John Francis Moran | 9th Suffolk | 3/12/2024 |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | 5/6/2024 |
Judith A. Garcia | 11th Suffolk | 6/12/2024 |
Ryan M. Hamilton | 15th Essex | 6/17/2024 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2455 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1232
By Representative O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1232) of James J. O'Day and others relative to family members serving as caregivers. Health Care Financing. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to family members serving as caregivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 12 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph 4, the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any program of home and community based services funded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in which family members are permitted to serve as caregivers paid by MassHealth, shall include legally liable family members, including but not limited to biological, adoptive, foster or step parents, legal guardians, powers of attorney, healthcare powers of attorney, and adult children of care recipient, within the definition of family member; provided further, the executive office of health and human services shall file a state plan amendment or waiver application, as may be required, to allow legally liable family members to serve as caregivers paid by MassHealth.