HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3143        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3506

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James K. Hawkins

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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 to exclude Chapter 115 payments to veterans from gross household income calculation.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/20/2023

Bill Lebeau

State Adjutant/ COO Dept. of MA VFW, 24 Beacon Street, Suite 546-1

1/20/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/30/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

1/30/2023

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/9/2023

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester and Hampshire

2/21/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/19/2023

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

3/30/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

4/5/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

6/8/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

7/5/2023

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

11/28/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3143        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3506

By Representative Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3506) of James K. Hawkins and others relative to excluding certain health care cost payments to veterans from the gross household income calculation.  Veterans and Federal Affairs.

 

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 to exclude Chapter 115 payments to veterans from gross household income calculation.

 

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 Section 5, Part 1, Chapter 115 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, payments received by veterans as reimbursement for out-of-pocket health care costs shall be added to the list of Exclusions listed in 760 CMR 6.05 (3) Exclusions from Gross Household Income. 

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.