HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1175        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 614

 

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

1/18/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/26/2023

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/26/2023

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/1/2023

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/1/2023

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/22/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/22/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/22/2023

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/22/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/22/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/22/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/22/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/22/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/22/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/22/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/22/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/22/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/22/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/22/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/22/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/22/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/22/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/22/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/22/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/22/2023

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/22/2023

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/22/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/22/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/22/2023

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/22/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/22/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/26/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/26/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/26/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/27/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/27/2023

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

2/27/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/27/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/27/2023

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

2/28/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

2/28/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/28/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

3/1/2023

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

3/1/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/1/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

3/2/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

3/6/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

3/6/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/7/2023

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

3/9/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/9/2023

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

3/28/2023

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

3/28/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/28/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

3/28/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

3/28/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

3/28/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/6/2023

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Hampden

4/6/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

4/6/2023

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

4/12/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

5/15/2023

Kristin E. Kassner

2nd Essex

5/15/2023

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

5/22/2023

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

6/16/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

6/16/2023

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

6/16/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

6/16/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

7/4/2023

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

7/4/2023

Liz Miranda

Second Suffolk

7/4/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1175        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 614

By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 614) 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. 722 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 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.