SENATE DOCKET, NO. 446        FILED ON: 1/15/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 365

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Julian Cyr

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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 LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/23/2023

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/7/2023

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/7/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/22/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/14/2023


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 446        FILED ON: 1/15/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 365

By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 365) of Julian Cyr, Jack Patrick Lewis, Patricia D. Jehlen, Sal N. DiDomenico and others for legislation relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth.  Elder 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 relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 19A of the General Laws is  hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 44. For the purposes of administering the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 and subsequent amendments thereto, the term "greatest social need", as defined in 42 U.S.C. 3002(24), shall mean the need caused by non-economic factors that restrict an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten the individual’s capacity to live independently. These factors shall include, but are not limited to, physical or mental disability, language barriers and cultural or social isolation caused by, among other things, racial and ethnic status, sexual 8orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status.