Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-489

EHS 489

Long Term Care Insurance Claims

Ms. Chandler and Mr. Eldridge and Ms. Candaras and Mr. Brownsberger and Ms. Creem and Messrs. Donnelly, Montigny, Finegold, Joyce, Michael O. Moore and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section___, the following new section:-

"SECTION___. Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out Section 33, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 33. No claim for costs of a nursing facility and other long-term care services may be made by the division under section 31 or 32 if the individual receiving medical assistance was permanently institutionalized, had notified the division that he had no intention to return home and, on the date of admission to the nursing facility or other medical institution, had long-term care insurance that, when purchased, met the requirements of 211 C.M.R. 65.00."