Amendment #785 to H4200

Spouses as Caregivers

Representatives Benson of Lunenburg, Moran of Lawrence, Heroux of Attleboro, Cutler of Duxbury, Durant of Spencer, Ultrino of Malden, Schmid of Westport, Campbell of Methuen, Fiola of Fall River, Walsh of Framingham, Linsky of Natick, Keefe of Worcester, Hecht of Watertown, Rogers of Cambridge, Muratore of Plymouth, Khan of Newton, Peake of Provincetown, McKenna of Webster, Dwyer of Woburn, DuBois of Brockton, Ashe of Longmeadow, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Rosa of Leominster, DiZoglio of Methuen, Cabral of New Bedford, Madden of Nantucket, Kaufman of Lexington, Galvin of Canton, Ferguson of Holden, Kuros of Uxbridge, Tosado of Springfield, Koczera of New Bedford, Ferrante of Gloucester, O'Day of West Boylston, Brodeur of Melrose, Cariddi of North Adams, Vega of Holyoke, McMurtry of Dedham, Toomey of Cambridge and Kane of Shrewsbury move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XX.  Section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, on line 14, after the words, "requirements of Title XIX," the following “ provided further, spouses shall be permitted to serve as caregivers in the adult foster care and personal care attendant programs”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #785 to H4200

Spouses as Caregivers