Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-342

EHS 342

Spouses as Caregivers

Messrs. Tarr, Timilty, O'Connor, Fattman and Ross and Ms. O'Connor Ives moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting a new section at the end thereof:-

SECTION__. The Secretary of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Secretary of Elder Affairs shall file an application to seek a waiver with the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to amend the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ 1915(c) elderly waiver, provided that such amendment must be revenue neutral, and that any program of home and community based services in which family members are permitted to serve as paid caregivers, funded pursuant to Section 9 of Chapter 118E shall include spouses within the definition of a family member.