Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-850

ECO 850

Home Care Program Income Eligibility

Ms. Forry moved that the proposed new text be amended Section.____ The Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall submit and pursue with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an application for a 1915(i) home and community based services state plan amendment authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(i). Federal matching revenues generated pursuant to said state plan amendment shall be deposited into the Community First Trust fund established in section 35AAA of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided further, up to $9,000,000 from the Community First Trust Fund shall be expended for home care services and care management provided in items 9110-1500, 9110-1630 and 9100-1633 for persons whose incomes do not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level.