Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-372

EHS 372

Caregivers

Mr. Tarr, Ms. Moran, Messrs. Moore, Feeney, Brady, O'Connor and Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following:-

"SECTION _. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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, 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."