Amendment ID: S2871-1

Amendment 1

Spouses as Caregivers

Messrs. Tarr and Keenan move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end the following section:-

"SECTION X. 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.”