Amendment #1572 to H4000

Improving Public Awareness of the State Home Care Program Caseload and Waitlist

Ms. Kerans of Danvers moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XXXX. (a) Chapter 19A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:-

Section 4½. The department shall post to the department’s website, on a monthly basis, data on the routine enrollment and payment obligations of the home care program established by section 4 of this chapter. Monthly data shall be published no later than 75 days after the last day of each service month. Published monthly data will include historic data since the pre-pandemic month of October 2019. The first such posting of monthly data shall be completed no later than August 31, 2025. For each sub-program of the home care program, such posted data shall include, but not be limited to: (A) the number of actively enrolled consumers; (B) the number of billable units generated for the service types “Home Care Program Services Direct Services” or “Enhanced Community Options Program (ECOP) Direct Services” as defined by 101 CMR 417.00; and (C) the number of consumers actively waitlisted for enrollment."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1572 to H4000

Improving Public Awareness of the State Home Care Program Caseload and Waitlist