{"Title":"An Act relative to spouses as caregivers","BillNumber":"S727","DocketNumber":"SD2214","GeneralCourtNumber":191,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2019-01-18T16:52:37.087"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2019-01-18T16:52:37.0866667"},{"Id":"MOM0","Name":"Michael O. Moore","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/LegislativeMembers/MOM0","ResponseDate":"2019-04-22T14:34:14.79"}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/Documents/S727/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 727) of Bruce E. Tarr and Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to spouses as caregivers.  Health Care Financing.","DocumentText":"\tNotwithstanding 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.\r\n","EmergencyPreamble":null,"RollCalls":[],"Attachments":[],"CommitteeRecommendations":[{"Action":"Adverse","FiscalAmounts":[],"Committee":{"CommitteeCode":"J24","GeneralCourtNumber":191,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/191/Committees/J24"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}