Bill Text: MA H2920 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing property tax relief for certain caregivers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/14 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2920 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2920-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. Stanley
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing property tax relief for certain caregivers.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Benjamin Swan |
11th Hampden |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing property tax relief for certain caregivers.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:—
Fifty-sixth. The sum of $3,500 for caregivers providing medical assistance and care to spouses or dependents 65 years of age or older with long-term care needs, on property occupied by them as their domicile. For the purposes of this clause, a person with long term care needs shall be a person who has three or more limitations in activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring and continence management, or, a person with severe cognitive impairments that requires substantial supervision to be protected from threats to their health and safety due to this condition and has difficulty with one or more of the activities of daily living, or a person who has been certified by a physician to be an individual with long term care needs, for at least 180 consecutive days and a portion of which has occurred within the taxable year.
