Bill Text: MA S311 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to prescription advantage start dates
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing [S311 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S311-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Benjamin B. Downing
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to prescription advantage start dates.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
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Benjamin B. Downing |
Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to prescription advantage start dates.
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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 39(a)(1) of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amending chapter 19A, by striking the words �is sixty-five of age or older;� in line 6, and inserting the following words: �turns sixty-five within the month their coverage becomes effective;�
SECTION 2. Section 39(m) of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amending chapter 19A, by inserting before the word �Coverage�, in line153 the following words: �Persons who submit an application within three months of their sixty-fifth birthday, and are deemed eligible to receive benefits, shall begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month in which they turn sixty-five.�
SECTION 3. The Department shall amend regulations 651CMR 15.05 and 651CMR 15.06 to reflect the earliest effective date of coverage adopted by Medicare Part D.�����
