Bill Text: MA S540 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the countable assets of medical assistance recipients
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B1 [S540 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S540-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James B. Eldridge
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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 Regarding the Countable Assets of Medical Assistance Recipients.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Karen E. Spilka |
Second Middlesex and Norfolk |
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Gale D. Candaras |
First Hampden and Hampshire |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Regarding the Countable Assets of Medical Assistance
Recipients.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 21A of Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (2)(i) and replacing it with the following new subsection:
the type and amount of all
countable assets; provided that any funds held by the community spouse of an
institutionalized applicant or recipient in an Individual Retirement Account,
Keogh plan or other pension fund shall be considered a non-countable asset as
long as regular income distributions are made from the fund or
the community spouse is employed;
