Bill Text: MA S543 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Regard MassHealth applications
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 [S543 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S543-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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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 MassHealth applications.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
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Mary E. Grant |
6th Essex |
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James M. Murphy |
4th Norfolk |
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Robert P. Spellane |
13th Worcester |
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Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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James J. O'Day |
14th Worcester District |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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William N. Brownsberger |
24th Middlesex |
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Jay R. Kaufman |
15th Middlesex |
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Robert A. O'Leary |
Cape and Islands |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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David P. Linsky |
5th Middlesex |
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Stephen L. DiNatale |
3rd Worcester |
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Geraldo Alicea |
6th Worcester |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
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Jonathan Hecht |
29th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act regarding MassHealth applications.
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 9 of chapter 118e of the general laws, as amended by chapter 211 of the acts of 2006, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words "long-term care needs of the individuals," the following:-
The division shall provide, without requiring prior authorization, for up to sixty (60) days of eligibility for MassHealth home and community based services, including personal care services, for individuals who, upon discharge from an acute hospital, medical center, nursing facility, or health care facility including rehabilitation facilities and state hospitals, are presumed to be financially eligible for the MassHealth program and clinically eligible for home and community based services, as determined by an aging services access point or an independent living center; provided further the division shall promulgate such standards and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of said presumptive eligibility program.
