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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3327 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1202 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kate Hogan |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to preserve special needs trusts for disabled seniors. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Hogan3rd Middlesex1/18/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex1/27/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/14/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/14/2023William M. Straus10th Bristol2/14/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire2/14/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex2/27/2023David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex2/27/2023Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/27/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/27/2023James J. O'Day14th Worcester2/27/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/27/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/27/2023Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex2/27/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3327 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1202 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1202) of Kate |
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| 19 | 19 | | Hogan and others relative to the disposal of resources for determining eligibility for Medicaid. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health Care Financing. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4792 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to preserve special needs trusts for disabled seniors. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 28 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 The division shall consider a transfer of assets by an individual age 65 or older or a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4transfer made for the sole benefit of an individual age 65 or older into a trust pursuant to 42 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(C), established for the sole benefit of said individual, to be a disposal of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6resources for fair market value, to the extent that such resources shall be available, under any |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7circumstances, to be used by the trustee to provide goods and services to the individual, or to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8reimburse such costs, at fair market value. |
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