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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1990 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1248
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven Ultrino and Marjorie C. Decker
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/17/2023Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/19/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/27/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/2/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/10/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/21/2023David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex2/21/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/21/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire2/21/2023Brandy Fluker Oakley12th Suffolk3/10/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1990 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1248
By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 1248) of Steven Ultrino, Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to Medicare
savings programs eligibility. Health Care Financing.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 25A of Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by
2replacing Section 25A with the following section:-
3 SECTION 25A. The division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent to one-
4hundred-sixty-five percent (165%) of the federal poverty level, as adjusted annually, in
5determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare
6Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. ยง1396(a)(10)(E) and also
7known as the Medicare Savings or Medicare Buy-In Programs in the year in which the state plan
8amendment is approved;
9 The division shall not apply an asset test in determining eligibility for said Medicare
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11 The division shall implement a waiting list in any year in which the number of qualified
12applicants for the Qualified Individual Program exceeds the annual block grant amount for said
13program;
14 The division shall submit a state plan amendment to implement this section no later than
1530 days after the effective date of this section and subsequently promulgate all regulations
16necessary to implement said income and asset disregards.