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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3338 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 639 |
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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 | | Adrian C. Madaro |
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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 increasing awareness of community based PACE programs for older adults. |
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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:Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk1/20/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/13/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/13/2023Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester2/15/2023James Arciero2nd Middlesex2/21/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/21/2023Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex3/6/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3338 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 639 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Madaro of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 639) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Adrian C. Madaro and others relative to increasing awareness of community based PACE |
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| 20 | 20 | | programs for older adults. Elder Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 747 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 increasing awareness of community based PACE programs for older adults. |
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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 1. Section 4 of chapter 19A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (d) after the word “persons” the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following words:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 including, but not limited to, providing information about the Program of all-inclusive |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5care for the elderly (PACE) pursuant to 42 CFR Part 460.60; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 4B of said chapter 19A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7inserting in subsection (1) of the fourth paragraph, after the words “referral services to elders”, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8the following words:- 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 provided, that said information and referral services shall include, but not be limited to, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10information about the Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) pursuant to 42 CFR |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11Part 460.60; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 SECTION 3. Section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth paragraph and adding in place |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 A person seeking admission to a long-term care facility paid for by MassHealth shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16receive pre-admission counseling for long-term care services, which shall include an assessment |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17of community-based service options including but not limited to the Program of all-inclusive |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18care for the elderly (PACE) pursuant to CFR Part 460.60. A person seeking care in a long-term |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19care facility on a private pay basis shall be offered pre-admission counseling. For the purposes of |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20this section, pre-admission counseling shall be conducted by the executive office of health and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21human services or the executive office of elder affairs or their subcontractors. The executive |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22office of elder affairs shall, in consultation with the office of acute and ambulatory care in the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23executive office of health and human services, study the advisability and feasibility of using |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24certain Medicaid providers to provide pre-admission counseling. The division shall report to the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25general court on an annual basis the number of individuals who received pre-admission |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26counseling under this section and the number of diversions to the community generated by the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27pre-admission counseling program. |
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