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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 975 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 770 |
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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 | | Jason M. Lewis |
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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 regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jason M. LewisFifth MiddlesexSal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/2/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/3/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex3/3/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 975 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 770 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 770) of Jason M. Lewis, Sal N. |
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| 19 | 19 | | DiDomenico, Steven Ultrino and Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation relative to Medicare savings |
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| 20 | 20 | | programs eligibility. Health Care Financing. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 794 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 regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility. |
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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 25A of Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2replacing Section 25A with the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 SECTION 25A. The division shall disregard income in an amount equivalent to one- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4hundred-sixty-five percent (165%) of the federal poverty level, as adjusted annually, in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. ยง1396(a)(10)(E) and also |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7known as the Medicare Savings or Medicare Buy-In Programs in the year in which the state plan |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8amendment is approved; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 The division shall not apply an asset test in determining eligibility for said Medicare |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Savings Programs; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 The division shall implement a waiting list in any year in which the number of qualified |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12applicants for the Qualified Individual Program exceeds the annual block grant amount for said |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13program; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 The division shall submit a state plan amendment to implement this section no later than |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1530 days after the effective date of this section and subsequently promulgate all regulations |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16necessary to implement said income and asset disregards. |
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