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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 697 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 808 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 relative to spouses as caregivers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexMichael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/6/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 697 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 808 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 808) of Bruce E. Tarr and Michael D. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Brady for legislation relative to spouses as caregivers. Health Care Financing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 727 OF 2019-2020.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to spouses as caregivers. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Secretary of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Secretary of Elder Affairs shall file an |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3application to seek a waiver with the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4amend the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ 1915(c) elderly waiver, and that any program of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5home and community based services in which family members are permitted to serve as paid |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6caregivers, funded pursuant to Section 9 of Chapter 118E shall include spouses within the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7definition of a family member. |
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