MA H1187

Bill

MA H1187

Relative to MassHealth benefits for single individuals

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to MassHealth benefits for certain single individuals. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 118E of the General Laws to allow single individuals, widows, or widowers to have up to $100,000 in monetary assets and still be eligible for MassHealth (the state's Medicaid program) assistance. Additionally, the bill specifies that single individuals, widows, or widowers can maintain home ownership rights and still be eligible for MassHealth assistance under this provision.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Harold Naughton (D),

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence (on 06/22/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1187

(17 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1187
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1187.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1161	To protect MassHealth applicants facing undue hardship	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1638	Protecting the employment benefits of Civil Air Patrol and Coast Guard Auxiliary members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2164	Relative to option (D) beneficiaries	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2167	Relative to the health insurance and other benefits in the town of East Brookfield	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H2268	Relative to retirement benefits for Thomas Brian Donnelly	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2386	Relative to veterans retirement and pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H4061	Funding the town of Hanover's Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H4097	Relative to the funding of the Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund in the Town of Uxbridge	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H598	Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S1512	Relative to expenses incurred in defense against denials of Chapter 41 111F benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1548	Relative to GIC dental and vision benefits for municipal employees	Accompanied H2215	Similar To
S1687	Relative to commuter transit benefits	Accompanied H2618	Similar To
S2311	Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S661	Relative to MassHealth rates	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S698	To promote graduate medical education	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S730	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1161

To protect MassHealth applicants facing undue hardship

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H1638

Protecting the employment benefits of Civil Air Patrol and Coast Guard Auxiliary members

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H2164

Relative to option (D) beneficiaries

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H2167

Relative to the health insurance and other benefits in the town of East Brookfield

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H2268

Relative to retirement benefits for Thomas Brian Donnelly

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H2386

Relative to veterans retirement and pensions

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H4006

Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters

Accompanied a study order, see H5031

Similar To

H4061

Funding the town of Hanover's Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H4097

Relative to the funding of the Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund in the Town of Uxbridge

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H598

Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

Similar To

S1512

Relative to expenses incurred in defense against denials of Chapter 41 111F benefits

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1548

Relative to GIC dental and vision benefits for municipal employees

Accompanied H2215

Similar To

S1687

Relative to commuter transit benefits

Accompanied H2618

Similar To

S2311

Relative to fairness in worker’s compensation disfigurement benefits

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S661

Relative to MassHealth rates

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S698

To promote graduate medical education

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S730

To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

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