MA H1128

Bill

Relative to transfers of assets by MassHealth members

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
09/25/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to transfers of assets by MassHealth members. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to amend the Massachusetts Medicaid (MassHealth) law to prevent the state from imposing a period of ineligibility for individuals who can demonstrate that a transfer of assets was not intended solely to qualify for MassHealth coverage. The bill outlines several factors the state must consider, such as a history of small, consistent transfers, transfers to charitable organizations, and whether the individual's financial and medical status at the time indicated a need for long-term care. If the individual can establish any of these factors, the burden shifts to the state to prove the individual intended the transfer to qualify for MassHealth. The bill also requires the state to promulgate regulations to implement this new provision.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (17)

Christine Barber (D), Mike Connolly (D), Marjorie Decker (D), William Driscoll (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Bradford Hill (R), Dan Hunt (D), Kay Khan (D), Denise Provost (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Dave Rogers (D), Tom Stanley (D), Paul Tucker (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (on 09/25/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1128

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1128
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1128.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1136	Relative to establishing a commission to investigate fraudulent abuse of MassHealth	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1159	Requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1160	Relative to behavioral health emergency services	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
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
H598	Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S50	Relative to personal care attendant services	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	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
S709	Relative to transfer of assets by MassHealth members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	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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