MA S50

Bill

Relative to personal care attendant services

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
07/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to personal care attendant services. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

AI Summary

This bill aims to update the definitions related to personal care attendant services in Massachusetts. It redefines "consumer" as the person receiving personal care services, "personal care attendant" as the individual providing those services, and "surrogate" as the legal guardian or designated person responsible for hiring, directing, and firing the personal care attendant. The bill also specifies that a parent or legal guardian of an adult with disabilities can be considered eligible to provide personal care services.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (17)

John Barrett (D), Pete Capano (D), Jo Comerford (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Donald Humason (R), Kay Khan (D), John Lawn (D), Marc Lombardo (R), Tram Nguyen (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Angelo Puppolo (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Angelo Scaccia (D), Dean Tran (R), John Velis (D), Susannah Whipps (I),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 07/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S50

(16 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S50
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S50.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1002	Expanding access to telemedicine services	Accompanied a study order, see H5160	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
H159	Providing for enhanced protection of children and investigation of abuse and neglect allegations	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1750	Relative to services for persons with mental illness who are living with older family members or primary caretakers	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Similar To
H1752	To provide services for medically ill and mentally ill persons	Accompanied a study order, see H4450	Similar To
H4257	Relative to the cancellation of physical fitness services	Accompanied a new draft, see H4459	Similar To
H598	Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S1312	Relative to timely care and saving lives	Accompanied a new draft, see S2768	Similar To
S2306	Authorizing the transfer of care and control of certain parcels of land in the town of Bridgewater from the Department of Correction to the Department of Fire Services	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2362	Establishing a sick leave bank for Yves Louis, an employee of the Department of Youth Services	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
S2415	Establishing a sick leave bank for Elliot Brown, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S353	To promote quality case management services on behalf of the elderly	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S52	Relative to eligibility for disability services	Accompanied S61	Similar To
S656	Relative to transparency for mental health parity	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	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
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

H1002

Expanding access to telemedicine services

Accompanied a study order, see H5160

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

H159

Providing for enhanced protection of children and investigation of abuse and neglect allegations

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

Similar To

H1750

Relative to services for persons with mental illness who are living with older family members or primary caretakers

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Similar To

H1752

To provide services for medically ill and mentally ill persons

Accompanied a study order, see H4450

Similar To

H4257

Relative to the cancellation of physical fitness services

Accompanied a new draft, see H4459

Similar To

H598

Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease

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

Similar To

S1312

Relative to timely care and saving lives

Accompanied a new draft, see S2768

Similar To

S2306

Authorizing the transfer of care and control of certain parcels of land in the town of Bridgewater from the Department of Correction to the Department of Fire Services

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

Similar To

S2362

Establishing a sick leave bank for Yves Louis, an employee of the Department of Youth Services

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

S2415

Establishing a sick leave bank for Elliot Brown, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S353

To promote quality case management services on behalf of the elderly

Accompanied a study order, see S2487

Similar To

S52

Relative to eligibility for disability services

Accompanied S61

Similar To

S656

Relative to transparency for mental health parity

Accompanied a study order, see S2543

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

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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