MA S663

Bill

To protect MassHealth applicants facing undue hardship

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
09/26/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to establish criteria for Masshealth hardship waivers. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish criteria for MassHealth hardship waivers. It would allow nursing facility residents who face a period of ineligibility due to asset transfers to claim undue hardship in order to eliminate that period of ineligibility. The bill outlines a rebuttable presumption that an individual is eligible for an undue hardship waiver if they meet certain criteria, such as having insufficient available resources to provide for their basic needs, making reasonable attempts to retrieve the transferred resources, and lacking a less costly alternative to institutional care. The bill also states that a nursing facility need not express an intent to discharge the individual for nonpayment in order for a hardship waiver to be granted, and requires the division to promulgate regulations incorporating these criteria.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (10)

Harriette Chandler (D), David DeCoste (R), Jamie Eldridge (D), Sean Garballey (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Bradford Hill (R), Kate Hogan (D), Kay Khan (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Tom Stanley (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (on 09/26/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S663

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S663
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S663.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1128	Relative to transfers of assets by MassHealth members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	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
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
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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