MA S379

Bill

Relative to affordable assisted living facilities

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 to develop a statewide master plan to increase the availability of affordable assisted living facilities. Elder Affairs.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, to develop a statewide master plan to increase the availability of affordable assisted living facilities for people at least 300% below the federal poverty line. The master plan must be submitted to the clerks of the House and Senate, and the Joint Committee on Housing, by December 31, 2019.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (2)

Dave Robertson (D), Bruce Tarr (R),

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/S379

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S379
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S379.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1263	To promote affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Similar To
H1273	Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4974	Similar To
H1841	Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H2457	Empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5040	Similar To
H3696	Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H4063	Clarifying the classification of assisted living residences	Accompanied a study order, see H5079	Similar To
S2389	Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury	Accompanied a study order, see S2528	Similar To
S2421	Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S370	To ensure resident safety within assisted living facilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S380	Relative to affordable assisted living facilities	Accompanied S379	Replaces
S773	Supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S804	To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S813	Relative to the oversight of affordable housing developments	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S814	Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1263

To promote affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4975

Similar To

H1273

Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4974

Similar To

H1841

Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H2457

Empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5040

Similar To

H3696

Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H4063

Clarifying the classification of assisted living residences

Accompanied a study order, see H5079

Similar To

S2389

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Accompanied a study order, see S2528

Similar To

S2421

Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville

Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Similar To

S370

To ensure resident safety within assisted living facilities

Accompanied a study order, see S2487

Similar To

S380

Relative to affordable assisted living facilities

Accompanied S379

Replaces

S773

Supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S804

To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S813

Relative to the oversight of affordable housing developments

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S814

Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

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