MA H732

Bill

Relative to providing dental care to senior citizens

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
12/20/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

By Mr. Chan of Quincy, a petition of Tackey Chan and others that the Division of Medical Assistance be authorized to include dentures, restorative, endodontic and periodontal treatment within its covered services for certain persons ages 65 and older. Elder Affairs.

AI Summary

This bill aims to expand the Division of Medical Assistance's covered services to include dentures, restorative, endodontic, and periodontal dental treatment for individuals aged 65 and older. Specifically, it would amend Chapter 118E of the General Laws to explicitly include these dental services within the division's covered services for senior citizens. The bill also requires the division to cover the same level of dental services for adults in the MassHealth Essential program as were covered in the MassHealth Basic program as of January 1, 2002.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (6)

Tackey Chan (D)*, Brian Ashe (D), David DeCoste (R), James Murphy (D), Dan Sena (D), Donald Wong (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5201 (on 10/13/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H732

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H732
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H732.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2285	Relative to postpartum depression screening	No further action taken	Similar To
H3734	Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens	Amendment #1 (Garlick) adopted	Similar To
H3766	Authorizing the city of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H3901	Authorizing the town of Mendon to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 241 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H4107	Authorizing the town of Lincoln to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption program	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H5019	Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H5201	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1916	Authorizing the establishment of a mean tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied H2915	Similar To
S1958	Reducing senior citizen property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see S2743	Similar To
S1974	Relative to home modifications for seniors	Accompanied a study order, see S2743	Similar To
S399	To promote quality case management services on behalf of the elderly	Accompanied a study order, see S2650	Similar To
S762	To ensure equitable health coverage for children	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S763	To ensure equitable access to health coverage for children with disabilities	Accompanied S762	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2285

Relative to postpartum depression screening

No further action taken

Similar To

H3734

Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens

Amendment #1 (Garlick) adopted

Similar To

H3766

Authorizing the city of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H3901

Authorizing the town of Mendon to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 241 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H4107

Authorizing the town of Lincoln to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption program

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H5019

Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H5201

Study Order

No further action taken

Replaced by

S1916

Authorizing the establishment of a mean tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied H2915

Similar To

S1958

Reducing senior citizen property taxes

Accompanied a study order, see S2743

Similar To

S1974

Relative to home modifications for seniors

Accompanied a study order, see S2743

Similar To

S399

To promote quality case management services on behalf of the elderly

Accompanied a study order, see S2650

Similar To

S762

To ensure equitable health coverage for children

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

Similar To

S763

To ensure equitable access to health coverage for children with disabilities

Accompanied S762

Similar To

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