Bill > S108

This bill establishes guardians as providers of medical care to support the rights of incapacitated persons. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Expanding the definition of "Provider" under Chapter 118E of the General Laws to include guardians who are duly appointed and engaged in activities related to consenting or gaining access to medical care for the member, while excluding those with an immediate family relationship to the member. 2. Requiring the Secretary of the Executive Office to adjust rates for social service programs and guardians, considering factors such as new governmental mandates, customary rates charged by professional guardians, and geographic differences in costs. 3. Directing the Secretary to determine hourly or fee-for-service rates for professional guardians by considering the rates customarily charged in the region. 4. Clarifying that no claim for care or services shall be reimbursed if any department of the state or federal judiciary is liable for such claim in the case of a guardian. 5. Requiring claims submitted by guardians that are paid under this chapter to be disclosed to the court that has appointed the guardian as part of the guardian's annual report, without the need for prior or subsequent judicial approval.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S108