Bill > H2988

This bill aims to establish criteria for MassHealth (the state's Medicaid program) hardship waivers. It proposes to insert a new section into state law that would allow nursing facility residents to claim undue hardship to eliminate a period of MassHealth ineligibility resulting from asset transfers. The bill sets out a rebuttable presumption of eligibility for the hardship waiver if certain criteria are met, such as the individual having insufficient resources to cover their basic needs, making reasonable attempts to retrieve the transferred assets, and facing serious deprivation or harm without the waiver. The bill also specifies that a nursing facility does not need to express an intent to discharge the individual for nonpayment in order for the hardship waiver to be granted.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2988