2004 Bills of Interest
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HB
1215: Requiring DMAS to Request a Waiver from Federal Medicaid Transfer
of Assets Rules (preventing transfers to spouses, disabled children, siblings,
children who care for their parents, etc.; requiring transfers to be made
at least six years before Medicaid applications are filed; etc.) (Shawn
opposes this bill.)
This Bill was continued by the Patron to the 2005
session. Further study and efforts may reveal better ways to address
these issues. One of the best is through lobbying efforts to support
a long-term care partnership plan (see SB 266).
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SB
266 Medical assistance services; includes long-term care partnership plan
(requires DMAS to permit customized long term care insurance policies for
middle class persons, permitting them to insure their assets' value, thus
reducing the Commonwealth's burden of long term care expenses for them.
(Shawn
supports this bill).
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SB
507: Prohibiting courts from making end of life decisions for incapacitated
persons. This Bill prohibits judges from withdrawal of any form
of life support from a comatose patient. The Bill would not prohibit
appointment of a guardian to make such decisions.
(Shawn opposes this
bill.)
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HB
308: Preventing anyone who "has a material interest in the death of " an
incapacitated person from serving as his guardian or conservator, and preventing
any withdrawal of nutrition and hydration unless there is a specific statement
of intent signed by the incapacitated person. (Shawn opposed
this bill. It was defeated in subcommittee.)
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Summary of Bills and Resolutions
of Interest (January 21, 2004) (Requires Adobe Reader)
This is a summary of several bills addressing
mental health, privacy of medical records, guardianship, Medicaid, and
end of life decision making.
Updated: January 22, 2004.
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