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H1367 • 2025

An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities

An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities

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Sponsor
Sean Garballey
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4880
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities

An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1367) of Sean Garballey relative to Title XIX federal financial participation for certain MassHealth covered services for individuals attending programs at Massachusetts state colleges and universities.
  • Health Care Financing.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4880

  2. 2025-08-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/11/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  4. 2025-03-31 House

    Discharged to the committee on Higher Education

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities
By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1367) of Sean Garballey relative to Title XIX federal financial participation for certain MassHealth covered services for individuals attending programs at Massachusetts state colleges and universities. Health Care Financing.

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Bill H.1367

The executive office of health and human services shall coordinate an interagency working group to analyze the feasibility of, and a strategy for, claiming Title XIX federal financial participation (FFP) for MassHealth covered services provided to MassHealth members of any age attending programs at Massachusetts state colleges and universities, including students with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders. The study should consider both potential programmatic

and administrative federal claiming, as well as students under and over the age of twenty-two, and Medicaid/Medicare dual eligibles. The working group shall publish a report by April 1, 2025, and submit a copy of the report to the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on higher education that includes financial estimates of the potential additional revenue that may be collected, challenges and opportunities, and a high-level workplan for pursuing such additional revenues.

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