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H1369 • 2025

An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors

An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors

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Sponsor
Danielle W. Gregoire
Last action
2025-09-04
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors

An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors By Representative Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors By Representative Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1369) of Danielle W.
  • Gregoire relative to supportive housing and healthcare costs for low-income seniors.
  • 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. 2025-09-04 House

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

  2. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Aging and Independence

  3. 2025-04-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. 2025-03-31 House

    Discharged to the committee on Elder Affairs

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to strengthen supportive housing and reduce healthcare costs for low-income seniors
By Representative Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1369) of Danielle W. Gregoire relative to supportive housing and healthcare costs for low-income seniors. Health Care Financing.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1369

SECTION 1. Section 27 of Chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following:-

(a) In the case of a rental housing project that is determined to be a low and moderate income rental housing project for seniors over the age of 55 and consisting of at least 50 units of housing, the commonwealth, acting by and through the executive office of health and human services, shall enter into contracts with sponsors of rental housing projects to fund senior supportive care services for MassHealth enrollees.

Each such contract shall provide for a fixed payment of $2500 annually for each MassHealth enrollee who resides in the designated rental housing project. Prior to entering into any such contract, the executive office shall find: (1) that MassHealth enrollees constitute the majority of residents in the rental housing project; (2) that the total amount of any fixed payments to be provided appears to be the minimum amount necessary to fund senior supportive care services, and (3) that the rental housing project has entered into cluster contracting with homecare agencies.

The executive office shall publish a report annually on: (1) the total number of Medicaid recipients living in such designated rental housing projects; and (2) cost savings to Medicaid realized by cluster contracting for senior supportive care services in such designated rental housing projects. The report shall be submitted to the general court, by filing it with the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means.

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