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H1414 • 2025

An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors

An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors

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Sponsor
Ultrino, Steven
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors

An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors By Representative Ultrino of Malden and Senator Lewis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors By Representative Ultrino of Malden and Senator Lewis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1414) of Steven Ultrino and Jason M.
  • Lewis relative to Medicaid resource limits for seniors.
  • Health Care Financing.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026

  2. 2025-09-15 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-06-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/01/2025 from 01:00 PM-03:30 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to update medicaid resource limits for seniors
By Representative Ultrino of Malden and Senator Lewis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1414) of Steven Ultrino and Jason M. Lewis relative to Medicaid resource limits for seniors. Health Care Financing.

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Bill H.1414

Section 25 of chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (1) in its entirety and replacing it with the following new subsection:-

(1) Monthly income in an amount not exceeding the level equivalent of 138% of the federal poverty level, as updated annually;

SECTION 2. Section 25 of chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (5) the following:

(6) the cash surrender value of any life insurance owned by the applicant or member or his or her spouse without regard to the face value of the policy or policies;

(7) resources in the amount of $10,000 per individual and $20,000 per couple.

(8) these amounts shall be adjusted annually for inflation based on the US Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index or CPI for All Urban Consumers.

The division shall submit a state plan amendment to implement this section no later than 30 days after the effective date of this section and subsequently promulgate all regulations necessary to implement said income and resource exemptions.

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