2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVII - Public Welfare
Chapter 118e - Division of Medical Assistance
Section 25a - Determination of Eligibility for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual Programs; Consideration of Certain Income or Assets
Section 25A. (a) For individuals 65 years of age or older, the division shall not consider income in an amount equivalent to 30 per cent of the federal poverty level or assets in an amount equivalent to the federal resource limit for the Medicare Saving programs, each as adjusted annually, in determining eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and Qualified Individual programs, described in 42 U.S.C. section 1396a(a)(10)(E) and also known as the Medicare Saving or Medicare Buy-In programs. Enrollment in the Qualified Individual program shall be capped if the federal allotment for the program is exhausted.
(b) Prior to implementing subsection (a), the division shall obtain all required federal approvals, including amending its state plan, and shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
