Text of MA S 365 (2024)

Relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth

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1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 446 FILED ON: 1/15/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 365 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Julian Cyr _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Julian Cyr Cape and Islands Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex 1/23/2023 Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex 2/7/2023 Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk 2/7/2023 Joanne M. Comerford Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester 2/22/2023 1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 446 FILED ON: 1/15/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 365 By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 365) of Julian Cyr, Jack Patrick Lewis, Patricia D. Jehlen, Sal N. DiDomenico and others for legislation relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth. Elder Affairs. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act relative to LGBT and HIV positive seniors in the commonwealth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 Chapter 19A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:- 2 Section 44. For the purposes of administering the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 3 and subsequent amendments thereto, the term "greatest social need", as defined in 42 U.S.C. 4 3002(24), shall mean the need caused by non-economic factors that restrict an individual's ability 5 to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten the individual’s capacity to live independently. 6 These factors shall include, but are not limited to, physical or mental disability, language barriers 7 and cultural or social isolation caused by, among other things, racial and ethnic status, sexual 8 8orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status.