On March 30th, Tara Gregorio, President of Mass Senior Care, presented testimony to the House Committee on Ways and Means urging the Legislature to update MassHealth funding for nursing facility care in State Fiscal Year 2020 using more current 2017 labor and resident care costs. Gregorio noted that the funding is critically needed to protect access to quality resident care and to address the growing nursing facility financial and workforce crisis. The Commonwealth’s nursing facilities are facing an unprecedented financial

The Joint Committee on Elder Affairs will be accepting public testimony on Senate Bill 352 and House Bill 610, Acts Relative to Stabilizing the Commonwealth’s Nursing Facilities on Monday, April 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM at the Massachusetts State House in hearing room A-1. This important legislation filed by Representative Tom Golden, Jr. (D-Lowell), Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) and scores of co-sponsors would modernize the state’s funding formula for nursing home care. There will be panels of nursing

Tara Gregorio, President of Mass Senior Care, presented testimony to the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in support of House Bill 1647 which would repeal the Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) Tax.

The House of Representatives is currently working on its FY 2020 state budget and your local state representative has an opportunity to make budget decisions that will prioritize nursing home care. Please urge your State Representative to Answer the Call to Care by making nursing home funding top priority in their request to the Committee on House Ways and Means. The Committee’s budget recommendation is expected to be released on April 10th. Your advocacy will be critical to help reinforce