What's new at MLS

FY 2025 Budget The Senate Ways & Means budget for FY 2025 is due out next Tuesday. One important issue affecting MassHealth is whether the Senate will agree with the House to block the cuts to the PCA program proposed by the Governor. Our friends at 1199 SEIU have set up a website with…

Health Care Working Group Meeting Wed April 24 3-4:30 pm The zoom link should be in your calendars. At this month’s meeting we’ve invited  the consultants working with MassHealth  on development of a  new Member Advisory Committee (MAC) to discuss the work…

Reminder: Coalition meeting tomorrow, 4/23 from 10-11:30 Zoom link here. Agenda will include: State Budget updates - FY25 House budget & FY24 Supp Budget: Where we are in the process and next steps.   DTA updates - end to state SNAP benefits for…

Great news! CMS approved the amendments to the 1115 Demonstration today!    EOHHS's press release is here listing some of the key changes.   Changes include 90 days of pre-release services for MassHealth members who are incarcerated (MA will be the 4th state…

We look forward to connecting on Tuesday, April 23. Our Coalition meeting, as always, will be from 10-11:30 AM. We will have updates on the State Budget, federal Farm Bill and policy updates from DTA. See below.  URGENT: Ask House Reps to co-sponsor key amendments  Last…

Health Update April 18, 2024   FY 2025 Budget Update   Next week the House will take up amendments to the HWM budget. Among the 1495 amendments filed last week, we wanted to bring four health-related amendments to your attention:    1. Amendment…

Hello all, and happy spring! A few language access-related updates and opportunities:    MassHealth Language Access Plan- Updated MassHealth updates its language access plan every two years. On March 28, they published their updated Language Access Plan for Jan 2024-Dec…

FY 2025 Budget On April 10, 2024 the House Ways & Means Committee released its FY 25 budget. The big news for MassHealth members is that the HWM Committee listened to the voices of people with disabilities and service providers and rejected the Governor’s proposal to save $114 million in the…

Greetings anti-hunger troubadours and apologies for two emails in one day.     Earlier today DTA sent the April 2024 Statewide Updates to the local DTA Advisory Boards (many of you may be on DTA Advisory Boards). On page 2 of the April 2024…

A number of resources and updates are below! Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday, April 23, from 10-11:30.  And check out below DTA training on DTAConnect improvements on April 24th!   Mass Legal Help - brand new look and resources! We are thrilled to announce…