General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5893
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4651
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Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5893
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 4651
*_____HB05893HS____032311____*
Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-260a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to establish a Medicaid-financed, home and community-based program for individuals with acquired brain injury. [Such waiver shall be submitted no later than October 1, 1995.]
(b) Not later than October 1, 2011, the commissioner shall amend the waiver submitted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section to provide home and community-based services for individuals with acquired brain injury who have been on the waiting list to receive such services for a period of two years or more.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 17b-260a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
17b-260a
HS Joint Favorable
HS
Joint Favorable