General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5893 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4651 *04651HB05893HS_* Referred to Committee on Human Services Introduced by: (HS) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5893 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4651 *04651HB05893HS_* 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 Section 17b-260a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to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 Statement of Purpose: To ensure that persons who suffer from brain injuries and have been on the waiting list to receive home and community-based services, receive such services without having to wait more than two years. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors: REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. Co-Sponsors: REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. H.B. 5893