Connecticut 2012 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00143 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 143
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12-AN ACT INCREASING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ALZHEIMER RESPITE CARE PROGRAM.
12+AN ACT INCREASING ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING FOR THE ALZHEIMER RESPITE CARE PROGRAM.
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1414 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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1616 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17b-349e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):
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1818 (c) (1) No individual with Alzheimer's disease may participate in the program if such individual (A) has an annual income of more than [forty-one] fifty thousand dollars or liquid assets of more than one hundred nine thousand dollars, or (B) is receiving services under the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly. On July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall increase such income and asset eligibility criteria over that of the previous fiscal year to reflect the annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security income, if any.
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2020 (2) No individual with Alzheimer's disease who participates in the program may receive more than three thousand five hundred dollars for services under the program in any fiscal year or receive more than thirty days of out-of-home respite care services other than adult day care services under the program in any fiscal year, except that the commissioner shall adopt regulations pursuant to subsection (d) of this section to provide up to seven thousand five hundred dollars for services to a participant in the program who demonstrates a need for additional services.
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2222 (3) The commissioner may require an individual with Alzheimer's disease who participates in the program to pay a copayment for respite care services under the program, except the commissioner may waive such copayment upon demonstration of financial hardship by such individual.
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24+Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2012) The sum of two million four hundred ninety-four thousand three hundred eighty-eight dollars is appropriated to the Department of Social Services, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, for Alzheimer Respite Care.
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2729 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
2830 Section 1 July 1, 2012 17b-349e(c)
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3033 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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