General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 513
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1467
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 513
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1467
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY SPOUSE'S ALLOWABLE ASSETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services to amend the Medicaid state plan so that the spouse of an institutionalized person who is applying for Medicaid receives the maximum community spouse protected amount, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the amount of assets a spouse of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient may keep.