General Assembly Raised Bill No. 851
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2621
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 851
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2621
*_____SB00851HS_APP022013____*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT PROTECTING THE ASSETS OF THE SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Institutionalized person" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1).
(2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(2).
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to require that the community spouse of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient receives the maximum community spouse protected amount pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2).
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
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