General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1086
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2552
*02552_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1086
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2552
*02552_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING LONG-TERM CARE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Department on Aging, shall conduct a study of long-term care needs to determine whether existing programs and strategies are sufficient.
(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, a report on: (1) The number of residents removed from institutionalized settings to home and community settings for the calendar years beginning in 2009 and ending in 2012, inclusive, (2) savings realized during said period in state expenditures on long-term care inside and outside of institutionalized settings, and (3) projected number of persons who shall require institutionalized long-term care by the year 2020.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall report the results of the study done pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the provision of services and improving access to such services.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study whether long-term care programs and planning are sufficient to meet the need for such services.
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