General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5541
January Session, 2015 *_____HB05541AGE___030915____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5541
January Session, 2015
*_____HB05541AGE___030915____*
AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR INTERIM CARE FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) For purposes of this section, (1) "elderly person" has the same meaning as provided in section 17b-450 of the general statutes, (2) "interim care facility" means a facility that provides access to medical care, prepared meals and assistance with household tasks in a homelike setting for elderly persons who may have medical conditions that make it difficult for them to live alone but who do not require twenty-four-hour skilled nursing supervision, and (3) "homelike setting" means a living arrangement that provides a private residential unit with a full bathroom.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, establish and operate a pilot program to support the development of one or more interim care facilities by an institution licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes for not more than one hundred elderly persons who require access to medical care, prepared meals and assistance with household tasks but who do not require twenty-four-hour skilled nursing supervision.
(c) The commissioner shall give priority in funding to any interim care facility proposal that facilitates the strategic plan for long-term care pursuant to subsection (c) of section 17b-369 of the general statutes. The commissioner may seek any available federal funding to support the development of an interim care facility, including, but not limited to, applying for a Medicaid waiver pursuant to section 17b-8 of the general statutes.
(d) Not later than July 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report on the pilot program, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, public health, human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b), "entity" was changed to "institution" and "an institutional level of care" was changed to "twenty-four-hour skilled nursing supervision" for consistency with provisions of the general statutes and internal consistency.
AGE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO