General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6893
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3751
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6893
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3751
*_____HB06893AGE___030915____*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 17b-106 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) Effective July 1, [2011] 2015, the commissioner shall provide a state supplement payment for recipients of Medicaid and the federal Supplemental Security Income Program who reside in long-term care facilities sufficient to increase their personal needs allowance to [sixty] sixty-five dollars per month. On and after July 1, 2016, the commissioner shall increase such allowance annually by the same amount as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, if any such adjustments are made. Such state supplement payment shall be made to the long-term care facility to be deposited into the personal fund account of each such recipient. For the purposes of this subsection, "long-term care facility" means a licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, a chronic disease hospital, a rest home with nursing supervision, an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities or a state humane institution.
Sec. 2. Section 17b-272 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Effective July 1, [2011] 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall permit patients residing in nursing homes, chronic disease hospitals and state humane institutions who are medical assistance recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance of [sixty] sixty-five dollars. On and after July 1, 2016, the commissioner shall increase such allowance annually by the same amount as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, if any such adjustments are made.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 17b-106(b)
Sec. 2 from passage 17b-272
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
17b-106(b)
Sec. 2
from passage
17b-272
AGE Joint Favorable
AGE
Joint Favorable