General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 277
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1665
*01665*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 277
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1665
*01665*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
AN ACT ALLOWING THE SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSON TO RETAIN MORE 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 increase the minimum amount a community spouse of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient may keep to fifty thousand dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide greater assistance to seniors with institutionalized spouses.