General Assembly Committee Bill No. 286
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4194
*04194SB00286AGE*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 286
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4194
*04194SB00286AGE*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT EXPANDING AGING IN PLACE INITIATIVES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2015) The sum of five million dollars is appropriated to the Department of Rehabilitation Services, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, to establish and administer a grant fund for home modifications and assistive technology devices, as defined in section 42-330 of the general statutes, to help eligible persons live independently in a home setting of their choice. For purposes of this section, "eligible persons" means persons sixty-five years of age or older or persons of any age with physical disabilities who (1) have an annual income that does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (2) provide to the department a written statement signed by a health care provider licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes that such person is in need of a home modification or assistive technology device to live independently.
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 Purpose:
To provide funding for home modifications and assistive technology devices to allow individuals to age in place in a setting of their choice.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.; REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.; REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
S.B. 286