Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00705 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 705
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2872
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING A COMMUNITY SPOUSE'S ALLOWABLE ASSETS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section:
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3030 (1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1).
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3434 (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to require that the community spouse of an institutionalized spouse receive the maximum community spouse resource allowance pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2).
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3636 (c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
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