General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6077
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2704
*02704*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist. REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6077
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2704
*02704*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING RETROACTIVE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR HOME-CARE CLIENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 17b-342 of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with 42 CFR 435.915, to provide payments for Medicaid-eligible services for home-care clients retroactive not more than ninety days before such clients applied for such assistance, provided such client has not made a transfer of assets for less than fair market value in the sixty months before applying.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide Medicaid coverage retroactively for eligible home-care clients in accordance with federal law.