Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00220 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/17/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 220
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2366
 *02366*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 220 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2366

*02366*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES 

Introduced by:

SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INACCESSIBLE ASSETS IN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17b-261a of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services to define as inaccessible for Medicaid purposes those assets not actually available to a Medicaid applicant for liquidation on the date the department determines Medicaid eligibility.

Statement of Purpose: 

To define inaccessible assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes.