General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 387
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2083
*02083*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 387
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2083
*02083*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
AN ACT REDUCING PARTICIPANT COSTS AND EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CONNECTICUT HOME-CARE PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY.
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 (1) decrease the percentage Connecticut home-care program participants must pay for their care, and (2) to expand asset limits for such program to forty thousand dollars for individuals and sixty-five thousand dollars for married couples.
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce participant costs and expand eligibility for home-care services for persons sixty-five or older.