| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 234 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2018 LCO No. 857 | |
| 3 | - | *_____ | |
| 3 | + | *00857_______AGE* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (AGE) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 234 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | February Session, 2018 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 857 | |
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| 16 | - | *_____ | |
| 16 | + | *00857_______AGE* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (AGE) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT PERMITTING A COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED SPOUSE TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section: | |
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| 30 | 30 | (1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1). | |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | (2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(2). | |
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| 34 | 34 | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to permit a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the maximum community spouse resource allowable for such community spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). | |
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | (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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| 41 | 41 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 42 | 42 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | 46 | Section 1 | |
| 47 | 47 | ||
| 48 | 48 | from passage | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | New section | |
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 52 | 53 | ||
| 54 | + | To allow a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the maximum amount of resources allowable under federal law. | |
| 53 | 55 | ||
| 54 | - | AGE Joint Favorable C/R APP | |
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| 56 | - | AGE | |
| 57 | - | ||
| 58 | - | Joint Favorable C/R | |
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| 60 | - | APP | |
| 56 | + | [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.] |