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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6175
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE'S LONG-TERM
CARE NEEDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1
Services shall conduct a study of the state's long-term care needs to 2
determine whether existing programs and strategies are sufficient. 3
(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) For 4
calendar year 2018, the number of state residents who were sixty-five 5
years of age or older; (2) for calendar year 2022, the projected number 6
of state residents who will be sixty-five years of age or older; (3) for 7
calendar year 2018, the number of state residents with disabilities who 8
required long-term care; (4) for calendar year 2022, the projected 9
number of state residents with disabilities who will require long-term 10
care; (5) for calendar years 2013 to 2018, inclusive, the number of 11
residents removed from institutionalized settings to home and 12
community-based settings under the Money Follows the Person 13
demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-369 of the 14
general statutes; (6) for calendar years 2013 to 2018, inclusive, the 15 Raised Bill No. 6175
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savings realized in state expenditures on long-term care related to the 16
Money Follows the Person demonstration project; and (7) for calendar 17
year 2022, the projected number of persons who will require long-term 18
care. 19
(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Services, 20
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 21
statutes, shall report the results of the study done pursuant to 22
subsections (a) and (b) of this section to the joint standing committees 23
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 24
aging and human services. Such report may include the 25
commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the 26
provision of long-term care and improving access to such long-term 27
care. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Social Services to study whether long-
term care needs are being adequately addressed.
[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.]