Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6175
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on AGING
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE'S LONG-TERM
21	20		CARE NEEDS.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1
26	25		Services shall conduct a study of the state's long-term care needs to 2
27	26		determine whether existing programs and strategies are sufficient. 3
28	27		(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) For 4
29	28		calendar year 2018, the number of state residents who were sixty-five 5
30	29		years of age or older; (2) for calendar year 2022, the projected number 6
31	30		of state residents who will be sixty-five years of age or older; (3) for 7
32	31		calendar year 2018, the number of state residents with disabilities who 8
33	32		required long-term care; (4) for calendar year 2022, the projected 9
34	33		number of state residents with disabilities who will require long-term 10
35	34		care; (5) for calendar years 2013 to 2018, inclusive, the number of 11
36	35		residents removed from institutionalized settings to home and 12
37	36		community-based settings under the Money Follows the Person 13
38	37		demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-369 of the 14
39		-	general statutes; (6) for calendar years 2013 to 2018, inclusive, the 15
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	38	+	general statutes; (6) for calendar years 2013 to 2018, inclusive, the 15 Raised Bill No. 6175
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	44	+	savings realized in state expenditures on long-term care related to the 16
47	45		Money Follows the Person demonstration project; and (7) for calendar 17
48	46		year 2022, the projected number of persons who will require long-term 18
49	47		care. 19
50	48		(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Services, 20
51	49		in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 21
52	50		statutes, shall report the results of the study done pursuant to 22
53	51		subsections (a) and (b) of this section to the joint standing committees 23
54	52		of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 24
55	53		aging and human services. Such report may include the 25
56	54		commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the 26
57	55		provision of long-term care and improving access to such long-term 27
58	56		care. 28
59	57		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
60	58		sections:
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62	60		Section 1 from passage New section
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	62	+	Statement of Purpose:
	63	+	To require the Commissioner of Social Services to study whether long-
	64	+	term care needs are being adequately addressed.
	65	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	66	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	67	+	not underlined.]
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