Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07073 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7073
6	6	January Session, 2019
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10	10	Referred to Committee on AGING
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19	19	AN ACT EXPANDING THE CONNECTICUT HOME-CARE PROGRAM
20	20	FOR THE ELDERLY.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1
25	25	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
26	26	1, 2019): 3
27	27	(i) (1) [On and after July 1, 2015, the] The Commissioner of Social 4
28	28	Services shall, within available appropriations, administer a state-5
29	29	funded portion of the program for persons (A) who are sixty-five years 6
30	30	of age and older; (B) who are inappropriately institutionalized or at 7
31	31	risk of inappropriate institutionalization; (C) whose income is less than 8
32	32	or equal to the amount allowed under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) 9
33	33	of this section; and (D) whose assets, if single, do not exceed [one 10
34	34	hundred fifty per cent of the federal minimum community spouse 11
35	35	protected amount pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2) or, if married, the 12
36	36	couple's assets do not exceed two hundred per cent of said community 13
37	37	spouse protected amount] forty thousand dollars or, if married, the 14
38	38	couple's assets do not exceed sixty-five thousand dollars. For program 15 Raised Bill No. 7073
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44	44	applications received by the Department of Social Services for the 16
45	45	fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, only persons who 17
46	46	require the level of care provided in a nursing home shall be eligible 18
47	47	for the state-funded portion of the program, except for persons 19
48	48	residing in affordable housing under the assisted living demonstration 20
49	49	project established pursuant to section 17b-347e who are otherwise 21
50	50	eligible in accordance with this section. 22
51	51	(2) Except for persons residing in affordable housing under the 23
52	52	assisted living demonstration project established pursuant to section 24
53	53	17b-347e, as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any person 25
54	54	whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal 26
55	55	poverty level and who is ineligible for Medicaid shall contribute [nine] 27
56	56	seven per cent of the cost of his or her care. Any person whose income 28
57	57	exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall 29
58	58	contribute [nine] seven per cent of the cost of his or her care in 30
59	59	addition to the amount of applied income determined in accordance 31
60	60	with the methodology established by the Department of Social Services 32
61	61	for recipients of medical assistance. Any person who does not 33
62	62	contribute to the cost of care in accordance with this subdivision shall 34
63	63	be ineligible to receive services under this subsection. Notwithstanding 35
64	64	any provision of sections 17b-60 and 17b-61, the department shall not 36
65	65	be required to provide an administrative hearing to a person found 37
66	66	ineligible for services under this [subsection] subdivision because of a 38
67	67	failure to contribute to the cost of care. 39
68	68	(3) Any person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted 40
69	69	living demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e 41
70	70	and whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal 42
71	71	poverty level, shall not be required to contribute to the cost of care. 43
72	72	Any person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted 44
73	73	living demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e 45
74	74	and whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal 46
75	75	poverty level, shall contribute to the applied income amount 47
76	76	determined in accordance with the methodology established by the 48
77	77	Department of Social Services for recipients of medical assistance. Any 49 Raised Bill No. 7073
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83	83	person whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal 50
84	84	poverty level and who does not contribute to the cost of care in 51
85	85	accordance with this subdivision shall be ineligible to receive services 52
86	86	under this subsection. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17b-53
87	87	60 and 17b-61, the department shall not be required to provide an 54
88	88	administrative hearing to a person found ineligible for services under 55
89	89	this [subsection] subdivision because of a failure to contribute to the 56
90	90	cost of care. 57
91	91	(4) The annualized cost of services provided to an individual under 58
92	92	the state-funded portion of the program shall not exceed fifty per cent 59
93	93	of the weighted average cost of care in nursing homes in the state, 60
94	94	except an individual who received services costing in excess of such 61
95	95	amount under the Department of Social Services in the fiscal year 62
96	96	ending June 30, 1992, may continue to receive such services, provided 63
97	97	the annualized cost of such services does not exceed eighty per cent of 64
98	98	the weighted average cost of such nursing home care. The 65
99	99	commissioner may allow the cost of services provided to an individual 66
100	100	to exceed the maximum cost established pursuant to this subdivision 67
101	101	in a case of extreme hardship, as determined by the commissioner, 68
102	102	provided in no case shall such cost exceed that of the weighted cost of 69
103	103	such nursing home care. 70
104	104	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
105	105	sections:
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107	107	Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-342(i)
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109	109	Statement of Purpose:
110	110	To allow more senior citizens to age in place at home by expanding
111	111	income eligibility and reducing the cost share for the Connecticut
112	112	home-care program for the elderly.
113	113	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
114	114	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
115	115	not underlined.]
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