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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 4220 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7231 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 4220 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (HS) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADULT FAMILY LIVING-FOSTER CARE |
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| 20 | 20 | | PROGRAM TO PERSONS W ITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For purposes of this 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | section, (1) "Adult Family Living-Foster Care" means a program by 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | which a participant in the Connecticut home-care program for the 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | elderly or the personal care attendant Medicaid waiver program 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | receives personal care and support services from a principal caregiver 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | who (A) lives with such participant in a private home, and (B) receives 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | a stipend for the provision of such services, and (2) "eligible person 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | with intellectual disabilities" means a Medicaid-eligible person 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | eighteen to sixty-four years of age with intellectual disabilities that 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | hinder two activities of daily living, including, but not limited to, 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | dressing, eating and bathing. 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall expand the Adult 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Family Living-Foster Care program to include certain persons with 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | intellectual disabilities. 15 Raised Bill No. 7231 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 4220 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations to 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | requirements for training and oversight of caregivers, levels of care to 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | be provided, and stipends caregivers will receive per level of care. The 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | commissioner may implement policies and procedures in advance of 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | regulations, provided such policies and procedures are published on 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the eRegulations System Internet web site not less than twenty days 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | before such implementation. 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 53 | 53 | | sections: |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 57 | 57 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 58 | 58 | | To expand a foster care program currently being offered to elderly |
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| 59 | 59 | | persons and persons with certain disabilities to persons with |
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| 60 | 60 | | intellectual disabilities. |
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| 61 | 61 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 62 | 62 | | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 63 | 63 | | not underlined.] |
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