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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7231
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4220
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADULT FAMILY LIVING-FOSTER CARE
PROGRAM TO PERSONS W ITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, (1) "Adult Family Living-Foster Care" means a program by 2
which a participant in the Connecticut home-care program for the 3
elderly or the personal care attendant Medicaid waiver program 4
receives personal care and support services from a principal caregiver 5
who (A) lives with such participant in a private home, and (B) receives 6
a stipend for the provision of such services, and (2) "eligible person 7
with intellectual disabilities" means a Medicaid-eligible person 8
eighteen to sixty-four years of age with intellectual disabilities that 9
hinder two activities of daily living, including, but not limited to, 10
dressing, eating and bathing. 11
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the 12
Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall expand the Adult 13
Family Living-Foster Care program to include certain persons with 14
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(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations to 16
implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, 17
requirements for training and oversight of caregivers, levels of care to 18
be provided, and stipends caregivers will receive per level of care. The 19
commissioner may implement policies and procedures in advance of 20
regulations, provided such policies and procedures are published on 21
the eRegulations System Internet web site not less than twenty days 22
before such implementation. 23
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To expand a foster care program currently being offered to elderly
persons and persons with certain disabilities to persons with
intellectual disabilities.
[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.]