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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1229 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 146 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1229 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | AN ACT EXPANDING CERTAIN VETERANS' ACCESS TO PUBLIC | |
| 20 | 20 | ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | Commissioner of Social Services from considering any federal non-2 | |
| 26 | 26 | service-connected pension benefits, including, but not limited to, the 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | basic pension, the Aid and Attendance benefit and the Housebound 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | benefit when determining income eligibility of any veteran or such 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | veteran's surviving spouse for certain Medicare state programs, and (2) 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | permit said commissioner to seek approval of an amendment to the 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | state Medicaid plan or a waiver from federal law, if necessary, to 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | exempt such benefits from income eligibility criteria as unreimbursed 9 | |
| 33 | 33 | medical expenses. 10 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To require that pension benefits granted to certain veterans by the | |
| 36 | 36 | United States Department of Veterans Affairs be disregarded when | |
| 37 | 37 | determining income eligibility for certain state Medicare programs, as | |
| 38 | 38 | well as permit the Commissioner of Social Services to pursue | |
| 39 | 39 | exempting such benefits from income eligibility criteria as | |
| 40 | 40 | unreimbursed medical expenses. |