LCO No. 1069 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 182 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1069 Referred to Committee on AGING Introduced by: SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist. AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE CONNECTICUT HOME -CARE PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 17b-342 of the general statutes be amended to (1) 1 decrease the amount participants in the Connecticut home-care 2 program for the elderly must pay for their care, and (2) expand asset 3 limits for such program to forty thousand dollars for individuals and 4 sixty-five thousand dollars for married couples. 5 Statement of Purpose: To reduce participant costs and expand eligibility for home care services for persons sixty-five or older.