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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 372
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 6095
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PROVISION OF RESOURC ES TO
GUARDIANS OF ADULT C HILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Commissioner of 1
Developmental Services shall provide a financial support subsidy to 2
the guardian or family member of an adult with intellectual disability 3
in accordance with the fee schedule, as established and amended from 4
time to time by the Commissioner of Social Services pursuant to 5
section 17b-343 of the general statutes, for home health services 6
provided under the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly 7
established pursuant to section 17b-342 of the general statutes. As used 8
in this section, "guardian or family member" means (1) one or more 9
biological or adoptive parents of an adult with intellectual disability, 10
(2) one or more persons to whom legal custody was given when the 11
adult with intellectual disability was a minor and in whose home the 12
adult with intellectual disability resides, or (3) any other adult family 13
member who resides with and has a primary responsibility for 14
providing continuous care to an adult with intellectual disability. 15
Committee Bill No. 372
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide additional resources to those providing care to adult
children with intellectual disability.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.; SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.; REP. BORER, 115th Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.; REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.; REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
S.B. 372