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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 372
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PROVISION OF RESOU RCES 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) (a) As used in this section, 1
"guardian or family member" means (1) one or more biological or 2
adoptive parents of an adult with intellectual disability, (2) one or 3
more persons to whom legal custody of an adult with intellectual 4
disability was given when the adult with intellectual disability was a 5
minor and in whose home the adult with intellectual disability resides, 6
or (3) any other adult family member of an adult with intellectual 7
disability who resides with and has a primary responsibility for 8
providing continuous care to the adult with intellectual disability. 9
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the 10
Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall submit an application 11
for any applicable Medicaid state plan amendment, waiver or waiver 12
amendment, in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8 of the 13
general statutes, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to 14
allow a guardian or family member of an adult with intellectual 15
disability to receive a stipend for providing personal care services to 16
such adult with intellectual disability. Not later than July 1, 2020, or 17
fifteen days after the Commissioner of Social Services receives federal 18 Substitute Bill No. 372
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approval of such application, whichever is earlier, the Commissioner 19
of Developmental Services shall provide a stipend to the guardian or 20
family member of such adult with intellectual disability for the 21
provision of personal care services to such adult with intellectual 22
disability, provided such adult with intellectual disability (1) has 23
complex medical or behavioral needs, as determined pursuant to the 24
Department of Developmental Services' level of need assessment, (2) is 25
at least twenty-one years of age, (3) has an income at or below one 26
hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (4) is at risk of 27
institutionalization. The Commissioner of Developmental Services 28
shall provide such stipend in accordance with the fee schedule, as 29
established and amended from time to time by the Commissioner of 30
Social Services pursuant to section 17b-343 of the general statutes, for 31
home health services provided under the Connecticut home-care 32
program for the elderly established pursuant to section 17b-342 of the 33
general statutes. 34
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
PH Joint Favorable Subst.