Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 372
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PROVISION OF RESOU RCES TO
15	15		GUARDIANS OF ADULT C HILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL
16	16		DISABILITY.
17	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	18		Assembly convened:
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20	20		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) As used in this section, 1
21	21		"guardian or family member" means (1) one or more biological or 2
22	22		adoptive parents of an adult with intellectual disability, (2) one or 3
23	23		more persons to whom legal custody of an adult with intellectual 4
24	24		disability was given when the adult with intellectual disability was a 5
25	25		minor and in whose home the adult with intellectual disability resides, 6
26	26		or (3) any other adult family member of an adult with intellectual 7
27	27		disability who resides with and has a primary responsibility for 8
28	28		providing continuous care to the adult with intellectual disability. 9
29	29		(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the 10
30	30		Commissioner of Developmental Services, shall submit an application 11
31	31		for any applicable Medicaid state plan amendment, waiver or waiver 12
32	32		amendment, in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8 of the 13
33	33		general statutes, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to 14
34	34		allow a guardian or family member of an adult with intellectual 15
35	35		disability to receive a stipend for providing personal care services to 16
36	36		such adult with intellectual disability. Not later than July 1, 2020, or 17
37	37		fifteen days after the Commissioner of Social Services receives federal 18 Substitute Bill No. 372
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44	44		approval of such application, whichever is earlier, the Commissioner 19
45	45		of Developmental Services shall provide a stipend to the guardian or 20
46	46		family member of such adult with intellectual disability for the 21
47	47		provision of personal care services to such adult with intellectual 22
48	48		disability, provided such adult with intellectual disability (1) has 23
49	49		complex medical or behavioral needs, as determined pursuant to the 24
50	50		Department of Developmental Services' level of need assessment, (2) is 25
51	51		at least twenty-one years of age, (3) has an income at or below one 26
52	52		hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (4) is at risk of 27
53	53		institutionalization. The Commissioner of Developmental Services 28
54	54		shall provide such stipend in accordance with the fee schedule, as 29
55	55		established and amended from time to time by the Commissioner of 30
56	56		Social Services pursuant to section 17b-343 of the general statutes, for 31
57	57		home health services provided under the Connecticut home-care 32
58	58		program for the elderly established pursuant to section 17b-342 of the 33
59	59		general statutes. 34
60	60		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
61	61		sections:
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63	63		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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65	65		PH Joint Favorable Subst.
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