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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 561
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
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AN ACT RAISING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR
CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 17b-106 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(b) Effective July 1, [2011] 2019, the commissioner shall provide a 4
state supplement payment for recipients of Medicaid and the federal 5
Supplemental Security Income Program who reside in long-term care 6
facilities sufficient to increase their personal needs allowance to [sixty] 7
seventy-two dollars per month. Such state supplement payment shall 8
be made to the long-term care facility to be deposited into the personal 9
fund account of each such recipient. For the purposes of this 10
subsection, "long-term care facility" means a licensed chronic and 11
convalescent nursing home, a chronic disease hospital, a rest home 12
with nursing supervision, an intermediate care facility for individuals 13
with intellectual disabilities or a state humane institution. 14 Raised Bill No. 561
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Sec. 2. Section 17b-272 of the general statutes is repealed and the 15
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 16
Effective July 1, [2011] 2019, the Commissioner of Social Services 17
shall permit patients residing in nursing homes, chronic disease 18
hospitals and state humane institutions who are medical assistance 19
recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-20
285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, to have a monthly 21
personal fund allowance of [sixty] seventy-two dollars. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-106(b)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 17b-272
Statement of Purpose:
To assist needy residents of long-term care facilities by raising the
amount of money they may keep for personal needs after the cost of
care.
[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.]