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| 7 | 5 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 564 | |
| 8 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 9 | 7 | LCO No. 1734 | |
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| 12 | 10 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
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| 15 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 14 | (AGE) | |
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| 20 | 19 | AN ACT PERMITTING A COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN | |
| 21 | 20 | INSTITUTIONALIZED SPOUSE TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT | |
| 22 | 21 | OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS. | |
| 23 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 25 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this 1 | |
| 27 | 26 | section: 2 | |
| 28 | 27 | (1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 3 | |
| 29 | 28 | USC 1396r-5(h)(1). 4 | |
| 30 | 29 | (2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 5 | |
| 31 | 30 | 1396r-5(h)(2). 6 | |
| 32 | 31 | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid 7 | |
| 33 | 32 | state plan to permit a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to 8 | |
| 34 | 33 | retain the maximum resource amount allowable for such community 9 | |
| 35 | 34 | spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). 10 | |
| 36 | 35 | (c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 11 | |
| 37 | 36 | provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the 12 | |
| 38 | 37 | provisions of this section. 13 Raised Bill No. 564 | |
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| 45 | 43 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 46 | 44 | sections: | |
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| 48 | 46 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 50 | - | AGE Joint Favorable | |
| 48 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 49 | + | To allow spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients to retain a | |
| 50 | + | greater share of marital assets in order to live independently longer in | |
| 51 | + | the community and save state costs related to institutionalization. | |
| 52 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 53 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 54 | + | not underlined.] | |
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