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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 566
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE TROACTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR
HOME CARE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(h) An individual who is otherwise eligible for services pursuant to 4
this section shall, as a condition of participation in the program, apply 5
for medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-260 when 6
requested to do so by the department and shall accept such benefits if 7
determined eligible. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide 8
payments for Medicaid eligible home care services retroactive to not more 9
than three months from the date an eligible individual applied for 10
Medicaid, in accordance with the provisions of 42 CFR 435.915 as applied 11
to institutional care, provided such applicant has not made a transfer of 12
assets for less than fair market value for purposes of obtaining or 13
maintaining Medicaid eligibility in the sixty months before applying. If 14
the applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 15 Raised Bill No. 566
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penalty period in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended 16
from time to time. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-342(h)
Statement of Purpose:
To provide retroactive Medicaid eligibility for home care services.
[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.]