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| 7 | 5 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 566 | |
| 8 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 9 | 7 | LCO No. 3303 | |
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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 CONCERNING RE TROACTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR | |
| 21 | 20 | HOME CARE SERVICES. | |
| 22 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 24 | Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1 | |
| 26 | 25 | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 | |
| 27 | 26 | 1, 2019): 3 | |
| 28 | 27 | (h) An individual who is otherwise eligible for services pursuant to 4 | |
| 29 | 28 | this section shall, as a condition of participation in the program, apply 5 | |
| 30 | 29 | for medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-260 when 6 | |
| 31 | 30 | requested to do so by the department and shall accept such benefits if 7 | |
| 32 | 31 | determined eligible. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide 8 | |
| 33 | 32 | payments for Medicaid eligible home care services retroactive to not more 9 | |
| 34 | 33 | than three months from the date an eligible individual applied for 10 | |
| 35 | 34 | Medicaid, in accordance with the provisions of 42 CFR 435.915 as applied 11 | |
| 36 | 35 | to institutional care, provided such applicant has not made a transfer of 12 | |
| 37 | 36 | assets for less than fair market value for purposes of obtaining or 13 | |
| 38 | 37 | maintaining Medicaid eligibility in the sixty months before applying. If 14 | |
| 39 | - | the applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 15 | |
| 40 | - | penalty period in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended 16 Raised Bill No. 566 | |
| 38 | + | the applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 15 Raised Bill No. 566 | |
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| 44 | + | penalty period in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended 16 | |
| 47 | 45 | from time to time. 17 | |
| 48 | 46 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 49 | 47 | sections: | |
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 51 | 49 | Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-342(h) | |
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| 53 | - | AGE Joint Favorable | |
| 51 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 52 | + | To provide retroactive Medicaid eligibility for home care services. | |
| 53 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 54 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 55 | + | not underlined.] | |
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