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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 3689 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 819 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 3689 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (HS) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT PROHIBITING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AGENCIES AN D |
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| 20 | 20 | | CONTINUING CARE PROV IDERS OFFERING ASSISTED LIVING |
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| 21 | 21 | | SERVICES FROM REQUIR ING A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACT |
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| 22 | 22 | | GUARANTOR. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) No assisted living services 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | agency licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes shall 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | require a third-party guarantee of payment in any contract for services 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | entered into after the effective date of this section. If a contract entered 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | into after the effective date of this section contains a provision 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | requiring a third-party guarantee of payment such provision shall be 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | void and unenforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | contract provision under this section shall not affect any other 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | provision of the contract. 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 2. Section 17b-523 of the general statutes is amended by adding 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | subsection (c) as follows (Effective from passage): 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (NEW) (c) No provider of continuing care that includes assisted 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | living services shall require a third-party guarantee of payment in any 13 Raised Bill No. 819 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 3689 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | continuing care contract for admission or continued residency entered 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | into after the effective date of this section. If a contract entered into 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | after the effective date of this section contains a provision requiring a 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | third-party guarantee of payment such provision shall be void and 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | unenforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any contract 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | provision under this subsection shall not affect any other provision of 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | such contract. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 52 | 52 | | sections: |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 55 | 55 | | Sec. 2 from passage 17b-523 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 58 | 58 | | To apply to assisted living services agencies and continuing care |
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| 59 | 59 | | providers that offer assisted living services the same prohibition on |
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| 60 | 60 | | third-party guarantor contract requirements applied to nursing home |
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| 61 | 61 | | facilities. |
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| 62 | 62 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 63 | 63 | | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 64 | 64 | | not underlined.] |
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