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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 4009 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 835 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 4009 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | (HS) | |
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| 19 | 19 | AN ACT EXPANDING MED ICAID COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-292 of the general statutes is 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | 1, 2019): 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | (a) A child who resides in a household with household income 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | which exceeds one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | level and does not exceed three hundred eighteen per cent of the 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | federal poverty level [may] shall be eligible for benefits under HUSKY 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | B regardless of the child's immigration status. 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 32 | 32 | sections: | |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-292(a) | |
| 35 | 35 | Raised Bill No. 835 | |
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| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 4009 2 of 2 | |
| 40 | 40 | ||
| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To expand Medicaid coverage for children regardless of immigration | |
| 43 | 43 | status. | |
| 44 | 44 | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 45 | 45 | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 46 | 46 | not underlined.] | |
| 47 | 47 |