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7	7		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6469
8	8		January Session, 2021
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11	12		Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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14	15		Introduced by:
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19	20		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONNECTICUT HOME -CARE PROGRAM
20	21		FOR THE ELDERLY.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. Subsections (i) and (j) of section 17b-342 of the general 1
25	26		statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
26	27		(Effective July 1, 2021): 3
27	28		(i) (1) On and after July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services 4
28	29		shall, within available appropriations, administer a state-funded 5
29	30		portion of the program for persons (A) who are sixty-five years of age 6
30	31		and older; (B) who are inappropriately institutionalized or at risk of 7
31	32		inappropriate institutionalization; (C) whose income is less than or 8
32	33		equal to the amount allowed under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of 9
33	34		this section; and (D) whose assets, if single, do not exceed one hundred 10
34	35		fifty per cent of the federal minimum community spouse protected 11
35	36		amount pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2) or, if married, the couple's 12
36	37		assets do not exceed two hundred per cent of said community spouse 13
37		-	protected amount. For program applications received by the 14 Raised Bill No. 6469
	38	+	protected amount. For program applications received by the 14
	39	+	Department of Social Services for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, 15 Raised Bill No. 6469
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44		-	Department of Social Services for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, 15
45	46		and June 30, 2017, only persons who require the level of care provided 16
46	47		in a nursing home shall be eligible for the state-funded portion of the 17
47	48		program, except for persons residing in affordable housing under the 18
48	49		assisted living demonstration project established pursuant to section 19
49	50		17b-347e who are otherwise eligible in accordance with this section. 20
50	51		[(2) Except for persons residing in affordable housing under the 21
51	52		assisted living demonstration project established pursuant to section 22
52	53		17b-347e, as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any person 23
53	54		whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty 24
54	55		level and who is ineligible for Medicaid shall contribute nine per cent of 25
55	56		the cost of his or her care. Any person whose income exceeds two 26
56	57		hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall contribute nine per 27
57	58		cent of the cost of his or her care in addition to the amount of applied 28
58	59		income determined in accordance with the methodology established by 29
59	60		the Department of Social Services for recipients of medical assistance. 30
60	61		Any person who does not contribute to the cost of care in accordance 31
61	62		with this subdivision shall be ineligible to receive services under this 32
62	63		subsection. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17b-60 and 17b-33
63	64		61, the department shall not be required to provide an administrative 34
64	65		hearing to a person found ineligible for services under this subsection 35
65	66		because of a failure to contribute to the cost of care. 36
66	67		(3) Any person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted 37
67	68		living demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e 38
68	69		and whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal 39
69	70		poverty level, shall not be required to contribute to the cost of care. Any 40
70	71		person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted living 41
71	72		demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e and 42
72	73		whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty 43
73	74		level, shall contribute to the applied income amount determined in 44
74	75		accordance with the methodology established by the Department of 45
75	76		Social Services for recipients of medical assistance. Any person whose 46
76		-	income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level and 47 Raised Bill No. 6469
	77	+	income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level and 47
	78	+	who does not contribute to the cost of care in accordance with this 48 Raised Bill No. 6469
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83		-	who does not contribute to the cost of care in accordance with this 48
84	85		subdivision shall be ineligible to receive services under this subsection. 49
85	86		Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17b-60 and 17b-61, the 50
86	87		department shall not be required to provide an administrative hearing 51
87	88		to a person found ineligible for services under this subsection because 52
88	89		of a failure to contribute to the cost of care.] 53
89	90		[(4)] (2) The annualized cost of services provided to an individual 54
90	91		under the state-funded portion of the program shall not exceed fifty per 55
91	92		cent of the weighted average cost of care in nursing homes in the state, 56
92	93		except an individual who received services costing in excess of such 57
93	94		amount under the Department of Social Services in the fiscal year 58
94	95		ending June 30, 1992, may continue to receive such services, provided 59
95	96		the annualized cost of such services does not exceed eighty per cent of 60
96	97		the weighted average cost of such nursing home care. The commissioner 61
97	98		may allow the cost of services provided to an individual to exceed the 62
98	99		maximum cost established pursuant to this subdivision in a case of 63
99	100		extreme hardship, as determined by the commissioner, provided in no 64
100	101		case shall such cost exceed that of the weighted cost of such nursing 65
101	102		home care. 66
102	103		(j) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement revised 67
103	104		criteria for the operation of the program while in the process of adopting 68
104	105		such criteria in regulation form, provided the commissioner prints 69
105	106		notice of intention to adopt the regulations [in the Connecticut Law 70
106	107		Journal within twenty days of implementing the policy] in accordance 71
107	108		with section 17b-10. Such criteria shall be valid until the time final 72
108	109		regulations are effective. 73
109	110		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
110	111		sections:
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112	113		Section 1 July 1, 2021 17b-342(i) and (j)
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