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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 418
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.
REP. PHIPPS, 100th Dist.
REP. WILSON, 66th Dist.
AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR
CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS AND
AUTHORIZING A DEDUCTION FOR CONSERVATOR EXPENSES
FROM THE AMOUNT OF INCOME A MEDICAID RECIPIENT APPLIES
TO THE COST OF CARE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That (1) sections 17b-106 and 17b-272 of the general statutes be 1
amended to increase the monthly personal needs allowance for long-2
term care facility residents who receive medical assistance from sixty 3
dollars to seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents, and (2) that title 4
17b of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of 5
Social Services to amend the Medicaid state plan to permit a qualified 6
deduction of certain conservator expenses from the income of a 7
Medicaid recipient that is applied to the cost of such recipient's care. 8 Proposed Bill No. 418
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Statement of Purpose:
To provide sufficient funds for the personal needs of long-term care
facility residents and to eliminate the applied income penalty under the
Medicaid program for costs relating to conservators.