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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 419
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2033
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR
CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS AND
ELIMINATING THE MEDICAID APPLIED INCOME PENALTY FOR
CONSERVATOR EXPENSES.
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) title 17b of 4
the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social 5
Services to amend the Medicaid state plan to permit a qualified 6
deduction of certain conservator expenses from the income portion of a 7
Medicaid recipient that is applied to the cost of such recipient's care. 8
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.