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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 813
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE TROACTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR
HOME CARE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(h) An individual who is otherwise eligible for services pursuant to 4
this section shall, as a condition of participation in the program, apply 5
for medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-260 when 6
requested to do so by the department and shall accept such benefits if 7
determined eligible. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide 8
medical assistance payments for Medicaid-eligible home care services 9
retroactive to not more than three months before the date an eligible 10
individual applied for Medicaid, to the extent permissible under 42 CFR 11
435.915, as amended from time to time. Any Medicaid applicant who has 12
transferred assets for less than fair market value for purposes of obtaining 13
or maintaining Medicaid eligibility in the sixty months before applying 14
shall not be eligible for retroactive medical assistance payments. If the 15
applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 16 Raised Bill No. 813
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penalty period in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended 17
from time to time. 18
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 17b-342(h)
Statement of Purpose:
To grant retroactive Medicaid eligibility to home-care applicants
consistent with federal law.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]