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| 7 | 6 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 813 | |
| 8 | 7 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 9 | 8 | LCO No. 1704 | |
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| 12 | 11 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
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| 15 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 15 | (AGE) | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING RE TROACTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR | |
| 21 | 21 | HOME CARE SERVICES. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | 2021): 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | (h) An individual who is otherwise eligible for services pursuant to 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | this section shall, as a condition of participation in the program, apply 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | for medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-260 when 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | requested to do so by the department and shall accept such benefits if 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | determined eligible. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | medical assistance payments for Medicaid-eligible home care services 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | retroactive to not more than three months before the date an eligible 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | individual applied for Medicaid, to the extent permissible under 42 CFR 11 | |
| 36 | 36 | 435.915, as amended from time to time. Any Medicaid applicant who has 12 | |
| 37 | 37 | transferred assets for less than fair market value for purposes of obtaining 13 | |
| 38 | 38 | or maintaining Medicaid eligibility in the sixty months before applying 14 | |
| 39 | - | shall not be eligible for retroactive medical assistance payments. If the 15 Raised Bill No. 813 | |
| 39 | + | shall not be eligible for retroactive medical assistance payments. If the 15 | |
| 40 | + | applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 16 Raised Bill No. 813 | |
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| 46 | - | applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner shall impose a 16 | |
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| 47 | 46 | penalty period in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended 17 | |
| 48 | 47 | from time to time. 18 | |
| 49 | 48 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 50 | 49 | sections: | |
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| 52 | 51 | Section 1 July 1, 2021 17b-342(h) | |
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| 54 | - | AGE Joint Favorable C/R APP | |
| 53 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 54 | + | To grant retroactive Medicaid eligibility to home-care applicants | |
| 55 | + | consistent with federal law. | |
| 56 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 57 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 58 | + | underlined.] | |
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