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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 818
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE O F AN
INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AL LOWABLE ASSETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this 1
section: 2
(1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 3
USC 1396r-5(h)(1). 4
(2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 5
USC 1396r-5(h)(2). 6
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid 7
state plan to permit a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse 8
to retain the maximum resource amount allowable for such community 9
spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). 10
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 11
provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the 12 Raised Bill No. 818
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provisions of this section. 13
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent impoverishment of spouses of institutionalized residents.
[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.]