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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 818
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY
SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO
RETAIN THE MAXIMUM A MOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2022, the 1
Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance 2
with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 3
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 4
matters relating to aging and appropriations and the budgets of state 5
agencies. Such report shall examine the cost and feasibility of permitting 6
a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the 7
maximum resource amount allowable for such community spouse 8
pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). For purposes of this section, 9
"institutionalized spouse" and "community spouse" each have the same 10
meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h).11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
AGE Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable Subst. Substitute Bill No. 818
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