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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00818

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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 818
7+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 818
88 January Session, 2021
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15+Introduced by:
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13-AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY
14-SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO
15-RETAIN THE MAXIMUM A MOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.
20+AN ACT PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE O F AN
21+INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE
22+MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AL LOWABLE ASSETS.
1623 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1724 Assembly convened:
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19-Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2022, the 1
20-Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance 2
21-with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 3
22-standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 4
23-matters relating to aging and appropriations and the budgets of state 5
24-agencies. Such report shall examine the cost and feasibility of permitting 6
25-a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the 7
26-maximum resource amount allowable for such community spouse 8
27-pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). For purposes of this section, 9
28-"institutionalized spouse" and "community spouse" each have the same 10
29-meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h).11
26+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this 1
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28+(1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 3
29+USC 1396r-5(h)(1). 4
30+(2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 5
31+USC 1396r-5(h)(2). 6
32+(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid 7
33+state plan to permit a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse 8
34+to retain the maximum resource amount allowable for such community 9
35+spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2). 10
36+(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 11
37+provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the 12 Raised Bill No. 818
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3045 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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