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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 376
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ABLE ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 3-39r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 2
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, moneys 3
invested in an individual ABLE account, contributions to an individual 4
ABLE account and distributions for qualified disability expenses 5
pursuant to sections 3-39j to 3-39q, inclusive, shall be disregarded for 6
purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for assistance under 7
the temporary family assistance program, as described in section 17b-8
112, programs funded under the federal Low Income Home Energy 9
Assistance Program block grant, the state-administered general 10
assistance program, established pursuant to section 17b-190, and any 11
other federally funded assistance or benefit program, including, but not 12
limited to, the state's medical assistance program, whenever such 13
program requires consideration of one or more financial circumstances 14
of an individual for the purpose of determining the individual's 15 Raised Bill No. 376
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eligibility to receive any assistance or benefit or the amount of any 16
assistance or benefit. 17
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no moneys 18
invested in the ABLE accounts shall be considered to be an asset for 19
purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for need-based, 20
institutional aid grants offered to an individual at the public eligible 21
educational institutions in the state. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 3-39r
Statement of Purpose:
To allow moneys invested in an individual ABLE account, contributions
to an individual ABLE account and distributions for qualified disability
expenses to be disregarded for the purposes of determining an
individual's eligibility for assistance under the state-administered
general assistance program.
[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.]