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| 3 | - | LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2024SB-00309-R01- | |
| 4 | - | SB.docx | |
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| 3 | + | LCO No. 2094 1 of 2 | |
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| 7 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 309 | |
| 8 | 6 | February Session, 2024 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 2094 | |
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| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (HS) | |
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| 14 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR | |
| 15 | - | CERTAIN LEGALLY PRESENT NONCITIZENS. | |
| 20 | + | CERTAIN LEGALLY PRESENT, OLDER NONCITIZENS. | |
| 16 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 17 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 19 | 24 | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services, 1 | |
| 20 | 25 | in consultation with the executive director of the Office of Health 2 | |
| 21 | 26 | Strategy, shall study the feasibility, costs and benefits of providing 3 | |
| 22 | - | medical assistance to certain legally present noncitizens who | |
| 23 | - | have qualified for a program providing such assistance before | |
| 24 | - | program was closed to new applicants in 2011, pursuant to section | |
| 25 | - | 257b of the general statutes. Not later than | |
| 27 | + | medical assistance to certain legally present, older noncitizens who 4 | |
| 28 | + | would have qualified for a program providing such assistance before 5 | |
| 29 | + | the program was closed to new applicants in 2011, pursuant to section 6 | |
| 30 | + | 17b-257b of the general statutes. Not later than October 1, 2024, the 7 | |
| 26 | 31 | commissioner shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of 8 | |
| 27 | 32 | section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the results of the study with the 9 | |
| 28 | 33 | joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 10 | |
| 29 | 34 | of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies 11 | |
| 30 | 35 | and human services. 12 | |
| 31 | 36 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 32 | 37 | sections: | |
| 33 | 38 | ||
| 34 | - | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 39 | + | Section 1 from passage New section Raised Bill No. 309 | |
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| 36 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 43 | + | LCO No. 2094 2 of 2 | |
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| 46 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | + | To study the feasibility of restoring a program providing state-funded | |
| 48 | + | medical assistance for assisted living and nursing facility care for certain | |
| 49 | + | noncitizens who are lawfully present. | |
| 50 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 51 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 52 | + | underlined.] | |
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