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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 807
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF ASSET LIMITS FOR
HUSKY C BENEFICIARIES OVER A FIVE -YEAR PERIOD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Social Services shall increase and then eliminate the asset limit for the 2
HUSKY C health program, as defined in section 17b-290 of the general 3
statutes, over a five-year period in accordance with the provisions of this 4
section: 5
(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the commissioner shall 6
increase the asset limit for (A) an unmarried person from one thousand 7
six hundred dollars to ten thousand dollars, and (B) married persons 8
from two thousand four hundred dollars to fifteen thousand dollars; 9
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the commissioner shall 10
increase the asset limit for (A) an unmarried person to twenty-five 11
thousand dollars, and (B) married persons to forty thousand dollars; 12
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, the commissioner shall 13
increase the asset limit for (A) an unmarried person to seventy-five 14
thousand dollars, and (B) married persons to one hundred thousand 15
dollars; 16
(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, the commissioner shall 17
increase the asset limit for (A) an unmarried person to one hundred 18 Substitute Bill No. 807
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thousand dollars, and (B) married persons to one hundred fifty 19
thousand dollars; and 20
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2030, and each fiscal year 21
thereafter, there shall be no asset limit for unmarried or married 22
persons. 23
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall allow any person, 24
whose income exceeds the income limits for the HUSKY C health 25
program but who otherwise qualifies, to qualify for the program by 26
spending down such person's excess income over the program income 27
limits on incurred medical bills in accordance with 42 CFR 435.831. 28
(c) Not later than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter until July 1, 29
2030, the commissioner shall file a report, in accordance with the 30
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, with the joint 31
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 32
matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and 33
human services on (1) the number of persons eligible for the HUSKY C 34
health program for the prior fiscal year, and (2) any increased costs 35
incurred by the state that are attributable to changes in the asset limits. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (c), "and the budgets of state agencies" was inserted after
"appropriations" for statutory consistency.
HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO