Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

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	3	+	LCO No. 4226 1 of 4
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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1300
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1300
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 4226
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(HS)
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10		-	AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATING SPOUSES FOR STATE -
11		-	FUNDED HOME CARE.
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	19	+	AN ACT COMPENSATING SPOUSES FOR STATE -FUNDED HOME
	20	+	CARE.
12	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	22		Assembly convened:
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15	24		Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is 1
16	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
17	26		2025): 3
18	27		(i) (1) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available 4
19	28		appropriations, administer a state-funded portion of the Connecticut 5
20	29		home-care program for the elderly for persons (A) who are sixty-five 6
21	30		years of age and older and are not eligible for Medicaid; (B) who are 7
22	31		inappropriately institutionalized or at risk of inappropriate 8
23	32		institutionalization; (C) whose income is less than or equal to the 9
24	33		amount allowed for a person who would be eligible for medical 10
25	34		assistance if residing in a nursing facility; and (D) whose assets, if single, 11
26	35		do not exceed one hundred fifty per cent of the federal minimum 12
27	36		community spouse protected amount pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2) 13
28	37		or, if married, the couple's assets do not exceed two hundred per cent of 14
29	38		said community spouse protected amount. For program applications 15
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1300
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	43	+	LCO No. 4226 2 of 4
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30	45		received by the Department of Social Services for the fiscal years ending 16
31	46		June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, only persons who require the level of 17
32	47		care provided in a nursing home shall be eligible for the state-funded 18
33	48		portion of the program, except for persons residing in affordable 19
34		-	housing under the assisted living demonstration project established 20 Substitute Bill No. 1300
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37		-	LCO 2 of 3
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	49	+	housing under the assisted living demonstration project established 20
39	50		pursuant to section 17b-347e who are otherwise eligible in accordance 21
40	51		with this section. 22
41	52		(2) Except for persons residing in affordable housing under the 23
42	53		assisted living demonstration project established pursuant to section 24
43	54		17b-347e, as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any person 25
44	55		whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty 26
45	56		level and who is ineligible for Medicaid shall contribute three per cent 27
46	57		of the cost of his or her care. Any person whose income exceeds two 28
47	58		hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall contribute three per 29
48	59		cent of the cost of his or her care in addition to the amount of applied 30
49	60		income determined in accordance with the methodology established by 31
50	61		the Department of Social Services for recipients of medical assistance. 32
51	62		Any person who does not contribute to the cost of care in accordance 33
52	63		with this subdivision shall be ineligible to receive services under this 34
53	64		subsection. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17b-60 and 17b-35
54	65		61, the department shall not be required to provide an administrative 36
55	66		hearing to a person found ineligible for services under this subsection 37
56	67		because of a failure to contribute to the cost of care. 38
57	68		(3) Any person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted 39
58	69		living demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e 40
59	70		and whose income is at or below two hundred per cent of the federal 41
60	71		poverty level, shall not be required to contribute to the cost of care. Any 42
61	72		person who resides in affordable housing under the assisted living 43
62	73		demonstration project established pursuant to section 17b-347e and 44
63	74		whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty 45
64	75		level, shall contribute to the applied income amount determined in 46
65	76		accordance with the methodology established by the Department of 47
66	77		Social Services for recipients of medical assistance. Any person whose 48
	78	+	Raised Bill No. 1300
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	82	+	LCO No. 4226 3 of 4
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67	84		income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level and 49
68	85		who does not contribute to the cost of care in accordance with this 50
69	86		subdivision shall be ineligible to receive services under this subsection. 51
70	87		Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17b-60 and 17b-61, the 52
71	88		department shall not be required to provide an administrative hearing 53
72		-	to a person found ineligible for services under this subsection because 54 Substitute Bill No. 1300
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	89	+	to a person found ineligible for services under this subsection because 54
77	90		of a failure to contribute to the cost of care. 55
78	91		(4) The annualized cost of services provided to an individual under 56
79	92		the state-funded portion of the program shall not exceed fifty per cent 57
80	93		of the weighted average cost of care in nursing homes in the state, except 58
81	94		an individual who received services costing in excess of such amount 59
82	95		under the Department of Social Services in the fiscal year ending June 60
83	96		30, 1992, may continue to receive such services, provided the annualized 61
84	97		cost of such services does not exceed eighty per cent of the weighted 62
85	98		average cost of such nursing home care. The commissioner may allow 63
86	99		the cost of services provided to an individual to exceed the maximum 64
87	100		cost established pursuant to this subdivision in a case of extreme 65
88	101		hardship, as determined by the commissioner, provided in no case shall 66
89	102		such cost exceed that of the weighted cost of such nursing home care. 67
90	103		(5) A person who provides personal care assistance to an individual 68
91	104		enrolled in the state-funded portion of the program, including a spouse 69
92	105		of such individual, may be compensated for such assistance. The 70
93	106		Commissioner of Social Services shall prescribe training and 71
94	107		documentation requirements for such person to receive compensation 72
95	108		under the program. 73
96	109		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
97	110		sections:
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99	112		Section 1 July 1, 2025 17b-342(i)
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101		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
102		-	The title was changed.
	114	+	Raised Bill No. 1300
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104		-	HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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	118	+	LCO No. 4226 4 of 4
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	120	+	Statement of Purpose:
	121	+	To compensate spouses who provide personal care assistance to persons
	122	+	enrolled in the state-funded portion of the Connecticut home-care
	123	+	program for the elderly.
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	125	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	126	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	127	+	underlined.]
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