Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01471 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1471
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1471
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5650
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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10	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A
11	20		COMMUNITY-BASED MEMORY CARE PROGRAM.
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. (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1
16	25		Services shall develop a two-year pilot program in the city of Hartford 2
17	26		to provide a subsidized memory care program for low-income senior 3
18	27		citizens. In selecting a contractor for the program, the commissioner 4
19	28		shall give priority to any community action agency, as defined in section 5
20	29		17b-885 of the general statutes, with experience operating a program 6
21	30		that provides assisted living services to senior citizens in the city of 7
22	31		Hartford. 8
23	32		(b) The memory care program shall comply with the requirements of 9
24	33		section 19a-562 of the general statutes and be offered as an alternative to 10
25	34		placements in secured units in skilled nursing facilities. The 11
26	35		commissioner shall develop a funding model that maximizes the use of 12
27	36		state funds, within available appropriations. The commissioner may 13
28	37		seek federal approval for a Medicaid waiver program to support the 14
29	38		pilot program. 15
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1471
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	43	+	LCO No. 5650 2 of 2
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30	45		(c) In designing the pilot program, the commissioner shall appoint 16
31	46		and convene a working group to provide input. Members of the 17
32	47		working group shall include representatives of community action 18
33		-	agencies, organizations that advocate for senior citizens and medical 19 Substitute Bill No. 1471
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36		-	LCO 2 of 2
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38		-	professionals specializing in Alzheimer's disease and dementia care. 20
39		-	Not later than September 1, 2025, the commissioner shall file a report, in 21
	48	+	agencies, organizations that advocate for senior citizens and medical 19
	49	+	professionals specializing in Alzheimer's and dementia care. Not later 20
	50	+	than September 1, 2025, the commissioner shall file a report, in 21
40	51		accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 22
41	52		on development of the pilot program with the joint standing committees 23
42	53		of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 24
43	54		human services and public health. For purposes of this section, "senior 25
44	55		citizen" means a person age sixty-five and older. 26
45	56		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
46	57		sections:
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48	59		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
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50		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
51		-	In Subsec. (c), "disease" was added after "Alzheimer's" for clarity.
	61	+	Statement of Purpose:
	62	+	To establish a pilot program to provide subsidized memory care
	63	+	services for low-income senior citizens in the city of Hartford.
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53		-	HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	65	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	66	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	67	+	underlined.]
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