Bill Text: CT HB05052 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Governor's Budget Recommendations For Human Services Programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-17 - File Number 621 [HB05052 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05052-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2014 |
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AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 15 of public act 13-184 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-17 of the general statutes, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, [and] to June 30, [2015] 2018, inclusive, the provisions of [said] section 17a-17 shall not be considered in any increases or decreases to rates or allowable per diem payments to private residential treatment centers licensed pursuant to section 17a-145 of the general statutes.
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2014) The sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Social Services from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, to (1) increase rates for private psychiatric residential treatment facilities funded through the Medicaid program for persons under the age of twenty-two years, and (2) expand such facilities by six beds.
Sec. 3. Section 19a-402 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
The Commission on Medicolegal Investigations established under section 19a-401 and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner established under section 19a-403 shall be within [The University of Connecticut Health Center] the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes only.
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 17b-802 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall establish, within available appropriations, and administer a security deposit guarantee program for persons who (1) (A) are recipients of temporary family assistance, aid under the state supplement program, or state-administered general assistance, or (B) have a documented showing of financial need, and (2) (A) are residing in emergency shelters or other emergency housing, cannot remain in permanent housing due to any reason specified in subsection (a) of section 17b-808, or are served a writ, summons and complaint in a summary process action instituted pursuant to chapter 832, or (B) have a certificate or voucher from a rental assistance program or federal Section 8 [certificate or voucher] program. Under [such] the security deposit guarantee program, the Commissioner of Housing may provide security deposit guarantees for use by such persons in lieu of a security deposit on a rental dwelling unit. Eligible persons may receive a security deposit guarantee in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of two months' rent on such rental unit. No person may apply for and receive a security deposit guarantee more than once in any eighteen-month period without the express authorization of the Commissioner of Housing, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of Housing may deny eligibility for the security deposit guarantee program to an applicant for whom the commissioner has paid two claims by landlords. The Commissioner of Housing shall prioritize provision of security deposit guarantees to eligible veterans and may establish priorities for providing security deposit guarantees to other eligible persons described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (2) of this subsection in order to administer the program within available appropriations.
Sec. 5. Section 17b-617 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate a state-funded pilot program to allow not more than [fifty] one hundred persons with disabilities (1) who are age eighteen to sixty-four, inclusive, (2) who are inappropriately institutionalized or at risk of inappropriate institutionalization, and (3) whose assets do not exceed the asset limits of the state-funded home care program for the elderly, established pursuant to subsection (i) of section 17b-342, to be eligible to receive the same services that are provided under the state-funded home care program for the elderly. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, such persons may also be eligible to receive services that are necessary to meet needs attributable to disabilities in order to allow such persons to avoid institutionalization.
(b) Any person participating in the pilot program whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall contribute to the cost of care in accordance with the methodology established for recipients of medical assistance pursuant to sections 5035.20 and 5035.25 of the department's uniform policy manual.
(c) The annualized cost of services provided to an individual under the pilot program shall not exceed fifty per cent of the weighted average cost of care in nursing homes in the state.
(d) If the number of persons eligible for the pilot program established pursuant to this section exceeds [fifty] one hundred persons or if the cost of the program exceeds available appropriations, the commissioner shall establish a waiting list designed to serve applicants by order of application date.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
PA 13-184, Sec. 15 |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2014 |
New section |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2014 |
19a-402 |
Sec. 4 |
July 1, 2014 |
17b-802(a) |
Sec. 5 |
July 1, 2014 |
17b-617 |
HS |
Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
APP |