Bill Text: CT HB05076 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Personal Needs Allowance For Long-term Care Facility Residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [HB05076 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05076-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5076
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 511
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17b-272 of the general statutes and section 17b-106 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes be amended to increase the personal needs allowance from sixty to one hundred dollars for long-term care facility residents who receive state medical assistance.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide sufficient funds for long-term care facility residents to tend to their personal needs.