Bill Text: CT HB05226 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Personal Needs Allowance For Certain Long-term Care Facility Residents.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05226 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05226-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2014 |
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AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 17b-106 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(b) Effective July 1, [2011] 2014, the commissioner shall provide a state supplement payment for recipients of Medicaid and the federal Supplemental Security Income Program who reside in long-term care facilities sufficient to increase their personal needs allowance to [sixty] seventy-two dollars per month. On and after July 1, 2015, the commissioner shall increase such allowance annually in accordance with Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, if any such adjustments are made. Such state supplement payment shall be made to the long-term care facility to be deposited into the personal fund account of each such recipient. For the purposes of this subsection, "long-term care facility" means a licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, a chronic disease hospital, a rest home with nursing supervision, an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities or a state humane institution.
Sec. 2. Section 17b-272 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
Effective July 1, [2011] 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall permit patients residing in nursing homes, chronic disease hospitals and state humane institutions who are medical assistance recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance of [sixty] seventy-two dollars. On and after July 1, 2015, the commissioner shall increase such allowance annually in accordance with Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, if any such adjustments are made.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2014 |
17b-106(b) |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2014 |
17b-272 |
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In section 1(b) and section 2, the word "approved" was changed to "made" for accuracy and clarity.
AGE |
Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |