Bill Text: CT HB05287 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Medicaid Eligibility For Home-care Services.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05287 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05287-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Substitute Bill No. 5287 | |
February Session, 2016 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME-CARE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 17b-342 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(h) An individual who is otherwise eligible for services pursuant to this section shall, as a condition of participation in the program, apply for medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-260 when requested to do so by the department and shall accept such benefits if determined eligible. The Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with 42 CFR 435.915, shall provide payments for Medicaid-eligible services under the medical assistance program retroactive not more than three months from the date an eligible individual applied for such assistance, provided such applicant has not made a transfer of assets for less than fair market value in the sixty months before applying. If the applicant has made such a transfer, the commissioner, in accordance with 42 USC 1396p(c)(1)(D)(ii), as amended from time to time, shall begin any penalty period on the later of (1) the first day of the month during or after the date of the transfer that resulted in the penalty period, or (2) the date an otherwise eligible applicant applied for medical assistance and would have been receiving such assistance but for the imposition of a penalty period. For purposes of this subsection, "penalty period" has the same meaning as provided in section 17b-261q.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2016 |
17b-342(h) |
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(h), "eligible person" was changed to "eligible individual" for internal consistency.
AGE |
Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |