Bill Text: CT HB05338 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5338 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Medicaid Long-term Care Coverage For Married Couples.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations [HB05338 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05338-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5338*
*February Session, 2012*		LCO No. 571
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Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID LONG-TERM CARE COVERAGE FOR MARRIED COUPLES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (g) of section 17b-261 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to require that the spouse of an institutionalized person who is applying for Medicaid receives the maximum community spouse protected amount, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.