Bill Text: CT HB05480 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Increasing Home And Community-based Care For Elderly Medicaid Recipients.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-09 - Public Hearing 03/13 [HB05480 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05480-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5480
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 2025
		*02025_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE FOR ELDERLY MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek to amend the Medicaid state plan pursuant to Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act to improve access to home and community-based services for persons who are eligible to receive services provided under the state-funded home care program for the elderly, established pursuant to subsection (i) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes, by using needs-based eligibility criteria. The commissioner may amend a previously submitted waiver application submitted under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act if necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an application in accordance with the State Balancing Incentive Payment Program, established pursuant to Section 10202 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to increase the state's federal matching assistance payments for Medicaid home and community-based services. The commissioner shall make the administrative changes required in accordance with the terms of said program including, but not limited to: (1) The establishment of a no wrong door, single entry point system to enable consumers to gain access to information on services available, including referral services, and to receive an assessment to determine eligibility for various programs; (2) the provision of conflict-free case management services to develop individual service plans and to arrange for and conduct ongoing monitoring of services; and (3) the utilization of a core standardized assessment instrument to determine eligibility and appropriate services.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To expand access to home and community-based care for elderly recipients of Medicaid.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]