Bill Text: CT HB06370 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6370 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Expanding Eligibility For Subsidized Assisted Living.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Senate Calendar Number 342 [HB06370 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06370-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 6370*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 2732
		02732_______HS_
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBSIDIZED ASSISTED LIVING.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-347e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall establish a demonstration project to provide subsidized assisted living services, as defined in section 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, for persons residing in affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a. The demonstration project shall be conducted in at least three municipalities to be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services. The demonstration project shall be limited to a maximum of three hundred subsidized dwelling units. [Applicants] An applicant shall be eligible for such subsidized assisted living services [shall be subject to the same eligibility requirements as] if such applicant is (1) eligible for the Connecticut home care program for the elderly pursuant to section 17b-342, or (2) sixty-five years of age or older and eligible for the mental health waiver pursuant to section 17b-602a.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2013	17b-347e(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To provide subsidized assisted living opportunities for persons with mental illness.

[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.]