Bill Text: CT SB00220 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Inaccessible Assets In Medicaid Eligibility Determinations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00220 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00220-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 220
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2366
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INACCESSIBLE ASSETS IN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS.

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

That section 17b-261a of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services to define as inaccessible for Medicaid purposes those assets not actually available to a Medicaid applicant for liquidation on the date the department determines Medicaid eligibility.

Statement of Purpose:

To define inaccessible assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes.