Bill Text: CT SB00221 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 221 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Care For Elderly Persons In A Home Setting Rather Than A Health Care Facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Change of Reference, House to Committee on Aging [SB00221 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00221-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 221*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1024

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CARE FOR ELDERLY PERSONS IN A HOME SETTING RATHER THAN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY.

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

That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Public Health to develop a plan to ensure that, on and after December 31, 2015, not less than seventy-five per cent of elderly persons who require long-term care receive such care in a home setting rather than a nursing home facility.

Statement of Purpose:

To promote aging in place by developing a plan to ensure seventy-five per cent of elderly persons requiring long-term care receive such care in a home setting by the end of 2015.