Bill Text: CT HB05002 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5002 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Personal Needs Allowance For Certain Long-term Care Residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [HB05002 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05002-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5002*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 267

Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS.

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

That section 17b-106 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes and section 17b-272 of the general statutes be amended to increase the personal needs allowance from sixty to one hundred dollars for long-term care facility residents who receive state medical assistance.

Statement of Purpose:

To raise the personal needs allowance to a sufficient level to ensure residents can pay for basic personal needs, such as clothing and hair cuts.