Bill Text: CT HB05253 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Expanding Access To The Money Follows The Person Demonstration Project And Repealing Obsolete Statutes.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [HB05253 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05253-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5253
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 1478
		*01478_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AND REPEALING OBSOLETE STATUTES.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-369 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, shall submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Money Follows the Person demonstration project. Such project shall [serve not more than five thousand persons and shall] be designed to achieve the objectives set forth in Section 6071(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Services available under the demonstration project shall include, but need not be limited to, personal care assistance services. The commissioner may apply for a Medicaid research and demonstration waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, if such waiver is necessary to implement the demonstration project. The commissioner may, if necessary, modify any existing Medicaid home or community-based waiver if such modification is required to implement the demonstration project.

Sec. 2. Sections 17b-241b, 17b-242b, 17b-258, 17b-260c, 17b-263a and 17b-600a of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective from passage)

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	17b-369(a)
Sec. 2	from passage	Repealer section

Statement of Purpose:

To expand access to the Money Follows the Person demonstration project and repeal obsolete statutes.

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