Bill Text: CT SB00177 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Community Spouse's Allowable Assets.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-17 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB00177 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00177-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 177
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1086
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING A COMMUNITY SPOUSE'S ALLOWABLE ASSETS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Institutionalized spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1).

(2) "Community spouse" has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(2).

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to require that the community spouse of an institutionalized spouse receive the maximum community spouse protected amount pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2).

(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

AGE	Joint Favorable
HS	Joint Favorable