Bill Text: CT SB00226 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 226 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Presumptive Medicaid Eligibility For Home Care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00226 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00226-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 226*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2372
		02372
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PRESUMPTIVE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME CARE.

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

That section 17b-342 of the general statutes be amended to establish presumptive Medicaid eligibility for home care applicants whose medical needs meet or exceed skilled nursing level of care.

Statement of Purpose:

To create certain presumptive eligibility for home care benefits.