2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-600a. Additional financial assistance for persons with severe physical disabilities who require transfer assistance. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-600a. Additional financial assistance for persons with severe physical
disabilities who require transfer assistance. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of
Social Services shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide additional financial benefits for persons with severe physical disabilities (1) who
are unable to transfer independently in the event of an emergency, (2) who apply for or
receive aid under the state supplement program, and (3) who reside with individuals
who provide transfer assistance to such persons. Benefits shall be provided under the
program only if the individual providing such transfer assistance is not related to the
person with a severe physical disability. Under the program, payments shall be made
in an amount equal to the amount of the increased benefit the person would receive
under the state supplement program if the individual providing such transfer assistance
were not living with the person with a severe physical disability. For the purposes of
this section, "transfer assistance" means help provided to a person with a severe physical
disability by an individual who physically lifts such person or utilizes a hoyer lift, transfer
board or other device in order to move such person between surfaces or to or from a
bed, chair or wheelchair within such person's residence.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 1, 53.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 effective July 1, 2000.
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