2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-272. (Formerly Sec. 17-134m). Personal fund allowance.
Sec. 17b-272. (Formerly Sec. 17-134m). Personal fund allowance. Effective
July 1, 1998, the Commissioner of Social Services shall permit patients residing in
nursing homes, chronic disease hospitals and state humane institutions who are medical
assistance recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285,
inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-362, inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance
of fifty dollars. Effective July 1, 1999, the commissioner shall increase such allowance
annually to reflect the annual inflation adjustment in Social Security income, if any.
History: P.A. 84-354 increased the allowance from twenty-eight to thirty dollars; P.A. 85-367 increased the allowance from thirty to thirty-five dollars; P.A. 87-367 increased the allowance from "thirty-five" to "forty" dollars and added the language re adjustments beginning July 1, 1988; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 reduced the allowance to an amount equal to the minimum permitted under Title XIX, beginning October 1, 1991, and deleted the previous forty-dollar allowance and the language re adjustments; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134m transferred to Sec. 17b-272 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 added a provision effective July 1, 1998, requiring the commissioner to increase personal fund allowance annually to reflect any annual inflation adjustment in Social Security income, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-239 substituted "July 1, 1998" for "October 1, 1991" as applicable date and increased the allowance to fifty dollars, deleting reference to "a level equal to the minimum permitted under Title XIX of the Social Security Act" and substituted "July 1, 1999" for "July 1, 1998" as applicable date for annual increases, effective July 1, 1998.
Cited as "17b-260 et seq. (providing for supplemental medical assistance)". 233 C. 557, 565.
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