2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-277. (Formerly Sec. 17-134u). Medical assistance for needy pregnant women and children. Presumptive eligibility.
Sec. 17b-277. (Formerly Sec. 17-134u). Medical assistance for needy pregnant
women and children. Presumptive eligibility. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide, in accordance with federal law and regulations, medical assistance
under the Medicaid program to needy pregnant women and children up to one year of
age whose families have an income up to one hundred eighty-five per cent of the federal
poverty level.
(P.A. 88-217, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-134, S. 4, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 72, 165.)
History: P.A. 90-134 added Subsec. (b) re presumptive eligibility; 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. 17-134u transferred to Sec. 17b-277 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited as "17b-260 et seq. (providing for supplemental medical assistance)". 233 C. 557, 565.
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