2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-260d - Home and community-based services waiver serving persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall apply for a home and community-based services waiver pursuant to Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act that will allow the commissioner to develop and implement a program for the provision of home or community-based services, as defined in 42 CFR 440.180, to not more than fifty persons currently receiving services under the Medicaid program who (1) have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus or have acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and (2) would remain eligible for Medicaid if admitted to a hospital, nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, or in the absence of the services that are requested under such waiver, would require the Medicaid covered level of care provided in such facilities.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 63; P.A. 11-44, S. 93.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 changed maximum number of persons served from 100 to 50, deleted provision re services to avoid institutionalization, deleted former Subsec. (b) re report to General Assembly and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.