2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-272 - (Formerly Sec. 17-134m). Personal fund allowance.

Effective July 1, 2011, 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-361, inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance of sixty dollars.

(P.A. 81-320; P.A. 84-354, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-367, S. 1; P.A. 87-367, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 7, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 151, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 3, 35; P.A. 05-280, S. 26; P.A. 11-44, S. 79.)

History: P.A. 84-354 increased the allowance from $28 to $30; P.A. 85-367 increased the allowance to $35; P.A. 87-367 increased the allowance from to $40 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 $40 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 $50, 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date for annual increases, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 05-280 substituted reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-44 changed date from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 2011, increased personal fund allowance from $50 to $60 and deleted provision re annual allowance increase, effective July 1, 2011.