2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-283 - (Formerly Sec. 17-134ee). Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program for children and young adults with disabilities.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, administer a Medicaid waiver program pursuant to Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act to provide home and community-based services for persons who are institutionalized or at risk of institutionalization and who (1) are twenty-one years of age or younger; (2) have a physical disability and may also have a co-occurring developmental disability; and (3) meet the financial eligibility criteria established in the waiver.

(P.A. 90-134, S. 5, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 74, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 50, 53; P.A. 12-119, S. 2.)

History: 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. 17-134ee transferred to Sec. 17b-283 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made a technical and conforming change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 deleted former Subsec. (b) re feasibility study concerning Medicaid coverage for outpatient substance abuse treatment, removed Subsec. (a) designator and added language re amendment of waiver to increase number of eligible persons, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 12-119 replaced former provisions re model 2176 Medicaid waiver with provisions re Medicaid waiver program for certain children and young adults with disabilities, effective July 1, 2012.