2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled
Section 17b-605a - Personal care assistance program for persons eighteen years of age or older with disabilities and persons eligible for medical assistance. Transition upon attaining age of sixty-five.
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to establish a personal care assistance program for persons eighteen years of age or older with disabilities funded under the Medicaid program. Such a program shall be limited to a specified number of slots available for eligible program recipients and shall be operated by the Department of Social Services within available appropriations. Such a waiver shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services in accordance with section 17b-8 no later than January 1, 1996.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the waiver specified in subsection (a) of this section to enable persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance under section 17b-597 to receive personal care assistance. Such amendment shall not be subject to the provisions of section 17b-8 provided such amendment shall consist only of modifications necessary to extend personal care assistance to such persons.
(c) On and after April 1, 2013, upon attaining sixty-five years of age, any person served under such program shall be transitioned to the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, established under section 17b-342.
(P.A. 95-292, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-213, S. 3; P.A. 06-188, S. 8; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 95-292 effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 00-213 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making a technical change therein, and added new Subsec. (b) re amendment of waiver specified in Subsec. (a) to enable persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance under Sec. 17b-597 to receive personal care assistance; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsec. (a) by removing the upper age limit of 64 re eligibility for services under the program, effective July 1, 2006; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added Subsec. (c) re transition to the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, effective July 1, 2012.
