Connecticut 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 6 D cosponsors

SB 206 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF THE KATIE BECKETT WAIVER PROGRAM.

Last action — FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ON Appropriations

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No.
General Assembly Raised Bill No.
206 February Session, 2024 AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF THE KATIE BECKETT WAIVER PROGRAM.
206 February Session, 2024 LCO No.
1422 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES Introduced by:
(HS) AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF THE KATIE BECKETT WAIVER PROGRAM.
(Effective July 1, 2024) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, expand the waiver program established pursuant to section 17b-283 of the general statutes to provide an additional fifty slots, with two such slots reserved for children with juvenile Tay-Sachs disease, or, if there are not two such children, children with another rare, life-threatening disease.
Section 17b-283 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
For purposes of this section, "Tay-Sachs disease" means a rare genetic disorder caused by the absence of an enzyme that can lead to seizures, vision loss, hearing loss and death.
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.
Not later than July 1, 2024, the commissioner, within available appropriations, shall expand the waiver program to reduce the waiting list for program services.
Section 1 July 1, 2024 New section HS Joint Favorable Subst.
LCO No.
C/R APP LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2024SB-00206-R011 of 1 SB.docx
1422 1 of 2 Raised Bill No.
206 from passage Section 1 17b-283 Statement of Purpose:
To expand the Katie Beckett waiver program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.
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Action History

  1. FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  2. FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  3. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  4. FILED WITH LCO

  5. Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP

  6. PUBLIC HEARING 0307

  7. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services

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8 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 206?
SB 206 is sponsored by Saud Anwar (Democratic), Christine Cohen (Democratic), Moira Rader (Democratic), Martha Marx (Democratic), Matthew L. Lesser (Democratic), Geraldo C. Reyes, Michael D Quinn, and Martin M. Looney (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 206?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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