SB 818 — AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.

New Copy Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

818660 January Session, 2021 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

1702818 ReferredSenate, toMay 10, 2021 The Committee on AGINGAppropriations Introducedreported by:through SEN.

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AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.

(NEW) (Effective from passage) (a)Not Forlater purposesthan January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of thisSocial section:Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

(1)Suchreport "Institutionalizedshallexamine spouse"thecost hasandfeasibility ofpermitting a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the samemaximum meaningresource asamount providedallowable infor such community spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1).1396r-5(f)(2).

(2)For "Communitypurposes of this section, "institutionalized spouse" hasand "community spouse" each have the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(2).1396r-5(h).

(b)sSB818 The/ CommissionerFile ofNo. Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to permit a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse to retain the maximum resource amount allowable for such community spouse pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2).

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660 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to examine the cost and feasibility of allowing the community spouse of an institutionalized individual to retain the maximum amount of assets allowed under federal law, and report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2022.

This has no fiscal impact as DSS has the expertise necessary to complete the report.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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660 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 818 AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PERMITTING THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE OF AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MEDICAID RECIPIENT TO RETAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWABLE ASSETS.

SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.

COMMITTEE ACTION Aging Committee Joint Favorable Change of Reference - APP Yea 15 Nay 0 (02/16/2021) Appropriations Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 50 Nay 0 (04/21/2021) sSB818 / File No.

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