Bill Text: CT SB00162 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Personal Needs Allowance For Certain Long-term Care Facility Residents.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [SB00162 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00162-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 162

 

February Session, 2014

 

LCO No. 585

   

Referred to Committee on AGING

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

 

AN ACT INCREASING THE PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

To amend section 17b-106 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes and section 17b-272 of the general statutes to increase the personal needs allowance to seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents per month for long-term care facility residents who receive medical assistance.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide badly needed funds to long-term care residents for personal needs.

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