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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-340b. - Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. User fee.

On or before July 1, 2011, and on or before July first annually or biennially and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall determine the amount of the user fee and promptly notify the commissioner and the intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities of such amount. The user fee shall be (1) the sum of each facility's anticipated net revenue, including, but not limited to, its estimated net revenue from any increases in Medicaid payments during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year, (2) which sum shall be multiplied by a percentage as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, provided, before October 1, 2011, such percentage shall not exceed five and one-half per cent and, on and after October 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2017, such percentage shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed under federal law, and (3) which product shall be divided by the sum of each facility's anticipated resident days during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year. The Commissioner of Social Services, in anticipating facility net revenue and resident days, shall use the most recently available facility net revenue and resident day information. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services may adjust the user fee as necessary to prevent the state from exceeding the maximum amount allowed under federal law.
(P.A. 11-6, S. 152; 11-44, S. 162; P.A. 13-139, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 617.)
History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-44 added provisions allowing Commissioner of Social Services to determine amount of user fee annually or biennially and to adjust user fee to prevent fee from exceeding maximum allowed under federal law, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-139 substituted “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added “and prior to July 1, 2017”, re determination and percentage of user fee, effective October 31, 2017.
See Ch. 211c re intermediate care facility user fee.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-340c. - Advance payments to nursing facilities. Recovery of payments. Execution of security agreements by commissioner.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, upon the request of a nursing facility providing services eligible for payment under the medical assistance program, make a payment to such nursing facility in advance of normal bill payment processing. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, (1) such advance shall not exceed estimated amounts due to such nursing facility for services provided to eligible recipients over the most recent two-month period, and (2) the commissioner shall recover such payment through reductions to payments due to such nursing facility or cash receipt not later than ninety days after issuance of such payment. The commissioner shall take prudent measures to assure that such advance payments are not provided to any nursing facility that is at risk of bankruptcy or insolvency, and may execute agreements appropriate for the security of repayment.
(b) For a nursing facility appointed a receiver under section 19a-543, the commissioner may waive (1) the advance payment limitation, or (2) the ninety-day deadline for recovery of advance payment prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 11-6, S. 31; P.A. 12-130, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 117.)
History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-130 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and reference to Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (b) re waiver of requirements of Subsec. (a) for nursing facility appointed a receiver, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re consultation with Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-340e. - Rate increases for nursing home employee wage enhancements. Penalties for failure to apply rate increases to wage enhancements.

(a) In addition to any applicable recoupment or rate decrease pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes, a nursing home facility that receives a rate increase for wage enhancements for facility employees may also be assessed a civil penalty if the facility fails to use the rate increase for that purpose. The Department of Social Services may assess a civil penalty upon completion of a department audit conducted in accordance with the nursing home facility's Medicaid provider enrollment agreements. The civil penalty assessed pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount greater than fifty per cent of the total dollar amount of the rate increase received by the nursing home facility but not used for wage enhancements for facility employees.
(b) The department, in its sole discretion, may enter into a recoupment schedule with a nursing home facility so as not to negatively impact patient care. Any nursing home facility subject to a civil penalty assessed in accordance with this section may request a rehearing pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17b-238. The provisions of this section shall apply to all rate increases for wage enhancements received by nursing home facilities pursuant to the provisions of section 323 of public act 21-2 of the June special session* prior to May 31, 2022.
(P.A. 22-145, S. 5.)
*Note: Section 323 of public act 21-2 of the June special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 22-145 effective May 31, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-342a. - Pilot program to provide personal care assistance under the home-care program for the elderly.

Section 17b-342a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 40; P.A. 05-209, S. 3; P.A. 06-188, S. 9; P.A. 07-130, S. 9; P.A. 12-119, S. 9; 12-208, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-342b. - Waiver application re pilot program to provide personal care assistance under the home-care program for the elderly.

Section 17b-342b is repealed, effective July 6, 2005.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 41; P.A. 05-209, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-343a. - Payment of claims for home health services provided under Medicare and Medicaid. Liability. Sanctions.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the duration of a demonstration project established pursuant to 42 USC 1395b-1 for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the process for the payment of claims for home health services provided to individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid: (1) No eligible recipient of home health services shall be liable for reimbursement to the state for the cost of those services; and (2) the Commissioner of Social Services may impose upon a provider of home health services a sanction of up to fifty thousand dollars for each failure to file claims or medical records as required under the provisions of the demonstration project. Any sanction imposed pursuant to this section may be recouped from ongoing payments to the provider of the services.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may, pursuant to an agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, waive liability for reimbursement to the state for payment for home health services received by an otherwise liable eligible recipient to whom such services were provided during the interim period from October 1, 1997, to September 30, 2000, inclusive.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 98.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-344 and 17b-345. (Formerly Secs. 17-314d and 17b-314e). - Rates of payment to facilities for room, board and services. Self-pay rates in licensed chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision based on certain cost years.

Sections 17b-344 and 17b-345 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 89-325, S. 1, 2, 26; P.A. 90-176, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; P.A. 02-89, S. 90; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-346. (Formerly Sec. 17-314f). - Chronic and convalescent nursing facility: Title XIX Medicaid program participant. Provider agreement.

(a) Effective October 1, 1991, every chronic and convalescent nursing home, except those restricted to use by patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, and rest home with nursing supervision, that participates in the medical assistance program provided in Title XIX of the Social Security Act shall, as a condition of participation in said program, if eligible, maintain or execute a provider agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to participate in the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to the same extent that the facility participates in the Title XIX medical assistance program.
(b) The commissioner may issue a rate for any facility which fails to comply with the provisions of this section provided such rate may not be lower than the lowest rate paid to a facility for the same level of care.
(P.A. 89-325, S. 4, 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 24; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 46.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical corrections and deleted Subsec. (c) which had exempted certain facilities from participating in program; 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. 17-314f transferred to Sec. 17b-346 in 1995; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for chronic and convalescent nursing home restricted to use by patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and to delete provision allowing facility to seek approval to have a larger portion of facility certified for Title XIX medical assistance program, effective August 15, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-348. (Formerly Sec. 17-314h). - Demonstration project: Skilled and intermediate nursing home care for persons with AIDS. Rate. Regulations.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the Department of Social Services shall establish rates based on reasonable costs related to patient care for a demonstration project which shall provide skilled and intermediate nursing home care for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex in a facility which is located within the Connecticut metropolitan area which has the highest incidence of AIDS and which is specifically established, equipped and staffed for such purpose.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement the provisions of this section prior to adopting or amending regulations.
(P.A. 89-325, S. 11, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
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. 17-314h transferred to Sec. 17b-348 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-350. (Formerly Sec. 17-314n). - Demonstration program for respite care in nursing homes for self-pay patients.

The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish a demonstration program for respite care in nursing homes for self-pay patients. The program shall offer a financial incentive for a nursing home to reserve beds for respite care.
(P.A. 92-231, S. 7, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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; P.A. 93-381 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314n transferred to Sec. 17b-350 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-354a. - Judicial enforcement.

The Superior Court on application of the Commissioner of Social Services or the Attorney General, may enforce, by appropriate decree or process any provision of section 17b-352, 17b-353 or 17b-354, respectively, or any act or any order of the commissioner rendered in pursuance of any such provision.
(P.A. 94-236, S. 6, 10.)
History: P.A. 94-236 effective June 7, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-354b and 17b-354c. - Relocation of Medicaid certified nursing home beds. Conversion intermediate care facility beds to nursing home beds. Regulations.

Sections 17b-354b and 17b-354c are repealed, effective October 31, 2017.
(P.A. 98-250, S. 28, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 54, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 15-18, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 732.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-356. - Health care facility proposing to expand services by adding nursing home beds. Procedures.

Any health care facility or institution, as defined in subsection (a) of section 19a-490, except a nursing home, rest home, residential care home or residential facility for persons with intellectual disability licensed pursuant to section 17a-227 and certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, proposing to expand its services by adding nursing home beds shall obtain the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to sections 17b-352, 17b-353 and 17b-354 for a facility, as defined in section 17b-352, prior to obtaining the approval of the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to section 19a-639.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 15, 87; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; P.A. 10-179, S. 102; P.A. 13-139, S. 13; P.A. 18-91, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 93-262 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-112 replaced “home for the aged” with “residential care home”; P.A. 10-179 replaced “Office of Health Care Access” with “Office of Health Care Access division of the Department of Public Health” and deleted reference to Sec. 19a-638; P.A. 13-139 substituted “persons with intellectual disability” or “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”; P.A. 18-91 replaced reference to Office of Health Care Access with reference to Health Systems Planning Unit, effective May 14, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-361. (Formerly Sec. 17-134hh). - Payment for physicians' visits to Medicaid patients in nursing homes.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall pay for a physician's visit to a patient who is a Medicaid recipient in a nursing home in accordance with federal law and regulation.
(P.A. 92-231, S. 6, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
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. 17-134hh transferred to Sec. 17b-361 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-362. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ii). - Ten-day limit on first time maintenance drug prescription for Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient. Five-day supply of prescription drug may be requested for Medicaid patient.

Section 17b-362 is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.
(P.A. 92-231, S. 5, 10; P.A. 95-160, S. 27, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 131, 165; P.A. 05-280, S. 104.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-362a. - Pharmacy review panel established.

Section 17b-362a is repealed, effective August 20, 2003.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 134, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 39, 53; P.A. 03-268, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 96.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-363. - Demonstration program for exploring methods of returning and dispensing prescription drugs which have been dispensed in long-term care facilities.

Section 17b-363 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003.
(P.A. 95-160, S. 28, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 133, 165; P.A. 03-268, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-363b. - Reimbursement for pharmacy services for long-term care facilities.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, provide reimbursement to pharmacies or pharmacists for services provided to residents in long-term care facilities, including (1) residential care homes, nursing homes or rest homes, as defined in section 19a-490, (2) residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability, as defined in section 17a-231, or (3) facilities served by assisted living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490, in addition to those reimbursements provided in chapter 319v, provided such services improve the quality of care to residents of such facilities and produce cost savings to the state, as determined by the commissioner. Such services may include, but not be limited to, emergency and delivery services provided such services are offered on all medications, including intravenous therapy, twenty-four hours per day and seven days per week.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may reimburse for prescription drug costs in unit dose packaging, including blister packs and other special packaging, for clients residing in nursing facilities, chronic disease hospitals and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
(P.A. 03-116, S. 2; P.A. 06-188, S. 12; P.A. 13-139, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 03-116 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 06-188 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re reimbursement for prescription drugs costs in unit dose packaging, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 13-139 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting “persons with intellectual disability” for “mentally retarded persons” and amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-365. - Assisted living services pilot program. Medicaid waiver program.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, establish and operate a pilot program to allow individuals to receive assisted living services, provided by an assisted living services agency licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with chapter 368v. In order to be eligible for the program, an individual shall: (1) Reside in a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693; (2) be ineligible to receive assisted living services under any other assisted living pilot program established by the General Assembly; and (3) be eligible for services under the Medicaid waiver portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342. The total number of individuals enrolled in said pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in the pilot program established pursuant to section 17b-366, shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five individuals. The Commissioner of Social Services shall operate said pilot program in accordance with the Medicaid rules established under 42 USC 1396p(c), as from time to time amended.
(b) The pilot program established pursuant to this section may begin operation on or after January 1, 2003. Not later than January 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the pilot program.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 27; P.A. 04-258, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 40; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 9.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the total number of individuals in pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in pilot program established pursuant to Sec. 17b-366, shall not exceed 75 individuals and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “by the regulations of the Department of Public Health” with “in section 19a-693”; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing total enrollment in pilot program from 75 individuals to 125 individuals and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-366. - Assisted living services pilot program. State-funded program.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, establish and operate a pilot program to allow individuals to receive assisted living services, provided by an assisted living services agency licensed by the Department of Public Health, in accordance with chapter 368v. In order to be eligible for the pilot program, an individual shall: (1) Reside in a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693; (2) be ineligible to receive assisted living services under any other assisted living pilot program established by the General Assembly; and (3) be eligible for services under the state-funded portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342. The total number of individuals enrolled in said pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in the pilot program established pursuant to section 17b-365, shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five individuals. The Commissioner of Social Services shall operate said pilot program in accordance with the Medicaid rules established under 42 USC 1396p(c), as from time to time amended.
(b) The pilot program established pursuant to this section may begin operation on or after January 1, 2003. Not later than January 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the pilot program.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 28; P.A. 04-258, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 41; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 10.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the total number of individuals in pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in pilot program established pursuant to Sec. 17b-365, shall not exceed 75 individuals and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “by the regulations of the Department of Public Health” with “in section 19a-693”; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing total enrollment in pilot program from 75 individuals to 125 individuals and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-367. - Information on long-term care options. Web site.

Section 17b-367 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 51; P.A. 07-155, S. 2; P.A. 10-32, S. 68; P.A. 13-125, S. 29.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-368. - Pilot project for diagnosis, care and treatment of persons with chronic or geriatric mental conditions.

On or before July 1, 2004, the Department of Social Services shall, within the limits of available Medicaid funding, implement a pilot project in Greater Hartford with a chronic disease hospital colocated with a skilled nursing facility and with the facilities, medical staff and all necessary personnel for the diagnosis, care and treatment of chronic or geriatric mental conditions that require prolonged hospital or restorative care. For purposes of this section, “chronic disease hospital” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 87; P.A. 22-58, S. 8.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 22-58 redefined “chronic disease hospital”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-371. - Long-Term Care Reinvestment account. Report.

Section 17b-371 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 08-180, S. 3; P.A. 09-1, S. 1, 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 84, 85; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-372. - Small house nursing homes pilot program.

(a) As used in this section, “small house nursing home” means an alternative nursing home facility that (1) consists of one or more units that are designed and modeled as a private home, (2) houses no more than fourteen individuals in each unit, (3) includes private rooms and bathrooms, (4) provides for an increased role for support staff in the care of residents, (5) incorporates a philosophy of individualized care, and (6) is licensed as a nursing home under chapter 368v.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may expand, within available appropriations, a pilot program to support the development of one or more small house nursing homes in the state in order to improve the quality of life for nursing home residents and to support a goal of providing nursing home care in a more home-like and less institution-like setting.
(c) A small house nursing home developed under this section shall comply with the provisions of sections 17b-352 to 17b-354, inclusive.
(P.A. 08-91, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 43; P.A. 11-44, S. 95; P.A. 14-95, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-91 effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re commissioner's approval after consultation with and approval of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and by replacing provision requiring commissioner to reserve 2 proposals for small house nursing home in a distressed municipality with provision allowing commissioner to give preference to such proposals, added new Subsec. (e) prohibiting commissioner from approving more than 1 project limited to 280 beds through June 30, 2011, and redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by changing number of individuals per unit from 10 to 14, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision requiring commissioner to develop program to support up to 10 small house nursing homes with provision allowing commissioner to develop program to support 1 small house nursing home and adding provision limiting number of beds to 280, deleted former Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) re applications to develop a small house nursing home and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-95 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “establish” with “expand” re pilot program and delete provision limiting project to 280 beds, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-372a. - Nursing home for persons transitioning from correctional facility or receiving services from Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioners of Social Services, Correction and Mental Health and Addiction Services may establish or contract for the establishment of a chronic or convalescent nursing home on state-owned or private property to care for individuals who (1) require the level of care provided in a nursing home, and (2) are transitioning from a correctional facility in the state, or (3) receive services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. A nursing home developed under this section is not required to comply with the provisions of sections 17b-352 to 17b-354, inclusive.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 117.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011.
There is no legislative intent that contractor be treated as arm of the state immunizing it from local zoning ordinances under sovereign immunity doctrine; provision allowing state to contract for nursing home care for those in state custody “notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes” did not make contractor immune from any other statute since section expressly exempted contractor from only certain statutes; zoning laws did not irreconcilably conflict with section. 315 C. 265.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care › Section 17b-373. - Medicaid applications for long-term care. Legal rights of applicants. Department legal rights advisory.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall develop an advisory for medical assistance applicants for long-term medical care and home care concerning their right to seek legal assistance. The advisory shall state, at a minimum, that while applicants are not required to utilize an attorney, obtaining legal advice prior to completing such application for long-term medical care and home care may help protect their finances and rights.
(b) The department shall post the advisory developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section not later than July 1, 2022, on its Internet web site and shall include the advisory in such applications for long-term medical care and home care not later than September 1, 2023.
(P.A. 22-57, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 22-57 effective May 23, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635). - Definitions.

When used in sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive:
(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services;
(b) “Community action agency” means a public or private nonprofit agency which has previously been designated by and authorized to accept funds from the federal Community Services Administration for community action agencies under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or a successor agency established pursuant to section 17b-892;
(c) “Community action program” means a community based and operated program which: (1) Includes or is designated to include a sufficient number of projects or components to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem; (2) organizes and combines its component projects and activities in a manner appropriate to carry out the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive; and (3) conforms to any other criteria the commissioner may prescribe consistent with the provisions of said sections;
(d) “Community” means a municipality or a county, or any combination thereof, or a neighborhood or other area, irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest and need for a community action program.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 1, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 83-20 redefined “community action agency”, adding “a successor agency established pursuant to section 17-467” and deleting “a similar agency recognized as a community action agency by the commissioner”; Sec. 17-460 transferred to Sec. 17-635 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-635 transferred to Sec. 17b-885 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636). - Agency board.

(a) Each community action agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so constituted that:
(1) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials currently holding office, or their designees, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement;
(2) At least one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and
(3) The remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.
(b) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community shall reside in the area he represents.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 2, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-158, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 83-20 amended Subsec. (a) by changing from 18 to 15 the minimum number of members for the board; Sec. 17-461 transferred to Sec. 17-636 in 1991; Sec. 17-636 transferred to Sec. 17b-886 in 1995; P.A. 00-158 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) that had limited terms for certain board members, effective May 26, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-887. (Formerly Sec. 17-637). - Agency functions.

The functions of a community action agency shall, subject to the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, and the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services, include, but not be limited to:
(1) Planning systematically for and evaluating the program, including actions to develop information as to the problems and causes of poverty in the community, to determine how much and how effectively assistance is being provided to deal with those problems and causes, and to establish priorities among projects, activities, and areas as needed for the best and most efficient use of resources;
(2) Encouraging agencies engaged in activities related to the community action program to plan for, secure and administer assistance available under sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, or from other sources on a common or cooperative basis; providing planning or technical assistance to those agencies; and generally, in cooperation with community agencies and officials, undertaking actions to improve existing efforts to attack poverty, such as improving day to day communications, closing the service gaps, focusing resources on the most needy, and providing additional opportunities to low-income individuals for regular employment or participation in the programs or activities for which those community action agencies and officials are responsible;
(3) Initiating and sponsoring projects responsive to needs of the poor which are not otherwise being met, with particular emphasis on providing central or common services that can be drawn upon by a variety of related programs, developing new approaches or new types of services that can be incorporated into other programs, and filling gaps pending the expansion or modification of those programs; providing technical assistance and other support needed to enable the poor and neighborhood groups to secure on their own behalf available assistance from public and private sources; and
(4) Joining with and encouraging business, labor and other private groups and organizations to undertake, together with public officials and agencies, activities in support of the community action program which will result in the additional use of private resources and capabilities, with a view to such things as developing new employment opportunities, stimulating investment that will have a measurable impact in reducing poverty among residents of areas of concentrated poverty, and providing methods by which residents of those areas can work with private groups, firms and institutions in seeking solutions to problems of common concern.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 3, 12; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-462 transferred to Sec. 17-637 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July l, 1993; Sec. 17-637 transferred to Sec. 17b-887 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638). - Agency funding. Transfer of funds; delegation of powers.

A community action agency shall have authority to enter into contracts with private and public nonprofit agencies, to receive and administer funds received pursuant to sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, to receive and administer funds and contributions from private and local public sources which may be used in support of a community action program, and to receive and administer funds under any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which a public or private nonprofit agency, organized in accordance with sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, could act as grantee, contractor or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a community action program. Community action agencies and limited purpose agencies previously funded by the Community Services Administration, subject to federal law or regulation, shall be given first priority in the allocation of federal funds under the Community Services Block Grant Act or of any subsequent federal funds that were previously designated as Community Services Administration funds. Such funds shall be distributed through an agreement between the commissioner and the community action agencies. If such agreement is not reached by four weeks before the block grant plan is to be submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-28b, the Governor and the commissioner shall make the final decision on distribution. In the event the community services block grant is eliminated, each community action agency shall also be given due consideration, subject to the restrictions of applicable law or regulation, in the distribution of federal, state or municipal funds that are available to support antipoverty programs that have been administered by that agency on or after July 1, 1981. A community action agency, subject to the approval of its governing board, shall have authority to transfer funds received and to delegate powers to other agencies.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 4, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 3, 6.)
History: P.A. 83-20 changed the process for the distribution of funds from a formula based on population to an agreement between the commissioner and the agencies and applied provisions to agencies previously funded by the Community Services Administration; Sec. 17-463 transferred to Sec. 17-638 in 1991; Sec. 17-638 transferred to Sec. 17b-888 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-889. (Formerly Sec. 17-639). - Program; community participation; agency priorities.

Each community action agency shall establish procedures to assure maximum feasible participation of neighborhood-based organizations, residents of the community and members of the groups served to assist such agency in prioritizing, planning, conducting and evaluating components of the community action program. Agency priorities established under this section shall not be modified without substantial documentation of changed circumstances and, when practicable, the approval of the parties involved in setting those priorities.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 5, 12.)
History: Sec. 17-464 transferred to Sec. 17-639 in 1991; Sec. 17-639 transferred to Sec. 17b-889 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-890. (Formerly Sec. 17-640). - Program; participant objectives.

The priorities of a community action program may include, but not be limited to, component projects designed to assist participants including the elderly poor, in attaining the following objectives:
(1) To secure and retain meaningful employment;
(2) To obtain adequate education;
(3) To provide for education and care of young children;
(4) To make better use of available income;
(5) To provide and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment;
(6) To provide information and education on, and access to healthful nutrition;
(7) To obtain services for the prevention of and rehabilitation from drug abuse and alcoholism;
(8) To obtain emergency assistance to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, energy and unemployment-related assistance;
(9) To remove obstacles and solve personal and family problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;
(10) To achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community;
(11) To make more frequent and effective use of other programs related to the purposes of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive;
(12) To stimulate and take full advantage of capabilities for self-advancement; and
(13) To designate violence-free zones in accordance with the federal Community Services Block Grant Program, 42 USC 9908, for the purpose of addressing the needs of youths through programs that support the primary role of the family, give priority to the prevention of youth problems and crime, and promote increased community coordination and collaboration. As used in this subdivision, “violence-free zone” means a geographic area within a targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-222, that has chronically high levels of crime, violence, unemployment, family dissolution and juvenile delinquency and a low rate of home ownership.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 6, 12; P.A. 00-158, S. 2, 3; P.A. 06-196, S. 144.)
History: Sec. 17-465 transferred to Sec. 17-640 in 1991; Sec. 17-640 transferred to Sec. 17b-890 in 1995; P.A. 00-158 added Subdiv. (13) re designation of violence-free zones, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subdiv. (13), effective June 7, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-891. (Formerly Sec. 17-641). - Delegation of administration of component projects by agencies; area representation.

Where consistent with sound and efficient management and subject to federal law and regulations and the regulations adopted pursuant to section 17b-895, a community action agency may delegate the administration of component projects to other agencies. When a community action agency places responsibility for major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, extent and administration of and budgeting for programs to be carried on in a particular geographic area within the community in a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency, such board, council or agency shall be broadly representative of such area.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 7, 12.)
History: Sec. 17-466 transferred to Sec. 17-641 in 1991; Sec. 17-641 transferred to Sec. 17b-891 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-892. (Formerly Sec. 17-642). - Failure to comply with statutes; loss of designation to serve; assistance to establish new agency.

A community action agency shall lose its designation to serve a political subdivision, or a group of political subdivisions, only if the commissioner finds after adequate notice, a written statement of reasons and a fair hearing held in the community served by the agency that such agency has materially failed to comply with sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive. In such case, the commissioner may provide financial assistance to other public or private nonprofit agencies to aid them in establishing a community action agency in the area no longer served.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 8, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 4, 6.)
History: P.A. 83-20 authorized financial assistance to establish an agency in the area no longer served; Sec. 17-467 transferred to Sec. 17-642 in 1991; Sec. 17-642 transferred to Sec. 17b-892 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-893. (Formerly Sec. 17-643). - Financial assistance.

The commissioner may provide financial assistance to community action agencies for planning, conducting, administering and evaluating community action programs and component projects.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 9, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 83-20 deleted former Subsec. (a) re provision of assistance to establish a new agency in an area not previously served; Sec. 17-468 transferred to Sec. 17-643 in 1991; Sec. 17-643 transferred to Sec. 17b-893 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-894. (Formerly Sec. 17-644). - Representatives of community action agencies recognized as knowledgeable on issues affecting persons of low income, persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities. Compliance with civil rights laws.

(a) Representatives of community action agencies shall be recognized as knowledgeable on issues affecting persons of low incomes, persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities for the purposes of sharing information with governmental bodies considering such issues.
(b) All community action agencies, other agencies, contractors and boards thereof included in the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, shall comply with federal, state and local civil rights laws.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 10, 12; P.A. 17-202, S. 65.)
History: Sec. 17-469 transferred to Sec. 17-644 in 1991; Sec. 17-644 transferred to Sec. 17b-894 in 1995; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “low income, elderly and handicapped citizens” with “persons of low incomes, persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies › Section 17b-895. (Formerly Sec. 17-645). - Regulations.

On or before October 1, 1982, the Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement sections 17b-885 to 17b-894, inclusive.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 11, 12; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-470 transferred to Sec. 17-645 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-645 transferred to Sec. 17b-895 in 1995.