Sec. 17b-601. (Formerly Sec. 17-109a). Program recipients residing in residential care homes. Regulations. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-601. (Formerly Sec. 17-109a). Program recipients residing in residential care homes. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing the method by which payments are made for recipients of the state supplement program who are residents of licensed residential care homes, as defined in section 19a-490. Such regulations shall provide for the safeguarding of residents' personal funds with respect to any homes that handle such funds. Regulations concerning payment to residents shall provide for payment to the recipient for the period during which the recipient makes the home his residence, without regard to periods during which the recipient is absent, provided the recipient can reasonably be expected to return to the home before the end of the month following the month in which the recipient leaves the home. Any retroactive adjustment to the rate of such a home by the commissioner that results in money due to such home shall be made to such home directly, and any such adjustment that results in an overpayment to the home shall be paid by the home to the department. The commissioner shall continue to make payments to licensed residential care homes in accordance with reserved bed regulations until the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

      (P.A. 87-178, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 97-112, S. 2.)

      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. 17-109a transferred to Sec. 17b-601 in 1995; P.A. 97-112 replaced "homes for the aged" with "residential care homes".