Sec. 17b-258. (Formerly Sec. 17-12jj). Health insurance assistance for unemployed persons. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-258. (Formerly Sec. 17-12jj). Health insurance assistance for unemployed persons. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a two-year pilot program to provide health insurance assistance for unemployed persons. Under the program the state shall pay health insurance premiums or a portion thereof for persons who are unemployed and eligible to continue insurance coverage provided through a former employer. To qualify for assistance, the family income of a person shall be less than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level and the cash assets of the person shall be less than ten thousand dollars. Insurance premiums and medical expenses for which the applicant has no coverage, which are incurred in the month of application, shall be deducted from gross income for the purpose of determining income eligibility for the program. Eligibility shall be periodically redetermined and any uncovered medical expenses incurred in the month of redetermination shall be deducted from gross income in determining continued eligibility for the program.

      (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section, which shall include the establishment of (1) a sliding scale for copayment requirements; (2) an application process for the program, including application forms; and (3) a procedure by which the insurance premiums of participants in the program shall be paid.

      (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 43, 89; 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. 17-12jj transferred to Sec. 17b-258 in 1995.