Sec. 17b-369. Money Follows the Person demonstration project. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-369. Money Follows the Person demonstration project. The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, shall submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Money Follows the Person demonstration project. Such project shall serve not more than five thousand persons and shall be designed to achieve the objectives set forth in Section 6071(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Services available under the demonstration project shall include, but not be limited to, personal care assistance services. The commissioner may apply for a Medicaid research and demonstration waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, if such waiver is necessary to implement the demonstration project. The commissioner may, if necessary, modify any existing Medicaid home or community-based waiver if such modification is required to implement the demonstration project.

      (P.A. 06-188, S. 44; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 5; P.A. 08-180, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 06-188 effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 deleted provision re if the state is selected to participate in demonstration project and then elects to participate in the project, and increased number of participants in demonstration project from 100 to 700, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-180 replaced "may" with "shall" to require commissioner to submit application and increased number of participants in demonstration project from 700 to 5,000, effective June 12, 2008.