Connecticut HB 5300: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE INSTALLATION OF RECYCLED TIRE RUBBER AT MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5300
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1231

Referred to Committee on Aging

Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO LONG-
TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS' PERSONAL NEEDS
ALLOWANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 17b-106 of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective from passage): 3
(b) The commissioner shall provide a state supplement payment for 4
recipients of Medicaid and the federal Supplemental Security Income 5
Program who reside in long-term care facilities sufficient to increase 6
their personal needs allowance to seventy-five dollars per month. On 7
July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall increase 8
such state supplement payment over that of the previous fiscal year by 9
an amount sufficient to increase such personal needs allowance by an 10
amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the annual cost-of-living 11
adjustment in the federal Supplemental Security Income Program, if 12
any. Such state supplement payment shall be made to the long-term care 13
facility to be deposited into the personal fund account of each such 14

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recipient. For the purposes of this subsection, "long-term care facility" 15
means a licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, a chronic 16
disease hospital, a rest home with nursing supervision, an intermediate 17
care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities or a state 18
humane institution. 19
Sec. 2. Section 17b-272 of the general statutes is repealed and the 20
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 21
The Commissioner of Social Services shall permit patients residing in 22
nursing homes, chronic disease hospitals and state humane institutions 23
who are medical assistance recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, 24
inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, 25
inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance of seventy-five 26
dollars, adjusted annually on and after July 1, 2026, in accordance with 27
section 17b-106, as amended by this act. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage 17b-106(b)
Sec. 2 from passage 17b-272

AGE Joint Favorable
APP Joint Favorable