Sec. 17b-602. (Formerly Sec. 17-116). Eligibility of applicant having life care contract.
Sec. 17b-602. (Formerly Sec. 17-116). Eligibility of applicant having life care
contract. Assistance shall be given under the provisions of sections 17b-600 to 17b-604, inclusive, to any otherwise eligible person in any boarding home or institution
although he is being cared for under a life contract or agreement authorized by the bylaws
of such home or institution, in the same manner as if there were no contract or agreement;
provided (a) the contract or agreement was entered into and such care commenced prior
to April 3, 1957, and has continued to the time of application by such person for assistance; (b) the contract or agreement is with a charitable institution which operates a home
or institution in this state which is tax-exempt; (c) the person is, at the time of application,
a resident of such home or institution in this state in accordance with such contract or
agreement; (d) the consideration transferred, conveyed or paid over to such home or
institution by such person or in his behalf would have been used up prior to the date of
application for assistance at a monthly rate of seventy-five dollars and, if such consideration has not been used up at such rate, such person shall not be eligible for assistance
until the consideration has been exhausted in accordance with such rate; and (e) the
income of such home or institution from endowments or contributions is insufficient to
permit continued performance of the contract or agreement. Awards shall be granted to
persons eligible hereunder in an amount not exceeding the rate set by the commissioner
for care in comparable facilities, less the per capita share of such income of the home
or institution, provided the resources of each applicant or beneficiary shall also be taken
into consideration.
(1955, S. 1602d; 1957, P.A. 24, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 17-116 transferred to Sec. 17b-602 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-116:
Beneficiaries of a "life care contract" are entitled to assistance under federal law unless contract is an asset actually
available to them (dicta). 176 C. 57.
Beneficiary of life support agreement executed by her children not eligible for medical assistance for the aged. 4 Conn.
Cir. Ct. 338, 342, 343.