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