Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 34 - Comptroller
Section 3-123aa. - Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly. Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. Advisory committee.

(a) For purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive:

(1) “Depositor” means any person making a deposit, payment, contribution, gift or other deposit to the trust pursuant to a participation agreement.
(2) “Designated beneficiary” means any individual who has been designated as a beneficiary in the participation agreement, and may include any individual who enters into a participation agreement or is subsequently designated as a spouse or the partner to a civil union of the designated beneficiary.
(3) “Eligible home care provider” means (A) a provider licensed in Connecticut to perform home care services, (B) a homemaker or companion service that is registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, (C) licensed transportation services, or (D) a personal care assistant.
(4) “Instrumental activities of daily living” means activities related to independent living necessary to maintain an individual in their home or other noninstitutional setting, and includes, but is not limited to, adult day care, chore services, companion services, meal preparation or home-delivered meals, or transportation or homemaker services.
(5) “Participation agreement” means the agreement between the trust and depositors for participation in a savings plan for a designated beneficiary.
(6) “Qualified home care expenses” means the cost of services performed by an eligible home care provider for the instrumental activities of daily living, and the cost of any other service recommended by a physician and provided by an eligible home care provider.
(7) “Trust” means the Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
(b) There is established the Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly, to allow individuals to plan for the cost of services that will allow them to remain in their homes or in a noninstitutional setting as they age. The Comptroller shall establish the Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund, which shall be comprised of individual savings accounts for those qualified home care expenses not covered by a long-term care insurance policy and for those qualified home care expenses that supplement the coverage provided by a long-term care policy or Medicare. Withdrawals from the fund may be used for qualified home care expenses, upon receipt by the fund of a certification signed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse that the designated beneficiary is in need of services for the instrumental activities of daily living. Upon the death of a designated beneficiary, any available funds in such beneficiary's account shall be an asset of the estate of such beneficiary.
(c) There is established an advisory committee to the Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly, which shall consist of the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, the director of the long-term care partnership policy program within the Office of Policy and Management, and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, human services and finance, revenue and bonding, or their designees. The Governor shall appoint one provider of home care services for the elderly and a physician specializing in geriatric care. The advisory committee shall meet at least annually. The State Comptroller shall convene the meetings of the committee.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 1; P.A. 08-140, S. 2; P.A. 13-97, S. 1; 13-125, S. 23; P.A. 16-39, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 285; P.A. 18-169, S. 11; P.A. 19-157, S. 1; P.A. 21-196, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-140 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding provision re individual “designated as a beneficiary in the participation agreement”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 13-97 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to select committee on aging with reference to joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to aging, effective June 6, 2013; P.A. 13-125 amended Subsec. (c) to replace Commission on Aging representative with Commissioner on Aging as advisory committee member and replace reference to select committee on aging with reference to joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to aging, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-39 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re certification signed by advanced practice registered nurse; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to Commissioner on Aging, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services,”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services with Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services; P.A. 21-196 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to licensed physician assistant.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 3 - State Elective Officers

Chapter 34 - Comptroller

Section 3-111. - Salary and bond. Office of Comptroller full time.

Section 3-112. - Powers and duties.

Section 3-112a. - Substitution of securities for retainages on state contracts and subcontracts.

Section 3-113. - Deputy Comptroller.

Section 3-113a. - Assistant comptrollers.

Section 3-114. - Accounting for receipts.

Section 3-114a. - Recording of revenue received after end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114b. - Recording of estimated sales and use tax to be received after close of fiscal year.

Section 3-114c. - Recording of cigarette tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114d. - Recording of alcoholic beverage tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114e. - Recording of motor vehicle fuels tax revenue and motor carrier road tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114f. - Recording of utility company tax revenue and petroleum products gross earnings tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114g. - Recording of corporation business tax and affected business entity tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114h. - Recording of income tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114i. - Recording of hospital taxes received each year by letter postmarked in July.

Section 3-114j. - Recording of payments from Indian tribes received each year in July.

Section 3-114k. - Recording of revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.

Section 3-114l. - Recording of payments from the Energy Conservation and Load Management Funds.

Section 3-114m. - Recording of real estate conveyance tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114n. - Recording of revenue from gross earnings tax on cable and satellite television systems received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114o. - Recording of revenue from deposit initiator special account balances paid to the state.

Section 3-114p. - Recording of hospitals tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.

Section 3-114q. (Formerly Sec. 17b-322). - Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in nursing homes.

Section 3-114r. - Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in intermediate care facility.

Section 3-114s. - Recording of revenue from tax on provision of inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services and nursing home and intermediate care facility resident day user fees.

Section 3-115. - Preparation of accounting statements; monthly cumulative financial statements; annual report to the Governor.

Section 3-115a. - Providing for budgetary and financial reporting needs of the executive branch.

Section 3-115b. - Generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 3-115c. - Report to the Governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.

Section 3-115d. - CORE-CT policy board.

Section 3-115e. - CORE-CT biennial reports.

Section 3-117. - Claims against the state. Process for constituent units of the state system of higher education. Recoupment by the state system of higher education. Recoupment by the state of agency expenses for basic telephone, toll telephone, tele...

Section 3-117a. - Management of state employee unemployment compensation claims.

Section 3-117b. - Determination of amount of labor-management savings realized pursuant to the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement with the state.

Section 3-118. - Insurance.

Section 3-119. - Payment of salaries and other payments; statement of officers. Electronic system for personnel data.

Section 3-119a. - Retirement data base system; time and attendance system.

Section 3-119b. - Election to decline compensation or benefit by state official.

Section 3-120. - Wages of persons employed about State Capitol and grounds.

Section 3-121. - Comptroller's Service Fund.

Section 3-121a. - GAAP salary reserve account.

Section 3-122. - Relief payments under bylaws of Police Association of Connecticut.

Section 3-123. - Relief payments and wage replacement benefits under bylaws of Connecticut State Firefighters Association.

Section 3-123a. - Preretirement counseling of state and municipal employees.

Section 3-123b. - Payroll deductions for retired and pensioned employees.

Section 3-123c. - Annual appropriation for Loyalty Day parades.

Section 3-123d. - Unrestricted use grants-in-aid to towns.

Section 3-123e. - Disbursement of funds appropriated for regional fire schools, regional emergency dispatch centers or state or county-wide fire radio base networks. Annual report.

Section 3-123f. - Capital reserve accounts for the constituent units of the state system of higher education.

Section 3-123g. - Payroll deduction slot. Solicitation of proposals. Vendor Advisory Committee. Report to General Assembly.

Section 3-123h. - Restrictive grant fund account for payment of costs of flexible spending account programs. Transfer of funds to account. Report on status of programs.

Section 3-123i. - Funding for fringe benefit cost differential re The University of Connecticut Health Center employees.

Section 3-123j. - Plan re participation of nonstate public employees in Health Enhancement program.

Section 3-123k. - Funding for fringe benefit cost re community college employees.

Section 3-123aa. - Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly. Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. Advisory committee.

Section 3-123bb. - Powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

Section 3-123cc. - Investment of amounts on deposit in Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

Section 3-123dd. - Additional powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.

Section 3-123ee. - Treatment of Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund participation, offering and solicitation under securities laws.

Section 3-123ff. - Pledge of state re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund rights and obligations.

Section 3-123gg. - Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund constitutes an instrumentality of the state. Treatment of amounts on deposit in funds.

Section 3-123aaa. - Definitions.

Section 3-123bbb. - Enrollment procedures and requirements. Comptroller duties.

Section 3-123ccc. - Applications. Regulations.

Section 3-123ddd. - Coverage for retirees.

Section 3-123eee. - Partnership plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent.

Section 3-123fff. - Nonstate Public Health Care Advisory Committee. Nonprofit Health Care Advisory Committee.

Section 3-123ggg. - Regulations.

Section 3-123hhh. - Health Care Cost Containment Committee and State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition approval.

Section 3-123rrr. - Definitions.

Section 3-123sss. - Enrollment procedures and requirements.

Section 3-123ttt. - Coverage for retirees.

Section 3-123uuu. - State employee plan premium payment. Nonpayment of premium.

Section 3-123vvv. - State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition consent.

Section 3-123www. - Enrollment in partnership plan prohibited.

Section 3-123xxx. - Annual report by nonstate public employers.

Section 3-123yyy. - Annual report re plans developed by Comptroller.