Sec. 17b-347e. Demonstration project for provision of subsidized assisted living services for persons residing in affordable housing. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 17b-347e. Demonstration project for provision of subsidized assisted living services for persons residing in affordable housing. Memorandum of understanding. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority, shall establish a demonstration project to provide subsidized assisted living
services, as defined in section 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, for persons residing in affordable housing, as defined in section 8-39a. The demonstration project shall be conducted in at least three municipalities to be determined by
the Commissioner of Social Services. The demonstration project shall be limited to a
maximum of three hundred subsidized dwelling units. Applicants for such subsidized
assisted living services shall be subject to the same eligibility requirements as the Connecticut home care program for the elderly pursuant to section 17b-342.
(b) Not later than January 1, 1999, the Commissioner of Social Services shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Such memorandum
of understanding shall specify that (1) the Department of Social Services apply for a
Medicaid waiver to secure federal financial participation to fund assisted living services,
establish a process to select nonprofit and for-profit providers and determine the number
of dwelling units in the demonstration project, (2) the Department of Economic and
Community Development provide rental subsidy certificates pursuant to section 8-402
or rental assistance pursuant to section 8-119kk, and (3) the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority provide second mortgage loans for housing projects for which the authority has provided financial assistance in the form of a loan secured by a first mortgage
pursuant to section 8-403 for the demonstration project. Not later than July 1, 1999, the
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall issue a request for proposals for persons
or entities interested in participating in the demonstration project.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a combination of unsubsidized dwelling units and subsidized dwelling units under the demonstration project
within the same facility. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-402, the Department of Economic and Community Development may set the rental subsidy at any
percentage of the annual aggregate family income and define aggregate family income
and eligibility for subsidies in a manner consistent with such demonstration project.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 1, 35; P.A. 99-279, S. 22, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 37, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective June 8, 1998; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the demonstration project to
be conducted in more than three municipalities and to specify that the maximum number of dwelling units be subsidized,
and added a new Subsec. (c) allowing a combination of subsidized and unsubsidized dwelling units under the demonstration
project within the same facility and permitting the Department of Economic and Community Development to set the rental
subsidy at any percentage of the annual aggregate family income and to define aggregate family income and eligibility for
subsidies, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re deadline for acceptance
of applications for the demonstration project, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.