[4alabama] Connecticut Nursing Home Transition

[Judy R. Roy]

Connecticut Plan Would Allow 5,000 To Move From Nursing Homes

By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express

May 7, 2008

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT--A measure that would greatly expand Connecticut's
Money Follows the Person Project has been approved by the state's Senate.



The proposal would allow more than 5,000 seniors and people with

disabilities to move out of nursing homes and other institutions and use

their Medicaid long-term care funds for in-home and other community-based

supports.  The project currently provides funding for about 700 people in

Connecticut.



The legislation now moves to the state's House of Representatives, the

Hartford Courant reported.  Several states have chosen to participate in
Money Follows the Person pilot projects.  Current rules allow Medicaid to
pay for many services only if the person is in a nursing home.  For more
than a decade, disability advocates have been pushing for the federal
government and states to change the rules so that people can choose to live
more independently -- usually at a much less expense to the government.

Judy R. Roy
Independent Living Resources of Greater Birmingham
206  13th Street S.
Birmingham, AL  35233-1317
Phone  205.251.2223  ext 102
Email  bhamilc1 at bellsouth.net
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