Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-551

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 19a-551 - (Formerly Sec. 19-623a). Management of resident's personal funds

Each nursing home facility and residential care home shall:

(1) On or before the admission of each resident provide such resident or such resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator with a written statement explaining such resident's rights regarding the resident's personal funds and listing the charges that may be deducted from such funds. Such statement shall explain that the nursing home facility or residential care home shall on and after October 1, 1992, pay interest at a rate not less than four per cent per annum and on and after October 1, 1994, pay interest at a rate not less than five and one-half per cent per annum on any security deposit or other advance payment required of such resident prior to admission to the nursing home facility or residential care home. In the case of residents receiving benefits under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social Security Act the statement shall include a list of charges not covered by said titles and not covered by the basic per diem rate provided by said titles. Upon delivery of such statement the person in charge of the nursing home facility or residential care home shall obtain a signed receipt acknowledging such delivery;

(2) upon written consent or request of the resident or the resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator, manage such resident's personal funds, provided such consent by a resident shall not be effective unless cosigned by the resident's legally liable relative or guardian if such resident has been determined by a physician to be mentally incapable of understanding and no conservator has been appointed. As manager of such personal funds the nursing home facility or residential care home shall:

(A) Either maintain separate accounts for each resident or maintain an aggregate trust account for residents' funds to prevent commingling the personal funds of residents with the funds of such facility or residential care home. Such facility or residential care home shall notify in writing each resident receiving Medicaid assistance or such resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator when the amount in the resident's account reaches two hundred dollars less than the dollar amount determined under the Medicaid program as the maximum for eligibility under the program and advise the resident or such resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator that if the amount in the account plus the value of the resident's other nonexempt resources reaches the maximum the resident may lose his or her Medicaid eligibility;

(B) obtain signed receipts for each expenditure from each resident's personal funds;

(C) maintain an individual itemized record of income and expenditures for each resident, including quarterly accountings; and

(D) permit the resident or the resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator, and the regional long-term care ombudsman, and representatives from the Departments of Social Services and Public Health, access to such record; and

(3)

(A) refund any overpayment or deposit from a former resident or such resident's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator not later than thirty days after the resident's discharge and

(B) refund any deposit from an individual planning to be admitted to such facility or residential care home not later than thirty days after receipt of written notification that the individual is no longer planning to be admitted. A refund issued after thirty days shall include interest at a rate of ten per cent per annum. For the purposes of this section "deposit" shall include liquidated damages under any contract for pending admission.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-551

(P.A. 80-437, S. 2; P.A. 82-208; P.A. 89-13, S. 1, 2; 89-348, S. 5, 10; P.A. 90-230, S. 87, 101; P.A. 92-231, S. 4, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 99-176, S. 23, 24; P.A. 13-208, S. 56; P.A. 14-231, S. 60; P.A. 15-130, S. 1.)

Amended by P.A. 15-0130, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by P.A. 14-0231, S. 60 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.

Cited. 13 Conn.App. 641.