This amendment denies reimbursement for long-term care services to individuals with home equity exceeding $750,000 who do not have a spouse, child under 21, or adult disabled child residing in the home.

This amendment implements the changes in the treatment of transfers of assets for less than fair market value required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

This amedment changes the resource limit for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Specified LowIncome Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) and Qualifying Individuals (QI) to conform to the resource limit for individuals who qualify for the full subsidy Medicare Part D LIS as required by section 112 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA).

This amendment prohibits the estate recovery of Medicare cost sharing benefits for dual eligible beneficiaries age 55 and over.

This amendment adds smoking cessation as a covered Medicaid benefit and expands current coverage of prescription and non-prescription tobacco cessation agents for the Medicaid eligible population.

This amendment provides for disproportionate share hospital payments for the State fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

This amendment modifies section 15 of the State plan that provides for additional disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to hospitals serving low-income persons.

This amendment modifies section 15 of the State plan that provides for additional disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to hospitals serving low-income persons.

This amendment modifies the payment methodology for general acute care inpatient hospital services.

This SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State Plan to expand the State's Medicaid Program to add hospice as a new benefit.