AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATING SPOUSES FOR STATE-FUNDED HOME CARE.

HB 5086 would require Connecticut to pay spouses for providing home care to their elderly spouses enrolled in the state-funded home-care program. Currently, the program does not compensate spouses who provide care, so this bill would change that policy by expanding eligibility. The key provision amends state law (title 17b) to include spouses as eligible recipients of payment for caregiving services. This change would directly affect spouses who currently provide unpaid care to their elderly partners under the state-funded program.