AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND HUSKY C ASSET LIMITS.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about the impact on the number of people eligible for HUSKY C benefits or the consequences for undocumented immigrants who meet residency requirements but have not applied for legal status.

Medical Assistance Rules for Undocumented Immigrants and HUSKY C

This act changes eligibility requirements for undocumented immigrants seeking medical assistance in Connecticut and raises asset limits for HUSKY C benefits.

What This Bill Does

• Requires an undocumented resident to have lived in the state for at least one year before they can apply for medical assistance.
• Needs an undocumented resident to have applied for legal immigration status to be eligible for medical help.
• Increases HUSKY C asset limits from $3,000 to $5,000 for an unmarried person and from $6,000 to $7,500 for a married couple.

Who It Names or Affects

• Undocumented immigrants who want medical assistance in Connecticut.
• People with low income applying for HUSKY C benefits.

Terms To Know

undocumented immigrant

A person living in a country without the proper legal documents to prove they are allowed to be there.

HUSKY C

A program that helps people with low income pay for medical care and medicine.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if an undocumented immigrant meets the residency requirement but has not applied for legal status.
• It is unclear how this change will affect the number of people who can get HUSKY C benefits.

Official Summary Text

To ensure that state medical assistance is targeted to the most vulnerable residents.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 318 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5091
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 318

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND HUSKY C ASSET LIMITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to (1) require an 1
undocumented resident to have (A) lived in the state for not less than 2
one year, and (B) applied for legal immigration status to be eligible for 3
medical assistance, and (2) increase HUSKY C asset limits to five 4
thousand dollars for an unmarried individual and seven thousand five 5
hundred dollars for a married couple. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that state medical assistance is targeted to the most vulnerable
residents.