Add Connecticut premium assistance (Covered Connecticut)

changelog.d/ct-premium-assistance.added.md

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+Add Covered Connecticut Program premium assistance.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/covered_connecticut/fpl_limit.yaml

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+description: Connecticut limits income eligibility to this share of the federal poverty line under the Covered Connecticut Program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 1.75
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Covered Connecticut Program income limit as a fraction of the federal poverty line
+  reference:
+    - title: June Sp. Sess., Public Act No. 21-2 (2021), Sec. 16(b)(1)(B)(iv)
+      href: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00002-R00SB-01202SS1-PA.pdf#page=23
+    - title: June Sp. Sess., Public Act No. 21-2 (2021), Sec. 16(b)(1)(A)(iii)
+      href: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00002-R00SB-01202SS1-PA.pdf#page=22
+    - title: Covered Connecticut Program (CT DSS)
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/health-and-home-care/covered-connecticut-program

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/covered_connecticut/in_effect.yaml

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+description: Connecticut provides premium assistance when this is true under the Covered Connecticut Program.
+values:
+  # Covered Connecticut is a standing statutory obligation under June Sp. Sess.
+  # Public Act No. 21-2 (2021), Sec. 16, which is "Effective from passage." The
+  # program launched under the statute on July 1, 2021 (parents and caretaker
+  # relatives) and July 1, 2022 (all adults 18-64), and is funded on an ongoing
+  # basis with no sunset date. The 2026-01-01 toggle is the modeled
+  # verified-coverage-start floor, not the year the program became standing.
+  0000-01-01: false
+  2026-01-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: year
+  label: Covered Connecticut Program in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: June Sp. Sess., Public Act No. 21-2 (2021), Sec. 16(b)(1)
+      href: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/act/pa/pdf/2021PA-00002-R00SB-01202SS1-PA.pdf#page=22
+    - title: Covered Connecticut Program (CT DSS)
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/health-and-home-care/covered-connecticut-program

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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     verified_years: "2026-2027"
     notes: PY2026 and PY2027 verified against Amended Regulation 4-2-78 (3 CCR 702-4) and enrolled HB25B-1006; re-verify after the DOI fall-2026 Regulation 4-2-78 amendment cycle. The per-member premium wrap is approximated as a pooled tax-unit amount, member counts use federal ACA PTC eligibility rather than the regulation's subject-to-a-premium test, and full-year enrollment is assumed. Not modeled - a tax unit that mixes OmniSalud and Colorado Premium Assistance members, which the two programs value independently.
 
+  - id: ct_covered_connecticut
+    name: Covered Connecticut
+    full_name: Covered Connecticut Program
+    category: Healthcare
+    agency: State
+    status: partial
+    coverage: CT
+    variable: ct_covered_connecticut
+    parameter_prefix: gov.states.ct.dss.covered_connecticut
+    verified_start_year: 2026
+    notes: Premium axis only; cost-sharing, dental, and NEMT not modeled
+
   - id: nm_premium_assistance
     name: New Mexico Premium Assistance
     full_name: Health Insurance Marketplace Affordability Program