*See Sec. 17b-259b re definition of “medically necessary” and “medical necessity” for purposes of medical assistance programs.
See Sec. 19a-45a re memorandum of understanding between Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health to improve delivery of public health services for low-income populations.
Sec. 17b-220. (Formerly Sec. 17-292g). Reimbursement of medical providers.
Sec. 17b-221. (Formerly Sec. 17-292h). Regulations. Reimbursement of hospitals.
Sec. 17b-221a. Revenue from Riverview Hospital to be used to pay Medicaid claims.
Sec. 17b-222. (Formerly Sec. 17-294). “Humane institution” defined. Daily report.
Sec. 17b-223. (Formerly Sec. 17-295). Support in humane institutions.
Sec. 17b-224. (Formerly Sec. 17-295b). Liability of patient for per capita cost of care.
Sec. 17b-225. (Formerly Sec. 17-295c). Availability of patient information to certain agencies.
Sec. 17b-226a. Provider billing rates for goods and services.
Sec. 17b-227. (Formerly Sec. 17-297). Payment for services in state humane institutions.
Sec. 17b-228. (Formerly Sec. 17-298). Court action by state to recover unpaid portion of charges.
Sec. 17b-229. (Formerly Sec. 17-299). Liability for prior charges.
Sec. 17b-230. (Formerly Sec. 17-300). Claim of state on death of institution patient.
Sec. 17b-231. (Formerly Sec. 17-301). Refund for support of persons in state institutions.
Sec. 17b-237. (Formerly Sec. 17-310). State aid toward support of children at center.
Sec. 17b-238. (Formerly Sec. 17-311). State payments to hospitals.
Sec. 17b-239b. Chronic disease hospitals. Prior authorization procedures. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-239c. Interim disproportionate share payments to short-term general hospitals.
Sec. 17b-239d. Payments for outpatient hospital services.
Sec. 17b-239e. Hospital rate plan. Supplemental pools and payments. Quality measures.
Sec. 17b-241b. Rate for private psychiatric residential treatment facilities.
Sec. 17b-243. (Formerly Sec. 17-313a). Payments to rehabilitation centers.
Sec. 17b-245a. Payments to federally qualified health centers.
Sec. 17b-245e. Telehealth services provided under the Medicaid program. Report.
Sec. 17b-248. (Formerly Sec. 17-316). Liability of home or institution having life care contract.
Sec. 17b-249. (Formerly Sec. 17-317). Support of mentally ill persons accused of crime.
Sec. 17b-251. Transferred
Sec. 17b-252. (Formerly Sec. 17-12q). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care.
Secs. 17b-256a to 17b-256c. Reserved
Sec. 17b-256e. Reports re potential participants in affordable pharmaceutical drug program.
Sec. 17b-256f. Eligibility for Medicare savings programs. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-257. (Formerly Sec. 17-12ii). Transferred
Sec. 17b-257b. Alien eligibility for state medical assistance. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-257d. Notice of terminating alien's state medical assistance.
Sec. 17b-257e. Postpartum care for women without legal immigration status. Income eligibility.
Sec. 17b-258. (Formerly Sec. 17-12jj). Health insurance assistance for unemployed persons.
Sec. 17b-259. (Formerly Sec. 17-274). Medically necessary services.
Sec. 17b-260. (Formerly Sec. 17-134a). Acceptance of federal grants for medical assistance.
Sec. 17b-260c. Medicaid waiver to provide coverage for family planning services.
Sec. 17b-261. (Formerly Sec. 17-134b). Medicaid. Eligibility. Assets. Waiver from federal law.
Sec. 17b-261b. Program eligibility determined by department. Spousal support.
Sec. 17b-261c. Medical assistance. Changes in circumstances.
Sec. 17b-261d. Disease management initiative. Implementation. Annual report.
Sec. 17b-261e. Mobile field hospital: HUSKY Health program coverage.
Sec. 17b-261f. Mobile field hospital account.
Sec. 17b-261i. Administrative services for Medicaid recipients. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-261j. Easy Breathing model in HUSKY Health program.
Sec. 17b-261l. Treatment of reverse annuity mortgage loan proceeds under Medicaid. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-261m. Administrative services organization. Contract for services. Establishment of rates.
Sec. 17b-261o. Imposition of penalty period when undue hardship exists. Exception.
Sec. 17b-261t. Contents of Medicaid benefits cards.
Sec. 17b-261v. Parent or needy caretaker relative. Review of Medicaid coverage options.
Sec. 17b-262. (Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing home facilities.
Sec. 17b-263c. Medical homes. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-264. (Formerly Sec. 17-134e). Extension of other public assistance provisions.
Sec. 17b-265b. Reimbursement rates for pathologists.
Sec. 17b-265c. Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible pilot program.
Sec. 17b-265g. Health insurer. Duties owed to the state and Commissioner of Social Services.
Sec. 17b-266a. Contract with pharmacy benefits management organization.
Sec. 17b-268. (Formerly Sec. 17-134i). Withdrawal of member of group providing services.
Sec. 17b-269. (Formerly Sec. 17-134j). Bonding of officers and employees.
Sec. 17b-270. (Formerly Sec. 17-134k). Liability of agency and its officers.
Sec. 17b-271. (Formerly Sec. 17-134l). Termination of agreement.
Sec. 17b-272. (Formerly Sec. 17-134m). Personal fund allowance.
Sec. 17b-274b. Pharmaceutical purchasing initiative. Annual report.
Sec. 17b-274e. Prescription drugs. Utilization of cost-efficient dosages.
Sec. 17b-274f. Step therapy program for Medicaid prescription drugs.
Sec. 17b-275. (Formerly Sec. 17-134r). Physician and pharmacy lock-in procedure.
Sec. 17b-276b. Nonemergency medical transportation services. Prior authorization.
Sec. 17b-276c. Payment for medically necessary mode of transportation service.
Sec. 17b-277b. Healthy Start program. Plan. Review.
Sec. 17b-277c. Medicaid coverage for donor breast milk. Requirements. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-278a. Coverage for treatment for smoking cessation.
Sec. 17b-278b. Medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer.
Sec. 17b-278c. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to provide mammogram examinations to certain women.
Sec. 17b-278e. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to exclude payment for hospital-acquired conditions.
Sec. 17b-278f. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to provide treatment for tuberculosis.
Sec. 17b-278g. Medical assistance for eyeglasses and contact lenses. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-278h. Medical assistance for chiropractic services. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-278j. Complex rehabilitation technology. Definitions. Report.
Sec. 17b-278k. Electronic transmission of prescriptions for durable medical equipment.
Sec. 17b-280c. Methadone maintenance. Minimum rates.
Sec. 17b-281a. Procedure for preauthorization of purchase or rental of durable medical equipment.
Sec. 17b-281b. Used durable medical equipment. Payments to vendors or suppliers.
Sec. 17b-281c. Authority of commissioner to modify medical equipment fee schedules.
Sec. 17b-282b. Implementation of state-wide dental plan. Waiver.
Sec. 17b-282c. Nonemergency dental services. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-282d. Commissioner to modify nonemergency dental services. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-282e. Orthodontic services for Medicaid recipients under twenty-one years of age.
Sec. 17b-282f. Mobile dental clinics. Medicaid coverage areas. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-284. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ff). Medical assistance for certain employed persons.
Sec. 17b-286. Medicaid management information system. Reports.
Sec. 17b-288. Organ transplant account. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan.
Sec. 17b-292a. Information for redetermination of eligibility under HUSKY Plan.
Sec. 17b-292b. Prenatal care under HUSKY B. Unborn child option. Income eligibility.
Sec. 17b-293. Minimum benefit coverage under HUSKY Plan, Part B.
Sec. 17b-294. HUSKY Plus programs.
Sec. 17b-294a. HUSKY Plus program. Administration. Eligibility. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-295. Cost-sharing requirements under HUSKY B.
Sec. 17b-297. Outreach programs for HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B.
Sec. 17b-299. Applications. Approval.
Sec. 17b-300. Notification of member's change of circumstance.
Sec. 17b-301. Recovery of payment for false statement, misrepresentation or concealment.
Sec. 17b-303. Income disregard. Application for federal waiver.
Sec. 17b-305. Reserved
Sec. 17b-306a. Child health quality improvement program. Purpose and scope. Annual reports.
Sec. 17b-307. Primary care case management pilot program.
Secs. 17b-308 to 17b-310. Reserved
Sec. 17b-311. Charter Oak Health Plan.
Sec. 17b-312. Medicaid waiver to seek federal funds to support the Covered Connecticut program.
Sec. 17b-313. Innovation waiver for health care expansion.
Secs. 17b-314 to 17b-319. Reserved
Sec. 17b-220. (Formerly Sec. 17-292g). Reimbursement of medical providers. Section 17b-220 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(P.A. 86-415, S. 4, 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 16, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 12, 41; P.A. 95-351, S. 12, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 67, 165; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
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Sec. 17b-221. (Formerly Sec. 17-292h). Regulations. Reimbursement of hospitals. Section 17b-221 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(P.A. 86-415, S. 9, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
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Sec. 17b-221a. Revenue from Riverview Hospital to be used to pay Medicaid claims. Section 17b-221a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 12, 85; P.A. 10-179, S. 76; P.A. 12-82, S. 7; 12-119, S. 9.)
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Sec. 17b-221b. Federal matching funds for special-education-related services. Portion to be used for Medicaid claims. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, all federal matching funds received by the Department of Social Services for special-education-related services rendered in schools pursuant to section 10-76d shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a nonlapsing account in the Department of Social Services. Sixty per cent of such funds shall be expended by the Department of Social Services for payment of grants to towns pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d, and the remaining funds shall be available for expenditure by the Department of Social Services for the payment of Medicaid claims.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 13, 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 54.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced reference to Sec. 10-76(d)(a)(3) with reference to Sec. 10-76d(a)(5), effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 17b-222. (Formerly Sec. 17-294). “Humane institution” defined. Daily report. As used in this section and sections 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-229 and 17b-745, “state humane institution” or “humane institution” means state mental hospitals, community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents, or any other facility or program administered by the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Developmental Services, or Children and Families. The person in charge of each state humane institution shall furnish the Commissioner of Administrative Services with a daily report of changes in the patient roster and the date of formal commitment of each patient.
(1955, S. 1488d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 7; 1959, P.A. 201; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 839, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 530, S. 1; P.A. 75-603, S. 12, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 87-421, S. 6, 13; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 30, 58; P.A. 04-257, S. 32; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)
History: 1959 act required that welfare commissioner be supplied with daily report of changes in patient roster and dates of formal commitment of patients; 1967 acts deleted “tuberculosis facilities in chronic disease hospitals” from the definition and provided that the commissioner of finance and control rather than the welfare commissioner receive the reports of patient rosters; 1971 act included community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents and other facilities and programs administered by mental health department in definition of “humane institution”; P.A. 75-603 included reference to programs and facilities administered by children and youth services department; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-421 included facilities or programs administered by the Connecticut state alcohol and drug abuse commission and by the department of mental retardation in the definition of state human institution and excluded state training schools for mentally retarded persons from the definition; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-294 transferred to Sec. 17b-222 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and deleted reference to the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.
Annotations to former section 17-294:
Cited. 183 C. 330.
Cited. 30 CS 118.
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Sec. 17b-223. (Formerly Sec. 17-295). Support in humane institutions. (a) The Comptroller shall at least annually determine the cost per capita per diem for the support of persons in state humane institutions and furnish such itemized per capita cost to the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such cost for the care of persons in facilities operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall be determined by the Comptroller, in consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, on a facility-wide, ward-wide or unit-wide basis. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cases eligible for medical assistance or public assistance under Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and such cases shall be administered as medical or public assistance cases and shall be subject to federal and state law, rules and procedures governing the same.
(b) The maximum rate to be charged for the support of each patient for the ensuing year shall be the per capita cost. The commissioner shall, upon the admission of each patient to a humane institution, and may, upon any subsequent readmission of such patient, cause an investigation to be made of the financial circumstances of each liable person and the estate of each patient and, if any such person or estate is found unable to pay the per capita cost, shall bill such liable person or estate from the date of admission at a rate which he finds such person or estate able to pay, provided the total billing to all persons responsible for the support of any patient, including the patient or patient's estate, shall be based on actual days of attendance at the facility involved and shall not exceed the per capita cost. A complete disclosure for the amount and terms of such monthly billing and continuing liability for costs associated with services provided by the state shall be provided to such liable person or patient prior to admission or if the immediate need or admission precludes such notification, at the earliest possibility thereafter.
(c) Each patient, the husband or wife of such patient and the father and mother of a patient under the age of eighteen years each shall be legally liable from the date of admission for the support of such patient in such institution in accordance with his ability to pay; except that the maximum liability of legally liable relatives as such for a patient in a state humane institution shall be determined by the commissioner in accordance with section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of this section. The guardian, conservator and payee of Social Security or other benefits on behalf of any such patient shall be similarly responsible for the support of such patient, but shall be liable in such capacity only in accordance with the amount of the patient's estate or the benefits received, or both, as the case may be. Said commissioner may bill and accept payment from any other person or agency willing to assume any portion of the cost of support of a person in a state humane institution at such rate as such person or agency is willing to pay. The relatives of any such patient who is a veteran shall not be liable as such for any part of the cost of his care in such institution.
(d) Wherever a rate of billing has been established as the result of a fraud of the patient or a liable person, or where assets of the patient or relative have been concealed so as not to be available to civil process, such patient or liable person, as the case may be, shall be liable for the difference between the amounts actually billed and paid and the amount which would have been billed against such patient or liable person except for such fraud or concealment, which difference may be recovered in a civil action in the same manner as is provided in section 17b-228, together with interest at the rate of twelve per cent from the date of such billing, and no statute of limitations shall apply to such right of action.
(1949 Rev., S. 2661; 1953, 1955, S. 1489d; November, 1955, S. N169; 1959, P.A. 470; 671, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 590; February, 1965, P.A. 539, S. 1; 594, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 364, S. 1, 3; 746, S. 3; 759, S. 2, 3; 825; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 12; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 27; P.A. 74-243, S. 1–3; P.A. 76-435, S. 19, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-302, S. 9, 11; 78-343, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-376, S. 20; 79-443, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-389, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-246, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-169; P.A. 87-421, S. 7, 13; P.A. 88-285, S. 30, 35; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 96-135; P.A. 97-312, S. 3.)
History: 1959 acts added, in Subsec. (b), proviso re maximum rate and exception for patients eligible for medical and hospital benefits; added, in Subsec. (c), provision re cessation of liability and limitation on responsibility of guardian, conservator and payee of social security and requirement for investigating each patient's estate; added Subsec. (d); limited application of Subsec. (e) to liable relatives or the patient and substituted, in Subsec. (f), “liable persons” for “legally liable relatives”; 1961 act placed limitation, in Subsec. (b), on maximum rate, provided for payment by more than one relative in the same period in Subsec. (c) and eliminated, in Subsec. (d), deferral of finding re financial responsibility pending commission's finding, referring determination directly to commissioner; 1965 acts added a Subsec. (h) establishing maximum rates predicated on taxable income where patient was mentally retarded, and allowed exclusion of $400 from available assets of mentally retarded patients returning from outside training in determination of ability to pay in Subsec. (e); 1967 acts removed items of cost provisions from Subsec. (a) and added sentence re social security act, changed basis of rate in Subsec. (b) to per capita cost, specified the maximum rate “per week” and deleted exceptions, changed relatives liable in Subsec. (c) to parents of children under twenty-one and children of parents under sixty-five, repealed Subsec. (h), substituting Sec. 17-295a, and substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; 1969 act deleted from exception regarding liability statement that children be only equally liable and that liability waived if child's gross income is $15,000 or less in Subsec. (c); 1972 act changed reference to patients under 21 to refer to those under 18 in Subsec. (c), reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 74-243 made maximum rate charged relatives applicable after first one 120 days of treatment and added provisions re investigation and adjustments in charge if liable person or estate cannot bear the charge in Subsec. (b), deleted from liability in Subsec. (c) children of patient under sixty-five and deleted provisions re investigation and adjustment to charges now in Subsec. (b) and rephrased use of measurement standard in Subsec. (e) for clarification; P.A. 76-435 deleted Subsec. (g) which had allowed commissioner to recover balance of charges billed despite receipt of lesser rate; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-302 required annual determinations of cost under Subsec. (a); P.A. 78-343 extended exception to allow charge of maximum rate for patients committed to High Meadows from date of admission or commitment under Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-376 substituted “workers' compensation” for “workmen's compensation” in Subsec. (e); P.A. 79-443 made cost determination on per diem rather than per week basis and added provision re determination of costs in facilities operated by mental health department in Subsec. (a); P.A. 80-389 increased maximum rate for legally liable relatives from $26.95 to $53.90 per week and increased interest rate in Subsec. (f) from 6% to 12%; P.A. 84-246 eliminated mandatory investigation upon readmission of patients, deleted requirement that investigation be made prior to rendering of bill and provided a monetary limit on liability of legally liable relatives; P.A. 86-169 deleted provision setting maximum rate charged to legally liable relatives of patients at High Meadows; P.A. 87-421 amended Subsec. (b) to delete a maximum dollar amount per week which could be charged liable relatives after the first 120 days of care, amended Subsec. (c) to remove a cap on liability based on 16 years of care and to substitute a cap determined in accordance with Sec. 4-68a and Subsec. (b) of this section and deleted Subsec. (e) re considerations for determining ability of liable relatives to contribute to the cost of care and relettered the remaining subsection; P.A. 88-285 amended Subsec. (d) to replace veterans' home and hospital commission with commissioner of veterans' affairs; Sec. 17-295 transferred to Sec. 17b-223 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-135 repealed provisions of former Subsec. (d) re review by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs of determination of financial responsibility for certain veterans admitted to state humane institutions, consolidated remaining provisions of former Subsec. (d) into Subsec. (c) and relettered former Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 97-312 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring full disclosure of monthly billing and continuing liability to the liable person, prior to admission or at the earliest possibility thereafter.
See Sec. 17a-461 re charges for care in Connecticut Mental Health Center.
See Sec. 19a-257 re support of patients with chronic illness excluding tuberculosis.
Annotations to former section 17-295:
Former statute cited. 139 C. 472; 142 C. 329. Cited. 152 C. 55; 183 C. 330; 192 C. 520. State not precluded by federal supremacy clause from using legal process to compel payment of institutional support charges. 205 C. 104.
Cited. 14 CS 33; 30 CS 118; 34 CS 518.
Social Security payments made to parent as “representative payee” for dependent child are property of child and may be billed against for child's hospitalization. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 63, 66. Estate of veteran with service-connected disability liable for maximum rate under Subsec. (b). Id., 75. Commissioner may make a retroactive change in patient's billing upon discovery of new circumstances. Id., 81. Burden of proof commissioner acted illegally or so arbitrarily and unreasonably as to abuse his discretion is on plaintiff. Id., 138. Cited. Id., 402. During confinement of Social Security recipient for mental illness under order of criminal court, defendant, representative payee of recipient, must apply such funds for support of beneficiary at institution of commitment. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 542.
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Sec. 17b-224. (Formerly Sec. 17-295b). Liability of patient for per capita cost of care. A patient who is receiving or has received care in a state humane institution, his estate or both shall be liable to reimburse the state for any unpaid portion of per capita cost, subject to the same protection of a surviving spouse or dependent child as is provided in section 17b-95.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 13; P.A. 11-44, S. 72; P.A. 22-118, S. 453.)
History: Sec. 17-295b transferred to Sec. 17b-224 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 added provision making liability of patient subject to rights and limitations provided in Sec. 17b-94 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 22-118 deleted references to limitations on liability pursuant to sections 17b-93, 17b-94 and 17b-95, effective July 1, 2022.
Annotations to former section 17-295b:
Cited. 192 C. 520.
State's claim against estate of deceased recipient or patient depends upon amount due at time of death of such recipient or patient; upon date of death, estate's liability to reimburse state is fixed and cannot be expanded or contracted by subsequent enactments. 34 CS 518.
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Sec. 17b-225. (Formerly Sec. 17-295c). Availability of patient information to certain agencies. (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Department of Social Services and the United States Department of Health and Human Services shall be entitled to receive only such information concerning patients in institutions, hospitals and facilities of the Departments of Public Health, Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services as is required to obtain support and payments for the care of such patients, including submissions of such information to probate courts, agencies and corporations dispensing benefits, or only such information concerning such patients as is required for the purpose of claiming federal reimbursement, or only such information concerning such patients as is required for the review and audit of federally funded programs. Any such information received by said Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Social Services and United States Department of Health and Human Services shall be confidential and shall be used for the purposes of obtaining support and payments for the care of said patients or for the purpose of claiming federal reimbursement or for the review and audit of federally funded programs.
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall be entitled to receive only such information concerning patients in institutions, hospitals and facilities of the Departments of Public Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental Services, and state humane institutions, as defined in section 17b-222, as is required to obtain support and payments for the care of such patients, including submissions of such information to probate courts, agencies and corporations dispensing benefits. Any such information received by said Department of Administrative Services shall be confidential and shall be used only for the purposes specified in this subsection.
(1971, P.A. 263; P.A. 73-248, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-215, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-638, S. 21, 23; P.A. 77-614, S. 71, 323, 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 127, 136; P.A. 79-383; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 73-248 entitled welfare department and U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to receive information and included information relevant to claims for federal reimbursement or to review or audit of federally-funded programs; P.A. 74-215 added word “only” with reference to information re federal reimbursement and federal reviews and audits; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 75-638 included information on patients in facilities of mental retardation department; P.A. 77-614 replaced central collections division of department of finance and control with department of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced department of health with department of health services and department of social services with department of income maintenance; P.A. 78-303 entitled department of public safety to information; P.A. 79-383 added Subsec. (b) containing special provisions re information to which administrative services department entitled and removed references to said department in previous provisions, now Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-295c transferred to Sec. 17b-225 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-226. (Formerly Sec. 17-295d). Consideration of the costs mandated by collective bargaining agreements. The state shall take into consideration the costs mandated by collective bargaining agreements with certified collective bargaining agents or other agreements between employers and employees when making grants to or entering into contracts for services with the following: (1) Nonprofit organizations for mental health services pursuant to section 17a-476; (2) nonprofit organizations concerning services for drug-dependent and alcohol-dependent persons pursuant to section 17a-676; (3) residential and educational services pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 17a-17; (4) psychiatric clinics and community mental health facilities pursuant to section 17a-20; (5) day treatment centers pursuant to section 17a-22; (6) youth service bureaus pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-19n; (7) programs for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect and for juvenile diversion pursuant to section 17a-49; (8) community-based service programs pursuant to sections 18-101i and 18-101k; (9) programs for children and adults with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-217; (10) community-based residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-218; and (11) vocational training programs for adults with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-226.
(P.A. 87-497, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-209, S. 22; P.A. 91-406, S. 3, 29; P.A. 93-381, S. 13, 39; P.A. 11-129, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 90-209 in Subdiv. (2) substituted “alcohol-dependent” for “alcoholic” and Sec. 17-155gg for repealed Sec. 17-226d and made a technical change; P.A. 91-406 deleted former Subdiv. (11) re diagnostic clinics for mentally retarded persons, renumbering former Subsec. (12) accordingly; P.A. 93-381 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-295d transferred to Sec. 17b-226 in 1995; P.A. 11-129 replaced references to “mentally retarded” with references to “intellectual disability”.
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Sec. 17b-226a. Provider billing rates for goods and services. A pharmacy provider enrolled in any medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services, when billing the department for a good or service, shall bill the department the lowest amount accepted from any member of the general public who participates in the pharmacy provider's savings or discount program. For purposes of this section, “savings or discount program” means any program, club or buying group offered by a pharmacy provider to any member of the general public for the purpose of obtaining a lower charge for any good or service than the charge made to any member of the general public who does not participate in such program.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 24; 10-179, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-179 changed “provider” to “pharmacy provider”, rephrased provision requiring that department is billed lowest accepted amount and defined “savings or discount program”, effective May 7, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-227. (Formerly Sec. 17-297). Payment for services in state humane institutions. All bills for services provided to Medicaid recipients by state humane institutions, as defined in section 17b-222, may be paid by the Commissioner of Social Services to the state agency that provided the services or oversees the operation of the institution that provided the services.
(1949 Rev., S. 2662; 1951, S. 1497d; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 25.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 17-297 transferred to Sec. 17b-227 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 replaced reference to support of inmates in state hospitals with reference to services provided to Medicaid recipients by state humane institutions, and replaced requirement that bills be paid to Commissioner of Administrative Services with requirement that bills be paid by Commissioner of Social Services to state agency that provided or oversees institution that provided services, effective July 1, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-228. (Formerly Sec. 17-298). Court action by state to recover unpaid portion of charges. When any person has been supported, wholly or in part, by the state in a humane institution, whether such person was admitted thereto as a pauper or indigent or otherwise, and any portion of the charges for which such person or his liable relatives were liable under the provisions of section 17b-223 remains unpaid, such person or such relatives, as the case may be, or the estate of any such person or such relatives, shall be liable to the state therefor, and the Commissioner of Administrative Services may, in the name of the state, bring a complaint therefor, against any liable person or persons, in any court having jurisdiction thereof in the county in which such liable person or the conservator or guardian of such patient resides, or, if several are liable, in the county in which any of them resides, and any other person who might, under the provisions hereof, have been made a defendant in such action may be cited in as a party defendant on motion of either party thereto. Said court may render judgment against the defendant, or each or any of the several defendants, in favor of the state for the balance of the charges remaining unpaid for which such defendants are liable, and payment of such judgment may be secured by attachment and execution issued thereon. The limitation of action provided in section 52-576 shall apply only to any such claim against a relative as such, and any claim by the state for reimbursement of the balance of the billed charges remaining unpaid from the estate of any deceased person shall be presented to the executor or administrator thereof within the time limited for the presentation of other claims against such estate.
(1949 Rev., S. 2663; 1953, 1955, S. 1498d; 1959, P.A. 404; 1961, P.A. 62; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 653, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 453, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610.)
History: 1959 act specified Sec. 52-276 apply only to claims against a relative as such, raised amount of personal estate limit from $1,000 to $2,000, and reduced waiting time from 90 to 30 days; 1961 act deleted provision for municipality to take estate proceedings, added expenses for last illness and burial and authorized banks, etc., having control to pay sums to commissioner and deleted alternatives for paying same; 1967 acts substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner and raised personal estate limit from $2,000 to $3,500; 1969 act deleted provisions re taking of estates not exceeding $35,000 by state; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 17-298 transferred to Sec. 17b-228 in 1995.
See Sec. 17b-222 for definition of “humane institution”.
See Sec. 17b-745 re issuance of court order for support of persons supported by state and wage executions.
Annotations to former section 17-298:
Applies to a past expenditure. 93 C. 573. By bringing action, state subjects itself to procedure established for its final disposition. 119 C. 220. Trustee's agreement to pay for support furnished prior to death of testator held invalid. Id., 508. Cited. 127 C. 58. In action by city against same trustee, held no duty on trustee of discretionary trust to use fund for support of inmate. 133 C. 31. Cited. 137 C. 319; 139 C. 472. Essential for recovery against an estate that decedent was able to reimburse the state during his lifetime. 140 C. 21, 26. Cited. Id., 214; 142 C. 329; 152 C. 55; 189 C. 726.
Finding by Probate Court that person was a pauper not conclusive because fact is a jurisdictional one. 4 CS 286. Statute retrospective in operation because it does not originate a new cause of action but extends one which previously existed in the state to the towns and cities. 11 CS 295. Not applicable to a person, certified insane after having been committed to jail on a binding over process, and then transferred to a state hospital until the time of his trial. 14 CS 33. Cited. 15 CS 177. An action under statute should not be entered on the jury docket. Id., 369. Claim for reimbursement for care of tubercular patient allowed. 16 CS 118. Creates absolute liability on recipient of town aid for support and care in a humane institution. 18 CS 337.
Commissioner may proceed under this section or Sec. 17-324 to obtain support for a patient in a state humane institution. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 81. Cited. Id., 548.
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Sec. 17b-229. (Formerly Sec. 17-299). Liability for prior charges. (a) No relative of a patient in a state humane institution, nor the estate of such relative, shall be liable for any portion of the cost of support of any such patient in such institution for any period prior to July 1, 1955, except unpaid charges billed by the Welfare Commissioner.
(b) The provisions of sections 17a-502, 17b-222, 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-232, 17b-745, 46b-215 and 53-304 shall not affect or impair the responsibility of any patient or patient's estate for his care in a state humane institution prior to July 1, 1955, and the same may be enforced by any action by which such responsibility would have been enforceable prior to July 1, 1955, but only to the extent of that portion of such estate as is not needed for the support of the spouse, parents and dependent children of such patient.
(1955, S. 1499d; 1957, P.A. 330, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 25; P.A. 76-139, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 91-406, S. 4, 29; P.A. 04-257, S. 33; P.A. 11-16, S. 32.)
History: 1965 act deleted references to Secs. 17-159, 17-168 and 17-323 and added reference to Sec. 17-174a; P.A. 76-139 deleted reference to Secs. 19-122, 19-123 and 19-124 repealed by same act; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 would have replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of income maintenance but for qualifying date reference; P.A. 91-406 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), deleting references to Secs. 17-174a, 17-296 and 17-320 and adding references to Secs. 17a-278 and 46b-215; Sec. 17-299 transferred to Sec. 17b-229 in 1995; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-16 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 17a-278, effective May 24, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-230. (Formerly Sec. 17-300). Claim of state on death of institution patient. Upon the death of a patient or of a person who has, at any time, been a patient in a state humane institution, the state shall have a claim against his estate for reimbursement for institutional support according to the provisions of sections 17b-223, 17b-224 and 17b-229 to the extent that the amount which the surviving spouse, parent or dependent children of the decedent would otherwise take from such estate is not needed for their support. Such claims shall have priority over all unsecured claims against such estate, except (1) expenses of last sickness not to exceed three hundred seventy-five dollars, (2) funeral and burial expenses in accordance with section 17b-84, (3) such unpaid fees and expenses of the conservator of such patient, if any, as are authorized by law and (4) administrative expenses, including probate fees and taxes, and including fiduciary fees not exceeding the following commissions on the value of the whole estates accounted for by such fiduciaries: On the first two thousand dollars or portion thereof, five per cent; on the next eight thousand dollars or portion thereof, four per cent; on the excess over ten thousand dollars, three per cent. Upon petition by any fiduciary, the Probate Court, after hearing thereon, may authorize compensation in excess of the above schedule for extraordinary services. Notice of any such petition and hearing shall be given to the Commissioner of Administrative Services in Hartford at least ten days in advance of such hearing. The allowable funeral and burial payment herein shall be reduced by the amount of any prepaid funeral arrangement. Any amount paid from the estate under this section to any person which exceeds the limits provided herein shall be repaid to the estate by such person, and such amount may be recovered in a civil action with interest at six per cent from the date of demand.
(1957, P.A. 500; 1959, P.A. 395, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 426, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 438, S. 9; February, 1965, P.A. 625, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 151, S. 8; 314, S. 16; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 39; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-337, S. 10, 11; P.A. 88-364, S. 27, 123.)
History: 1959 act amended Subdiv. (2) to raise total funeral and burial expenses from $300 to $600 and added Subdiv. (3) and provisions re reductions for prepaid funeral arrangements and recovery or repayment of amounts paid in excess of limits; 1961 act clarified language re restrictions placed on application of Secs. 17-295 and 17-299; 1963 act reduced funeral and burial expense priority amount from $600 to $400; 1965 act increased funeral and burial expense priority amount to $450; 1967 acts raised funeral and burial expense ceiling to $500 and substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; 1969 act increased limit on funeral and burial expenses to $600; 1972 act added reference to Sec. 17-295b; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-337 replaced specific dollar limit on funeral and burial expenses with reference to amounts allowed under Sec. 17-82q; P.A. 88-364 made technical change in section; Sec. 17-300 transferred to Sec. 17b-230 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-300:
Cited. 34 CS 518.
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Sec. 17b-231. (Formerly Sec. 17-301). Refund for support of persons in state institutions. Claim for any sum due from the state as a refund for the support of any person in a state institution may be made by the person entitled thereto to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in writing, on forms furnished by said commissioner, who shall decide as to the amount due and, if satisfied that the claimant is entitled to any refund, shall certify the amount due to the comptroller, who shall pay the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 2619; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 17-301 transferred to Sec. 17b-231 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-301:
Cited. 30 CS 118.
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Sec. 17b-232. (Formerly Sec. 17-306). Payment for board and care in boarding home, group home, chronic and convalescent hospital or other residential facility. The state, through the agency of the state-operated facility, as defined in section 17a-458, authorizing the transfer of a resident to a private boarding home for mental patients, group home, chronic and convalescent hospital or other residential facility as provided by section 17a-509, shall pay the cost of the board and care of such mentally ill person, provided such cost shall not be in excess of the rates established under section 17b-340 for such facilities.
(1949 Rev., S. 2685; 1953, 1955, S. 1513d; 1957, P.A. 19; 1959, P.A. 543; P.A. 80-3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39, S. 3, 18; P.A. 10-32, S. 65.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision that state pay costs in addition to those paid in accordance with Sec. 17-295, added that payment is not to exceed rates under Sec. 17-314 and substituted term “mentally retarded” for “mentally deficient”; P.A. 80-3 deleted state hospital reference, included state-operated facilities, regional centers or other facilities for care and training of the mentally retarded and group homes or other residential facilities and updated section reference to reflect transfer of Sec. 17-174 to Sec. 19-569h; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39 deleted reference to state training schools, regional centers or other facilities for the care and training of the mentally retarded and reference to Sec. 19a-451; Sec. 17-306 transferred to Sec. 17b-232 in 1995; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-233. (Formerly Sec. 17-307). Care of handicapped and other children at Newington Children's Hospital. Children with drug-related conditions not to be admitted. Newington Children's Hospital may admit any child who is handicapped or afflicted with any pediatric illness upon application of the selectmen of any town, or the guardian or any relative of such child, or any public health agency, physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, provided, no person shall be admitted primarily for the treatment of any drug-related condition. Said hospital shall admit such child to said hospital if such child is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be suitable for admission, and said hospital shall keep and support such child for such length of time as it deems proper. Said hospital shall not be required to admit any such child unless it can conveniently receive and care for such child at the time application is made and said hospital may return to the town in which such child resides any child so taken who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be unsuitable for retention or who, by reason of improvement in his condition or completion of his treatment or training, ought not to be further retained. The hospital may refuse to admit any child pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be unsuitable for admission and may refuse to admit any such child when the facilities at the hospital will not, in the judgment of such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, permit the hospital to care for such child adequately and properly.
(1949 Rev., S. 2609; June, 1949, 1955, S. 1440d; 1959, P.A. 610, S. 1; P.A. 80-293, S. 1, 2; P.A. 19-98, S. 16; P.A. 21-196, S. 19.)
History: 1959 act changed name of hospital, substituted affliction with “noncontagious pediatric illness or handicapping physical condition” for “poliomyelitis or cerebral palsy or any uncontagious crippling disease,” deleted statement that child or relatives must be unable to pay and required that child be “suitable” rather than “fit” for admission; P.A. 80-293 changed admission requirement, substituting “handicapped” child for one “of sound mind who is a cripple”, allowing admission for any pediatric illness rather than for “noncontagious” illnesses alone and deleting reference to “handicapping physical condition”, and added proviso prohibiting admission “primarily for the treatment of any drug-related condition”; Sec. 17-307 transferred to Sec. 17b-233 in 1995; P.A. 19-98 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistants.
Annotation to former section 17-307:
In tort action, no recovery allowed for value of services rendered gratuitously by state-supported or other public charity. 129 C. 207.
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Secs. 17b-234 and 17b-235. (Formerly Secs. 17-308 and 17-308a). State payment toward support of patients at Newington Children's Hospital. Payment of retroactive claims. Sections 17b-234 and 17b-235 are repealed, effective May 14, 2018.
(June, 1949, 1951, 1953, S. 1441d; November, 1955, S. N167, N168; 1957, P.A. 550, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 610, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 460, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 20; 73-273, S. 1–3; P.A. 74-182, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 608, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 24, 39; P.A. 81-430, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-91, S. 31, 38; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-32, S. 5, 8; P.A. 84-442, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-281, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 39, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 20, 88; P.A. 10-179, S. 96; P.A. 18-91, S. 80.)
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Sec. 17b-236. (Formerly Sec. 17-309). Admission of physically disabled children to The Children's Center. When there is found in any town in this state any child of sound mind who is physically disabled or who is afflicted with poliomyelitis or rheumatic fever, or any uncontagious disabling disease, and who is unable to pay and whose relatives who are legally liable for his support are unable to pay the full cost of treating such disease, if such child and one of such relatives reside in this state, the selectmen of such town, or the guardian or any relative of such child, or any public health agency, physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse in this state, may make application to The Children's Center, located at Hamden, for the admission of such child to said center. Said center shall admit such child if such child is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be fit for admission, and said center shall keep and support such child for such length of time as it deems proper. Said center shall not be required to admit any such child unless it can conveniently receive and care for him at the time such application is made, and said center may return to the town in which such child resides any child so taken who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be unfit for retention, or who, by reason of improvement in his condition or completion of his treatment or training, ought not to be further retained. The center may refuse to admit any child who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be unfit for admission, and may refuse to admit any such child when the facilities at the center will not, in the judgment of such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, permit the center to care for such child adequately and properly.
(1955, S. 1442d; 1969, P.A. 571, S. 7, 9; P.A. 19-98, S. 17; P.A. 21-196, S. 20.)
History: 1969 act changed name of New Haven Orphan Asylum to the Children's Center; Sec. 17-309 transferred to Sec. 17b-236 in 1995; P.A. 19-98 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistants.
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Sec. 17b-237. (Formerly Sec. 17-310). State aid toward support of children at center. The state shall pay annually toward the support of children who have been admitted to the center in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-236 twenty-five per cent of the operating expense of the convalescent hospital for the preceding year ended June thirtieth. Such amount shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services. Upon the determination by said commissioner of such amount, said commissioner shall notify the Comptroller thereof, and the Comptroller shall pay monthly during the ensuing fiscal year one-twelfth of the amount so determined. Such payments by the state shall not abrogate any responsibility for payments by the state or any town or any person for care in said center, except that for care in said convalescent hospital of any child directly supported by the state the charge for such care to the state shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the daily average cost rate for the preceding year ended June thirtieth as such rate shall be determined by said commissioner.
(1955, S. 1443d; 1957, P.A. 541, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 21, 31; P.A. 79-560, S. 25, 39; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with “the committee established under ... section 17-311”; P.A. 79-560 replaced references to committee and incorrect references to its predecessor, the commission, with references to commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-310 transferred to Sec. 17b-237 in 1995.
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Sec. 17b-238. (Formerly Sec. 17-311). State payments to hospitals. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish annually the cost of services for which payment is to be made under the provisions of section 17b-239. All hospitals receiving state aid shall submit their cost data under oath on forms approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, regulations concerning the submission of data by institutions and agencies to which payments are to be made under sections 17b-239, 17b-243, 17b-244, 17b-340, 17b-341 and section 17b-343, and the defining of policies utilized by the commissioner in establishing rates under said sections, which data and policies are necessary for the efficient administration of said sections. The commissioner shall provide, upon request, a statement of interpretation of the Medicaid cost-related reimbursement system regulations for long-term care facilities reimbursed under section 17b-340 concerning allowable and unallowable costs or expenditures. Such statement of interpretation shall not be construed to constitute a regulation violative of chapter 54. Failure of such statement of interpretation to address a specific unallowable cost or expenditure fact pattern shall in no way prevent the commissioner from enforcing all applicable laws and regulations.
(b) Any institution or agency to which payments are to be made under sections 17b-239 to 17b-246, inclusive, and sections 17b-340 and 17b-343 which is aggrieved by any decision of said commissioner may, within ten days after written notice thereof from the commissioner, obtain, by written request to the commissioner, a rehearing on all items of aggrievement. On and after July 1, 1996, a rehearing shall be held by the commissioner or his designee, provided a detailed written description of all such items is filed within ninety days of written notice of the commissioner's decision. The rehearing shall be held within thirty days of the filing of the detailed written description of each specific item of aggrievement. The commissioner shall issue a final decision within sixty days of the close of evidence or the date on which final briefs are filed, whichever occurs later. Any designee of the commissioner who presides over such rehearing shall be impartial and shall not be employed within the Department of Social Services office of certificate of need and rate setting. Any such items not resolved at such rehearing to the satisfaction of either such institution or agency or said commissioner shall be submitted to binding arbitration to an arbitration board consisting of one member appointed by the institution or agency, one member appointed by the commissioner and one member appointed by the Chief Court Administrator from among the retired judges of the Superior Court, which retired judge shall be compensated for his services on such board in the same manner as a state referee is compensated for his services under section 52-434. The proceedings of the arbitration board and any decisions rendered by such board shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 USC 1396, as amended from time to time, and chapter 54.
(c) The submission of any false or misleading fiscal information or data to said commissioner shall be grounds for suspension of payments by the state under sections 17b-239 to 17b-246, inclusive, and sections 17b-340 and 17b-343 in accordance with regulations adopted by said commissioner. In addition, any person, including any corporation, who knowingly makes or causes to be made any false or misleading statement or who knowingly submits false or misleading fiscal information or data on the forms approved by the commissioner shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(d) Said commissioner, or any agent authorized by the commissioner to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing under the provisions of this section, shall have power to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. At any hearing ordered by the commissioner, the commissioner or such agent having authority by law to issue such process may subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, papers and documents pertinent to such inquiry. If any person disobeys such process or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any pertinent question put to him by the commissioner or his authorized agent or to produce any records and papers pursuant thereto, the commissioner or his agent may apply to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district wherein the person resides or wherein the business has been conducted, or to any judge of said court if the same is not in session, setting forth such disobedience to process or refusal to answer, and said court or such judge shall cite such person to appear before said court or such judge to answer such question or to produce such records and papers.
(1949, 1953, S. 1585d; 1961, P.A. 474, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 146; 1969, P.A. 506; 642, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 300; P.A. 73-117, S. 22, 31; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-562, S. 5, 8; P.A. 76-244; 76-436, S. 10a, 592, 681; P.A. 77-574, S. 3, 6; 77-593, S. 3, 4; 77-614, S. 19, 344, 587, 610; P.A. 78-264, S. 1, 4; 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-182, S. 2, 4; P.A. 80-196, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-249; P.A. 83-73; P.A. 86-319, S. 2; P.A. 88-156, S. 18; 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-317, S. 74, 107; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-351, S. 24, 30.)
History: 1961 act added commissioners of finance and control and mental health, deleted requirement that commission prescribe and provide uniform forms and provided that commission approve cost data forms; 1965 act added Subsec. (b); 1969 acts replaced hospital cost analyst with executive director of commission in Subsec. (a) and replaced appeal provisions in Subsec. (b) with provisions for rehearing and required aggrieved hospital to file within 10 days after receiving notice rather than within 30 days; 1971 act replaced state budget director with commissioner of finance and control in Subsec. (a) and added commission's power to make regulations and define policies used in establishing rates; P.A. 73-117 replaced commission with committee, removed commissioner of health as member and added chairman and vice chairman of commission on hospitals and health care and replaced provision concerning executive director with statement that necessary staff will be made available by commission on hospitals and health care; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 75-562 made department of health responsible for supplying necessary staff; P.A. 76-244 added Subsec. (c) re power to administer oaths, take testimony, issue subpoenas, etc.; P.A. 76-436 replaced chief judge with chief court administrator in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-574 replaced “hospital” with “institution or agency ...” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-593 inserted new Subsec. (c) re submission of false or misleading fiscal information and relettered former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management as committee member but later provision replaced committee with commissioner of income maintenance and removed reference to staff supplied by health department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-264 repealed amendments to Subsec. (a) made by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district” and “Hartford courts”, with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 79-182 added reference to Sec. 17-314a in Subsec. (a); P.A. 80-196 required that proceedings of arbitration board be conducted in accordance with Social Security and Uniform Administrative Procedure Act; P.A. 81-249 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that any person, including any corporation, who knowingly makes or causes to be made any false or misleading statement or who knowingly submits false or misleading fiscal information shall be guilty of a class D felony; P.A. 83-73 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for a statement of interpretation of the medicaid cost related reimbursement system regulations; P.A. 86-319 added references to Sec. 17-314c; P.A. 88-156 made a technical correction in Subsec. (b); P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-317 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “chapter 54” for “the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act, sections 4-166 to 4-189”, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-311 transferred to Sec. 17b-238 in 1995; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions for a rehearing, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 19a-630 for applicable definitions.
Annotations to former section 17-311:
Cited. 42 CS 348; Id., 558.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 242 C. 345.
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Sec. 17b-239. (Formerly Sec. 17-312). Payments to hospitals, emergency department physicians. Value-based methodologies. Readmission penalties. Compliance with federal law. Regulations. (a) Medicaid rates paid to acute care hospitals, including children's hospitals, shall be based on diagnosis-related groups established and periodically rebased by the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A), provided the Department of Social Services completes a fiscal analysis of the impact of such rate payment system on each hospital. The commissioner shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, file a report on the results of the fiscal analysis not later than six months after implementing the rate payment system with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Within available appropriations, the commissioner shall annually determine in-patient payments for each hospital by multiplying diagnosis-related group relative weights by a base rate. Over a period of up to four years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, within available appropriations and at the discretion of the commissioner, the Department of Social Services shall transition hospital-specific, diagnosis-related group base rates to state-wide diagnosis-related group base rates by peer groups determined by the commissioner. For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, “peer group” means a group comprised of one of the following categories of acute care hospitals: Privately operated acute care hospitals, publicly operated acute care hospitals, or acute care children's hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, the peer group for privately operated acute care hospitals may be further subdivided into peer groups for privately operated acute care hospitals. For inpatient hospital services that the Commissioner of Social Services determines are not appropriate for reimbursement based on diagnosis-related groups, the commissioner shall reimburse for such services using any other methodology that complies with 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A). Within available appropriations, the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, make additional payments to hospitals based on criteria to be determined by the commissioner. Upon the conversion to a hospital payment methodology based on diagnosis-related groups, the commissioner shall evaluate payments for all hospital services, including, but not limited to, a review of pediatric psychiatric inpatient units within hospitals. The commissioner may, within available appropriations, implement a pay-for-performance program for pediatric psychiatric inpatient care. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize Medicaid payment by the state to any such hospital in excess of the charges made by such hospital for comparable services to the general public.
(b) Effective October 1, 1991, the rate to be paid by the state for the cost of special services rendered by such hospitals shall be established annually by the commissioner for each such hospital pursuant to 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A) and within available appropriations. Nothing contained in this subsection shall authorize a payment by the state for such services to any such hospital in excess of the charges made by such hospital for comparable services to the general public.
(c) (1) Until such time as subdivision (2) of this subsection is effective, the state shall also pay to such hospitals for each outpatient clinic and emergency room visit a rate established by the commissioner for each hospital pursuant to 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A) and within available appropriations.
(2) On or after July 1, 2016, with the exception of publicly operated psychiatric hospitals, hospitals shall be paid for outpatient and emergency room services based on prospective rates established by the commissioner within available appropriations and in accordance with an ambulatory payment classification system, provided the Department of Social Services completes a fiscal analysis of the impact of such rate payment system on each hospital. Such ambulatory payment classification system may include one or more peer groups established by the Department of Social Services. The Commissioner of Social Services shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, file a report on the results of the fiscal analysis not later than six months after implementing the rate payment system with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Nothing contained in this subsection shall authorize a payment by the state for such services to any hospital in excess of the charges made by such hospital for comparable services to the general public. Effective upon implementation of the ambulatory payment classification system, a covered outpatient hospital service that is not being reimbursed using such ambulatory payment classification system shall be paid in accordance with a fee schedule or an alternative payment methodology, as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner may, within available funding for implementation of the ambulatory payment classification methodology, establish a supplemental pool to provide payments to offset losses incurred, if any, by publicly operated acute care hospitals and acute care children's hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health as a result of the implementation of the ambulatory payment classification system. Prior to the implementation of the ambulatory payment classification system, each hospital's charges shall be based on the charge master in effect as of June 1, 2015. After implementation of such system, annual increases in each hospital's charge master shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the annual increase in the Medicare economic index.
(d) Concurrent with the implementation of the ambulatory payment classification methodology of payment to hospitals, an emergency department physician may enroll separately as a Medicaid provider and qualify for direct reimbursement for professional services provided in the emergency department of a hospital to a Medicaid recipient, including services provided on the same day the Medicaid recipient is admitted to the hospital. The commissioner shall pay to any such emergency department physician the Medicaid rate for physicians in accordance with the applicable physician fee schedule in effect at that time. If the commissioner determines that payment to an emergency department physician pursuant to this subsection results in an additional cost to the state, the commissioner shall adjust such rate in consultation with the Connecticut Hospital Association and the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians to ensure budget neutrality.
(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing criteria for defining emergency and nonemergency visits to hospital emergency rooms. All nonemergency visits to hospital emergency rooms shall be paid in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. Nothing contained in this subsection or the regulations adopted under this section shall authorize a payment by the state for such services to any hospital in excess of the charges made by such hospital for comparable services to the general public. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services may impose cost-sharing requirements under the medical assistance program for nonemergency use of hospital emergency room services.
(f) The commissioner shall establish rates to be paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals within available appropriations.
(g) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting the policies and procedures as regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-10 not later than twenty days after the date of implementation.
(h) In the event the commissioner is unable to implement the provisions of subsection (d) of this section by January 1, 2015, the commissioner shall submit written notice, not later than thirty-five days prior to January 1, 2015, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies indicating that the department will not be able to implement such provisions on or before such date. The commissioner shall include in such notice (1) the reasons why the department will not be able to implement such provisions by such date, and (2) the date by which the department will be able to implement such provisions.
(i) (1) Subject to federal approval, the commissioner shall increase rates effective January 1, 2018, for hospitals, implementing those increases on the earliest available date, as follows: (A) The diagnosis-related group base rate for inpatient hospital services provided by nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals shall be increased by thirty-one and sixty-five-hundredths per cent from the level in effect on July 1, 2017, and (B) the ambulatory payment classification base conversion factor for outpatient hospital services provided by licensed short-term general hospitals shall be increased by six and one-half per cent from the level in effect on July 1, 2017.
(2) (A) For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (k) of this section, “settlement agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-263z.
(B) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, for dates of service from January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2026, applicable payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals located in the state shall be made in accordance with the relevant requirements of said agreement regarding wage index values, the inpatient hospital all-patient refined diagnosis-related group base rate and the outpatient hospital ambulatory payment classification conversion factor.
(3) (A) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, effective January 1, 2020, and each January first thereafter until and including January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall increase annually the Medicaid rates payable to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals located in the state as follows: (i) The inpatient hospital all-patient refined diagnosis-related group base rate by two per cent; (ii) the inpatient hospital behavioral health per diem rate, the inpatient psychiatric services and rehabilitation per diem rates and the inpatient behavioral health child discharge delay per diem rate, each by two per cent; (iii) the outpatient hospital ambulatory payment classification conversion factor by two and two-tenths per cent; and (iv) the revenue center codes listed on the hospital outpatient flat fee schedule by two and two-tenths per cent. Each such annual increase shall be calculated against the rates in effect for the calendar year immediately preceding such rate increase.
(B) As soon as practicable after December 19, 2019, the commissioner shall publish public notice of the intent to submit the Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to provide for the rate increases set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. Not later than fifteen days after the expiration of the thirty-day comment period for such state plan amendments, the commissioner shall submit such state plan amendments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval. The commissioner shall diligently pursue the federal approvals required for such rate increases. The commissioner shall implement such rate increases for the dates of service set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision even if federal approvals are received after such dates of service, provided the implementation of such rate increases remains subject to federal approval to the extent required by the terms of the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z. If federal approvals of such rate increases are not obtained, the payment of such rate increases may later be recovered by the commissioner by recoupment against other Medicaid payments due to a hospital or in any manner authorized by law.
(4) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2026, the commissioner shall not remove, repeal or reduce the rate increases set forth in this subsection and appropriations for any payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals based on such rates shall not be subject to rescissions or holdbacks.
(5) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the state to recover overpayments and collect unpaid liabilities, as authorized by law. No provision of this subsection shall affect implementation of state-wide diagnosis-related group base rates in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(j) Except as otherwise specifically required in subsection (i) of this section, (1) notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder, the Department of Social Services is not required to increase rates paid, or to set any rates to be paid to or adjust upward any method of payment to, any hospital based on inflation or based on any inflationary factor, including, but not limited to, any current payments or adjustments that are being made based on dates of service in previous years, and (2) the Department of Social Services shall not increase or adjust upward any rates or method of payment to hospitals based on inflation or based on any inflationary factor unless the approved state budget includes appropriations for such increases or upward adjustments.
(k) (1) Subject to any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, the Department of Social Services shall make payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals to the extent required by the settlement agreement, including, to the extent applicable, portions of payments for which the federal financial participation may not be available, such as one-time payments and payments using state-only funds above the upper payment limit. For the purposes of this subsection, “upper payment limit” means the limit on aggregate Medicaid payments to specified groups of facilities for which Medicaid federal financial participation is available, in accordance with 42 CFR 447.72 and 42 CFR 447.321, as applicable, each as amended from time to time.
(2) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2026, for nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals located in the state, the Department of Social Services shall continue to set Medicaid rates for inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services in accordance with the rate-setting rules and methodologies established in the Medicaid state plan in effect as of December 19, 2019, and incorporating changes to said plan as required by the settlement agreement.
(1949, 1953, S. 1586d; 1961, P.A. 474, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 726, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 339, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 23, 31; P.A. 77-574, S. 4, 6; P.A. 79-560, S. 26, 39; P.A. 81-472, S. 111, 159; P.A. 84-367, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-482, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-27, S. 1; 87-516, S. 1, 5; P.A. 88-156, S. 19; P.A. 89-296, S. 6, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 13, 43, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 25, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 2, 30; P.A. 95-160, S. 25, 69; 95-306, S. 1, 7; 95-351, S. 28, 30; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 98-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-279, S. 13, 14, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 15, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 11, 66, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3, S. 1, 2, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 119, 120, 121, 129, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 57; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 67, 68; P.A. 04-258, S. 1, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 34; P.A. 05-280, S. 6; P.A. 06-188, S. 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 27; P.A. 11-44, S. 113; 11-61, S. 122; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 265; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 4; P.A. 13-234, S. 76; 13-247, S. 91; P.A. 14-116, S. 6; 14-160, S. 1; 14-217, S. 194; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 393; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 619; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 12; P.A. 19-117, S. 306; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1, S. 5.)
History: 1961 act changed technical language, added standard of comparable charges to Subsec. (a), deleted requirement of Subsec. (b) that special services be professional and added Subsec. (c); 1967 act changed term “welfare” to “state” patients, restricted standard of comparable charges in Subsec. (a), made allowances for unpaid bills, working capital requirements and services development costs in determination of “actual cost” in Subsec. (c) and added Subsec. (d); 1969 act allowed alternative rates in Subsec. (a) based on charges for ward or semiprivate facilities and placed limit on rate for outpatient clinic visit in Subsec. (d); P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with committee established in accordance with Sec. 17-311; P.A. 77-574 included allowances for costs associated with collective bargaining agreements in Subsec. (c); P.A. 79-560 replaced committee with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 84-367 changed the basis of the rate from “actual” to “reasonable” cost and added Subsec. (e) setting rates for the inpatient care of patients who no longer require acute care; P.A. 85-482 amended Subsec. (d) by substituting 116% for 150% of combined average fee of general practitioner and specialist for office visit as maximum rate for an outpatient clinic visit; P.A. 87-27 amended Subsec. (c) to exclude from “reasonable cost” amounts paid to employees, attorneys or consultants due to unionization disputes; P.A. 87-516 allowed the commissioner to establish a rate cap if he receives approval for a disproportionate share exemption pursuant to federal regulations; P.A. 88-156 added freestanding chronic disease hospitals providing services to persons aided or cared for by the state for routine services furnished to state patients and gave the commissioner the discretion to set a higher rate for hospitals serving a disproportionate share of indigent patients; P.A. 89-296 amended Subsec. (d) to prohibit the state from paying a hospital for services in excess of the charges made by the hospital for comparable services to the public, added a new Subsec. (e) requiring the commissioner to adopt regulations establishing criteria for defining emergency and nonemergency visits to hospital emergency rooms and relettered former Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (b) to add a provision re payment by the state of charges in excess of charges made when comparable service is rendered to the general public and amended Subsec. (d) re rates paid by the state for outpatient clinic, services, emergency room visits and outpatient hospital services paid on the basis of a ratio of cost to charges; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (d) by providing that emergency room visit rates in effect on June 30, 1991, shall remain in effect through June 30, 1993, except that those which would decrease on July 1, 1992, shall decrease; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 amended Subsec. (d) to add a formula concerning outpatient hospital services paid on the basis of a ratio of cost to charges and required the commissioner to establish a fee schedule for outpatient hospital services, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-312 transferred to Sec. 17b-239 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 amended Subsec. (a) by adding a provision for rates to be paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-306 amended Subsec. (f) by prohibiting payment to an acute care general hospital for inpatient care of a patient if such patient is no longer in need of such care and is eligible for Medicare, unless Medicare reimbursement is not received for such care, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the commissioner use the “actual charge based on utilized service” instead of the “cost of service” when determining rates paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-131 added new Subsec. (g) requiring commissioner to establish hospital inpatient rates, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (d) to eliminate annual increases in the fee schedule for outpatient hospital services for the rate periods beginning July 1, 1999, and July 1, 2000, and amended Subsec. (g) to provide an exception for the rate period beginning October 1, 1998, from the application of the 3% annual adjustment factor to the target amount per discharge, to prohibit the commissioner from applying an annual adjustment factor for succeeding rate periods, and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re rates paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals on and after July 1, 1995, and inserting provisions re rates paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals and freestanding psychiatric hospitals, beginning July 1, 2000, and thereafter, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality, to require commissioner to use the rate of the highest-paid freestanding chronic disease hospital for any freestanding chronic disease hospital having more than an average of 15% of its inpatient days utilized as long-term ventilator patient days beginning for the rate period ending in 2001, in lieu of rate paid for period when determining rates paid on and after July 1, 2001, notwithstanding provisions of subsection, and to define term “long-term ventilator patient”, effective July 1, 2001, and further amended Subsec. (a) to remove discretion of commissioner re determination of appropriate amount in the case of hospitals serving a disproportionate number share of indigent patients and to replace provisions re rates paid to freestanding chronic disease hospitals and freestanding psychiatric hospitals for rate period beginning July 1, 2001, effective July 2, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting provisions re rate for outpatient clinic visit and rate cap for outpatient clinics upon approval of disproportionate share exemption and adding provision re increase of fee schedule for rate period beginning July 1, 2001, and amended Subsec. (g) by deleting former provisions and adding provisions re establishment of inpatient hospital rates, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (d) to make 10.5% increase applicable to rate period beginning July 1, 2000, and effective June 1, 2001, and amended Subsec. (g) to make June 1, 2001, the date by which the commissioner is to establish inpatient hospital rates, effective July 1, 2001, and revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a) by delaying from July 1, 2002, to January 1, 2003, a 2% rate increase to a free standing chronic disease hospital and a free standing psychiatric hospital and maintaining effectiveness of existing rate until December 31, 2002, effective August 15, 2002; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (d) to provide that outpatient rates in effect as of June 30, 2003, shall remain in effect through June 30, 2005, and amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “and October 1, 2002,” with “through September 30, 2005,” re period of time during which commissioner shall not apply an annual adjustment factor to target amount per discharge, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that each freestanding chronic disease hospital shall receive a rate that is 2% more than the rate it received in the prior fiscal year and amended Subsec. (g) by substituting September 30, 2004, for September 30, 2005, re time period during which the commissioner shall not apply an annual adjustment factor to the target amount per discharge and adding provisions re revised target amount per discharge for the periods commencing April 1, 2005, April 1, 2006, and April 1, 2007, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (g) by substituting March 31, 2008, for September 30, 2004, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (g) by changing effective date for the $4,000 revised target amount per discharge from April 1, 2006, to October 1, 2006, and changing effective date for the $4,250 revised target amount per discharge from April 1, 2007, to October 1, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, amended Subsec. (d) to allow commissioner, within available appropriations, to increase outpatient service fees for services that include clinic, emergency room, magnetic resonance imaging and computerized axial tomography and thereafter report to the General Assembly on such fee increases and the associated cost increase estimates, and amended Subsec. (g) to substitute “September 30, 2006” for “March 31, 2008” re time period during which commissioner shall not apply annual adjustment factor to target amount per discharge, and to substitute former provisions re target amount per discharge that were to take effect October 1, 2006, and October 1, 2007, with new language re target amount per discharge to take effect on October 1, 2006, and reporting requirement on cost estimates for new target amount per discharge, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “July 1, 2004” with “July 1, 2007” and “two” with “four” re percentage increase in the rate provided to freestanding chronic disease hospitals over the rate provided in prior fiscal year and amended Subsec. (g) by replacing provisions re increased target amount per discharge effective October 1, 2006, with provisions requiring commissioner to establish increased target amount per discharge effective October 1, 2007, and to report to the General Assembly on the costs associated with such action, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision allowing commissioner to modify fee schedule for outpatient hospital services and deleting provision re submission of report, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision excluding utilization as factor in determining cost neutrality, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsecs. (b) and (d) by making technical changes and deleted former Subsec. (g) re establishment of inpatient hospital rates by commissioner, effective June 15, 2012; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (d) to replace “shall not” with “may” and add “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to replace former provisions re rates with provisions re acute care and children's hospital Medicaid rates to be based on diagnosis-related groups and re determination of in-patient rates and to delete provisions re payments to freestanding chronic disease hospitals and psychiatric hospitals, amended Subsec. (d) to add provisions re outpatient and emergency care payments to be based on prospective rates in accordance with the Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification system, amended Subsec. (e) to add provision re cost-sharing requirements for nonemergency use of hospital emergency room services, added Subsec. (g) re policies and procedures while adopting regulations, and made conforming and technical changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (1) re rates to be based on reasonable cost, charge to general public or lowest charge and to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (2), amended Subsec. (d) to add Subdiv. (1) re rates to be determined by reasonable cost of services and to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (2), added new Subsec. (g) re rates for freestanding chronic disease hospitals, and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (h), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-116 deleted former Subsec. (f) re payment for inpatient care of patient who no longer requires acute care and is eligible for Medicare, redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (f) and (g) and amended redesignated Subsec. (g) by replacing reference to Connecticut Law Journal with reference to Sec. 17b-10, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-160 added new Subsecs. (e) and (j) re Medicaid reimbursement for emergency department physicians, redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) to (h) as Subsecs. (f) to (i), and amended redesignated Subsec. (i) by replacing reference to Connecticut Law Journal with reference to Sec. 17b-10, effective July 1, 2014 (Revisor's note: Subsecs. (h) to (j) were redesignated editorially by the Revisors as Subsecs. (g) to (i) to conform with changes made by P.A. 14-116, S. 6); P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to add provision re evaluation of payments for hospital services and pay-for-performance program for pediatric psychiatric inpatient care and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added “within available appropriations” throughout, amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding provision re transition to state-wide diagnosis-related group base rates by peer groups, provision re subdivision of peer groups for privately operated acute care hospitals and definition of “peer group”, amended Subsec. (d)(2) by adding exception re publicly operated psychiatric hospitals, replacing “pediatric, obstetric, neonatal and perinatal services” with “mammograms, durable medical equipment, physical, occupational and speech therapy”, and replacing former provision re payment for outpatient hospital services that do not have an established classification code with provisions re payments prior to and after implementation of Ambulatory Payment Classification system, added Subsec. (j) re rates not required to be based on inflation, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 deleted former Subsec. (a)(1) re rate to be paid by state to certain hospitals, redesignated existing Subsec. (a)(2) re Medicaid rates paid to acute care hospitals as new Subsec. (a) and amended same to add reference to 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A) and add provision re inpatient hospital services commissioner determines not appropriate for reimbursement based on diagnosis-related groups, amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to reasonable cost of services to hospital with reference to 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A), deleted former Subsec. (c) re reasonable cost and adjustment of rate of payment, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) re rate state is to pay hospitals for outpatient clinic and emergency room visit as Subsec. (c) and amended same to delete “annually” and replace reference to reasonable cost of services with reference to 42 USC 1396a(a)(30)(A) in Subdiv. (1) and to replace “July 1, 2013” with “July 1, 2016”, replace “episodes of care” with “services”, replace “Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification system” with “ambulatory payment classification system”, add provision re ambulatory payment classification system may include peer groups, add provision re establishment of supplemental pool and delete provision re commissioner to establish fee schedule for outpatient hospital services in Subdiv. (2), redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to delete “On and after January 1, 2015” and replace “diagnosis-related group” with “ambulatory payment classification”, redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e) and amended same to replace “shall” with “may” in provision re adoption of regulations and replace “shall” with “may” in provision re imposing cost-sharing requirements for nonemergency use of hospital emergency room services, redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) to (i) as Subsecs. (f) to (h), redesignated existing Subsec. (j) re increase of rates as Subsec. (i) and amended same to add provision re notwithstanding provisions of chapter or regulations adopted thereunder and add provisions re department not to increase or adjust upward rates or method of payment to hospitals based on inflation unless state budget includes appropriations, and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 2, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added new Subsec. (i) re increase in rates for certain hospital, redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as Subsec. (j), and made a conforming change, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 amended Subsec. (i) to replace provision re increase in rates for certain hospitals with provisions re Medicaid state plan amendment submission and approval for rate increases and made technical and conforming changes in Subsec. (j), effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 19-117 added Subsecs. (k) and (l) re value-based payment methodologies and Medicaid payments to be made in compliance with federal law, respectively, effective July 1, 2019; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1 substantially revised Subsec. (i) re making certain payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term hospitals, amended Subsec. (j) to add Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and make conforming changes, deleted former Subsec. (k) re value-based payment methodologies and reductions for hospital readmissions, deleted former Subsec. (l) re Medicaid payments to hospitals, and added new Subsec. (k) re payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals by the Department of Social Services, effective December 19, 2019.
Annotations to former section 17-312:
Cited. 175 C. 49; 181 C. 130.
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Sec. 17b-239a. Payments to short-term general hospitals located in certain distressed municipalities and targeted investment communities with enterprise zones. The Department of Social Services may, within available funds, make payments to all short-term general hospitals located in distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than seventy thousand and to all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand. The payment amount for each hospital shall be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services based upon the ratio that the number of inpatient discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis to the hospital for the most recently filed cost report period bears to the total hospital discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis for all qualifying hospitals. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no payment shall be made to a facility licensed as a children's hospital.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3, S. 4, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 66.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3 effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 removed provision which limited application of section to fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, and added provision re payments to “all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand”, effective August 20, 2003.
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Sec. 17b-239b. Chronic disease hospitals. Prior authorization procedures. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish prior authorization procedures under the Medicaid program for admissions and lengths of stay in chronic disease hospitals. The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with an entity for administration of any aspect of such prior authorization or may expand the scope of an existing contract with an entity that performs utilization review services on behalf of the Department of Social Services. The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 05-209, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 132.)
History: P.A. 05-209 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.
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Sec. 17b-239c. Interim disproportionate share payments to short-term general hospitals. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on and after July 1, 2011, the Department of Social Services may, within available appropriations, make interim quarterly medical assistance disproportionate share payments to short-term general hospitals. The total amount of interim payments made to such hospitals individually and in the aggregate shall maximize federal matching payments under the medical assistance program as determined by the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management. No payments shall be made under this section to (1) any hospital which, on July 1, 2011, is within the class of hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health as a children's general hospital, or (2) a short-term acute hospital operated exclusively by the state other than a short-term acute hospital operated by the state as a receiver pursuant to chapter 920. The quarterly interim payment amount for each hospital shall be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services based upon the information submitted by the hospital pursuant to Section 1001(d) of Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
(b) Effective July 1, 2011, interim payments made to hospitals pursuant to this section for the succeeding twenty-seven months shall be based on 2009 federal fiscal year data and may be adjusted at the commissioner's discretion for accuracy. Effective October 1, 2013, interim payments shall be based on the most recent independent, certified disproportionate share hospital audit of federal fiscal year data. For federal fiscal year 2011 and succeeding federal fiscal years, final disproportionate share payment amounts shall be recalculated and reallocated in accordance with Section 1001(d) of Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. The commissioner shall prescribe uniform annual hospital data reporting forms. Payments made pursuant to this section shall be in addition to inpatient hospital rates determined pursuant to section 17b-239. The commissioner may withhold payment to a hospital to offset money owed by the hospital to the state.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 111; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 3; P.A. 13-234, S. 116.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting 27 months for 15 months, by substituting October 1, 2013, for October 1, 2012, and by adding provision re interim payments based on the most recent independent, certified disproportionate share hospital audit of federal fiscal year data, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “monthly” with “quarterly” re interim disproportionate share payments, effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-239d. Payments for outpatient hospital services. The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a fee schedule for the payment of any outpatient hospital services under the Medicaid program.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 92.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-239e. Hospital rate plan. Supplemental pools and payments. Quality measures. (a) For the purposes of this section, “settlement agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-263z.
(b) Subject to federal approval, the Department of Social Services shall establish supplemental pools for certain hospitals in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z. Such pools shall include, but not be limited to, as applicable, general, small hospital, mid-sized hospital and large hospital supplemental pools.
(c) (1) The department shall distribute supplemental payments to applicable hospitals in accordance with the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z. The commissioner shall diligently pursue the federal approvals required for the supplemental pools and payments set forth in this section.
(2) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, the Department of Social Services shall pay Medicaid supplemental payments to nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals located in the state as follows: (A) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, five hundred forty-eight million three hundred thousand dollars in each such fiscal year; and (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, through June 30, 2026, five hundred sixty-eight million three hundred thousand dollars in each such fiscal year. For fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2026, the total amount of supplemental payments paid to such hospitals shall continue at the level in effect for the prior fiscal year unless modified through any provision of the general statutes or appropriations act.
(3) From July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2026, the Department of Social Services shall make supplemental payments to the applicable hospitals on or before the last day of the first month of each calendar quarter, except that payments scheduled to be made before December 19, 2019, shall be made not later than thirty days after December 19, 2019.
(4) If a nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospital located in the state merges or consolidates with or is acquired by another hospital, such that the hospital does not continue to maintain a separate short-term general hospital license, the supplemental payments that would have been paid to the hospital that no longer maintains such license shall be paid instead to the surviving hospital, beginning with the first calendar quarter that commences on or after the effective date of the merger, consolidation or acquisition. If a nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospital located in the state dissolves, ceases to operate or otherwise terminates licensed short-term general hospital services, the supplemental payments that would have been paid to such hospital shall not be paid to any other hospital for the remainder of the fiscal year in which such hospital dissolves, ceases operations or otherwise terminates such services. Commencing with the fiscal year after the hospital dissolved, ceased to operate or otherwise terminated such services, the supplemental payments that would have been made to such hospital shall be redistributed to all other nongovernmental licensed short-term general hospitals located in the state in accordance with the distribution methodology set forth in the settlement agreement for each supplemental pool.
(5) Both the state and federal share of supplemental payments set forth in this subsection shall be appropriated to the Department of Social Services. Such supplemental payments shall not be subject to rescissions or holdbacks. Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the state to recover overpayments and collect unpaid liabilities, as authorized by law.
(d) To the extent required by the settlement agreement, including any court order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 12-263z, the commissioner shall make the supplemental payments set forth in this section effective for the dates of service set forth in this section, including payment adjustments to reconcile, in accordance with this section, supplemental payments made to hospitals for the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2019, as interim payments. Such reconciliation shall ensure that, after accounting for such payment adjustments, the actual supplemental payments made to each hospital shall be the amounts due to each hospital pursuant to the settlement agreement, even if federal approvals are received after each applicable date that supplemental payments are required to be made, provided the supplemental payments remain subject to federal approval. If federal approval of such payments is not obtained, such payments may later be recovered by the commissioner by recoupment against other Medicaid payments due to a hospital or in any manner authorized by law.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 112; 11-61, S. 121; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 5; P.A. 13-234, S. 77; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 382; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 618; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 11; P.A. 18-81, S. 55; P.A. 19-117, S. 307; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision excluding utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective July 1, 2011; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “shall not” with “may” and add “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re supplemental inpatient pool for low-cost hospitals, and to delete “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.”, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “shall” with “may” re establishment of supplemental inpatient pool and change “low cost hospitals” to “certain hospitals”, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 substantially amended Subsec. (b) including to replace provision re blended inpatient hospital case rate with provisions re establishment of and payments from supplemental pools, effective October 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 substantially amended Subsec. (b) including add in provisions re establishments of and payments from supplemental pools, effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding Subpara. (C) re amount of funds in supplemental pools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re Department of Social Services to publish public notice for Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to establish pools, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re amount of funds in supplemental pools, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as new Subdiv. (2) and amending same to delete provision re sending distribution criteria and exception, deleting former Subdiv. (4) re supplemental payments for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019, and adding Subsec. (c) re amounts allocated based on hospital's performance on quality measures, effective July 1, 2019; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1 substantially revised section re establishment of supplemental pools and making of supplemental payments to certain hospitals, effective December 19, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-240. (Formerly Sec. 17-312a). State payments to hospitals. Rates established by the Office of Health Care Access division of the Department of Public Health. Section 17b-240 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 78-250, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 10-179, S. 97; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
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Sec. 17b-241. (Formerly Sec. 17-312b). Payments to mental health and substance abuse residential facilities and freestanding detoxification centers. (a) Any rates established by the Commissioner of Social Services in effect February 1, 1991, for mental health and substance abuse residential facilities shall remain in effect through June 30, 1992, except those which would have been decreased effective July 1, 1991, shall be decreased. Any rate increases made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers.
(b) Any rates established by the Commissioner of Social Services in effect February 1, 1991, for freestanding detoxification centers shall remain in effect through June 30, 1992, except those which would have been decreased effective July 1, 1991, shall be decreased. Any rate increases made during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers. Any freestanding detoxification center which has an established rate below the average and, due to a material change in circumstances resulting in financial hardship, is aggrieved by a rate determined pursuant to this subsection may, within ten days of receipt of written notice of such rate from the commissioner, request in writing a hearing on such rate. The commissioner shall, upon the receipt of all documentation necessary to evaluate the request, determine whether there has been such a change in circumstances and shall conduct a hearing if appropriate.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 16, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 33, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 23, 41.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provision to each requiring that any rate increases made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995 and added provision regarding free-standing detoxification centers' request for hearing on a rate established by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-312b transferred to Sec. 17b-241 in 1995.
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Sec. 17b-241a. Payments to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for targeted case management services. Submission of expenditures for intensive care management. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Social Services may reimburse the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for targeted case management services that it provides to its target population, which, for purposes of this section, shall include individuals with severe and persistent psychiatric illness and individuals with persistent substance dependence. The Commissioners of Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall ensure that all expenditures for intensive care management eligible for Medicaid reimbursement are submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 88; P.A. 14-62, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 398.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 30, 2003; P.A. 14-62 added provision re submission of intensive case management expenditures eligible for Medicaid reimbursement and deleted reference to regulations of Connecticut state agencies, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 substituted “intensive care management” for “intensive case management”, effective July 1, 2016.
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Sec. 17b-241b. Rate for private psychiatric residential treatment facilities. Section 17b-241b is repealed, effective June 6, 2018.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 136; P.A. 18-99, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-242. (Formerly Sec. 17-313). Payments to home health care agencies and home health aide agencies. Appeals. Hearings. Authorized practitioners. Regulations. (a) The Department of Social Services shall determine the rates to be paid to home health care agencies and home health aide agencies by the state or any town in the state for persons aided or cared for by the state or any such town. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a fee schedule for home health services to be effective on and after July 1, 1994. The commissioner may annually modify such fee schedule if such modification is needed to ensure that the conversion to an administrative services organization is cost neutral to home health care agencies and home health aide agencies in the aggregate and ensures patient access. Utilization may be a factor in determining cost neutrality. The commissioner shall increase the fee schedule for home health services provided under the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342, effective July 1, 2000, by two per cent over the fee schedule for home health services for the previous year. The commissioner may increase any fee payable to a home health care agency or home health aide agency upon the application of such an agency evidencing extraordinary costs related to (1) serving persons with AIDS; (2) high-risk maternal and child health care; (3) escort services; or (4) extended hour services. In no case shall any rate or fee exceed the charge to the general public for similar services. A home health care agency or home health aide agency which, due to any material change in circumstances, is aggrieved by a rate determined pursuant to this subsection may, within ten days of receipt of written notice of such rate from the Commissioner of Social Services, request in writing a hearing on all items of aggrievement. The commissioner shall, upon the receipt of all documentation necessary to evaluate the request, determine whether there has been such a change in circumstances and shall conduct a hearing if appropriate. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures to carry out the provisions of this subsection while in the process of adopting regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementing the policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures shall be valid for not longer than nine months.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall monitor the rates charged by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies. Such agencies shall file annual cost reports and service charge information with the department.
(c) The home health services fee schedule shall include a fee for the administration of medication, which shall apply when the purpose of a nurse's visit is limited to the administration of medication. Administration of medication may include, but is not limited to, blood pressure checks, glucometer readings, pulse rate checks and similar indicators of health status. The fee for medication administration shall include administration of medications while the nurse is present, the pre-pouring of additional doses that the client will self-administer at a later time and the teaching of self-administration. The department shall not pay for medication administration in addition to any other nursing service at the same visit. The department may establish prior authorization requirements for this service. Before implementing such change, the Commissioner of Social Services shall consult with the chairpersons of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and human services. The commissioner shall monitor Medicaid home health care savings achieved through the implementation of nurse delegation of medication administration pursuant to section 19a-492e. If, by January 1, 2016, the commissioner determines that the rate of savings is not adequate to meet the annualized savings assumed in the budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2017, the department may reduce rates for medication administration as necessary to achieve the savings assumed in the budget. Prior to any rate reduction, the department shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services provider specific cost and utilization trend data for those patients receiving medication administration. Should the department determine it necessary to reduce medication administration rates under this section, it shall examine the possibility of establishing a separate Medicaid supplemental rate or a pay-for-performance program for those providers, as determined by the commissioner, who have established successful nurse delegation programs.
(d) The home health services fee schedule established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall include rates for psychiatric nurse visits.
(e) The Department of Social Services, when processing or auditing claims for reimbursement submitted by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 15, accept electronic records and records bearing the electronic signature of a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of a healthcare profession that has been submitted to the home health care agency or home health aide agency.
(f) If the electronic record or signature that has been transmitted to a home health care agency or home health aide agency is illegible or the department is unable to determine the validity of such electronic record or signature, the department shall review additional evidence of the accuracy or validity of the record or signature, including, but not limited to, (1) the original of the record or signature, or (2) a written statement, made under penalty of false statement, from (A) the licensed physician or licensed practitioner of a health care profession who signed such record, or (B) if such licensed physician or licensed practitioner of a health care profession is unavailable, the medical director of the agency verifying the accuracy or validity of such record or signature, and the department shall make a determination whether the electronic record or signature is valid.
(g) The Department of Social Services, when auditing claims submitted by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies, shall consider any signature from a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of a health care profession that may be required on a plan of care for home health services, to have been provided in timely fashion if (1) the document bearing such signature was signed prior to the time when such agency seeks reimbursement from the department for services provided, and (2) verbal or telephone orders from the licensed physician or licensed practitioner of a health care profession were received prior to the commencement of services covered by the plan of care and such orders were subsequently documented. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the powers of the Commissioner of Public Health to enforce the provisions of sections 19-13-D73 and 19-13-D74 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and 42 CFR 484.18(c).
(h) Any order for home health care services covered by the Department of Social Services may be issued by any licensed practitioner authorized to issue such an order pursuant to section 19a-496a. Any Department of Social Services regulation, policy or procedure that applies to a physician who orders such home health care services, including related provisions such as review and approval of care plans for home health care services, shall apply to any licensed practitioner authorized to order such home health care services pursuant to section 19a-496a.
(i) For purposes of this section, “licensed practitioner of a healthcare profession” has the same meaning as “licensed practitioner” in section 21a-244a.
(1957, P.A. 539; P.A. 73-117, S. 24, 31; P.A. 78-264, S. 2, 4; P.A. 91-406, S. 5, 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 20, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 26, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 20, 87; 93-418, S. 24, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 22, 30; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; 95-351, S. 14, 30; P.A. 96-268, S. 5, 34; P.A. 99-130; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 16, 53; P.A. 02-101, S. 13; P.A. 03-2, S. 8; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 197; P.A. 05-118, S. 1; 05-272, S. 44; P.A. 11-44, S. 114; 11-61, S. 123; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 78; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 387; P.A. 19-97, S. 1; P.A. 21-133, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with committee established under Sec. 17-311; P.A. 78-264 replaced public health nursing agencies with home health care and homemaker-home health aide agencies and replaced previous rate provisions with statement that rate to be determined by commission on hospitals and health care; P.A. 91-406 corrected an internal reference; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended the section by replacing “state” with the specific departments, by specifying the rates paid by the state to home health care agencies and homemaker-home health aide agencies and by adding provisions re the appeal of a rate determination; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 provided that rates in effect on February 1, 1992, shall remain in effect through June 30, 1993; P.A. 93-262 removed the references to departments of income maintenance, human resources and aging and provided that the department of social services shall determine rates to be charged home health care agencies and homemaker-home health aide agencies, made technical changes and added provisions requiring commissioner to adopt regulations, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 added provisions regarding rates effective July 1, 1993, which are determined by the commission on hospitals and health care and authorizing income maintenance commissioner to establish fee schedule on and after July 1, 1994, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 authorized the Revisors to substitute social services commissioner for income maintenance commissioner in P.A. 93-418, effective June 28, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 allowed the fee schedule to be phased in over a two-year period and allowed the commissioner to increase any fee payable to a home health care agency or homemaker-home health aide agency if there are extraordinary costs, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-313 transferred to Sec. 17b-242 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 added Subdiv. (4) allowing the commissioner to increase any fee payable for extraordinary costs relating to extended hour services, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: In the first sentence the phrase “rates to be charged by home health care agencies and the rates to be paid” was changed editorially by the Revisors to read “rates to be charged by home health care agencies and homemaker-home health aide agencies and the rates to be paid” to correct a clerical error in the preparation of the 1995 General Statutes); P.A. 96-268 added reference to homemaker-home health aide agencies, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 99-130 designated existing language as Subsec. (a), eliminating the responsibility of the department to determine rates to be charged by home health care agencies and homemaker-home health aide agencies and added Subsec. (b) requiring the department to monitor the rates charged by such agencies, requiring such agencies to file annual cost reports and service charge information with the department, and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re phasing in the fee schedule over a two-year period and inserting provision requiring the commissioner to increase by 2% the fee schedule for home health care services provided under the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 02-101 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-2 added Subsec. (c) re establishment of home health services fee schedule applicable when purpose of nurse's visit is limited to administration of medication, effective February 28, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 added Subsec. (d) re rates for psychiatric nurse visits, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-118 added Subsec. (e) allowing for submission of electronic records and records bearing electronic signatures by agencies to department with respect to the processing and auditing of claims for reimbursement and Subsec. (f) re the timely signature of a health care professional on a plan of care for home health services submitted to department; P.A. 05-272 amended Subsec. (e) by requiring department to accept electronic records and signatures of licensed physicians or licensed health care practitioners that have been submitted to an agency, rather than signatures of “an individual duly authorized by any such agency to submit records to the department”, added new Subsec. (f) re process for reviewing and validating illegible electronic records or signatures transmitted to home health care agencies or homemaker-home health aide agencies, redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (g), designating provisions therein re document bearing signature as Subdiv. (1) and replacing “provided to such agency” with “signed”, added Subsec. (g)(2) re timeliness of signatures from licensed physicians or licensed practitioners of a health care profession in cases involving verbal or telephone orders and re Department of Public Health's powers to enforce specified state and federal regulations concerning patients' care plans and medication administration are not limited by Subsec. (g), and added Subsec. (h) defining “licensed practitioner of a healthcare profession”; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision allowing commissioner to increase any fee in fee schedule with provision allowing commissioner to modify fee schedule, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision excluding utilization as factor in determining cost neutrality, effective July 1, 2011; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “shall not” with “may” and add “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (c) to add provisions re monitoring of savings achieved through nurse delegation of medication administration and re reduction of rates for medication administration, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 19-97 replaced “homemaker-home health aide” with “home health aide”, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-133 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re rates effective prior to July 1, 1994, inserted new Subsec. (h) re authorized practitioners and redesignated existing Subsec. (h) as Subsec. (i), effective July 7, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-242a. Prior authorization for Medicaid home health services, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish prior authorization procedures under the Medicaid program for home health services, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with an entity for administration of any such aspect of prior authorization or may expand the scope of an existing contract with an entity that performs utilization review services on behalf of the department. The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 46; P.A. 06-188, S. 15; 06-196, S. 133; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 13; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 added prior authorization requirement for home health aide visits that exceed 14 hours per week, added exception that providers shall not be required to submit a prior authorization request for a home health service for the same client more than once a month and deleted provision re revisions to a prior authorization request previously received during the month, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted provision re prior authorization required for skilled nursing visits that exceed 2 per week and home health aide visits that exceed 14 hours per week, except for home health service provided to same client more than once a month, effective July 1, 2012; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added “physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy”, effective December 21, 2012.
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Sec. 17b-242b. Pilot program for ventilator-dependent Medicaid recipients receiving medical care at home. Section 17b-242b is repealed, effective June 6, 2018.
(P.A. 12-91, S. 1; P.A. 18-99, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-243. (Formerly Sec. 17-313a). Payments to rehabilitation centers. (a) The rate to be paid by the state to rehabilitation centers, including but not limited to, centers affiliated with the Easter Seal Society of Connecticut, Inc., for services to patients referred by any state agency, except employment opportunities and day services, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services who shall prescribe uniform forms on which such rehabilitation centers shall report their costs, except that rates effective April 30, 1989, shall remain in effect through May 31, 1990, and rates in effect February 1, 1991, shall remain in effect through December 31, 1992, except those which would be decreased effective January 1, 1992, shall be decreased. For the rate years beginning January 1, 1993, through December 31, 1995, any rate increase shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers. Such rates shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for necessary services rendered. Nothing contained herein shall authorize a payment by the state to any such rehabilitation center in excess of the charges made by such center for comparable services to the general public. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a fee schedule for rehabilitation services to be effective on and after January 1, 1996. The fee schedule may be adjusted annually beginning July 1, 1997, to reflect necessary increases in the cost of services.
(b) The amount to be paid by the state to rehabilitation centers including but not limited to centers affiliated with the Easter Seal Society of Connecticut, Inc., for employment opportunities and day services to patients referred by any state agency shall be determined annually using a uniform payment system in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17a-246.
(1969, P.A. 346, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 25, 31; P.A. 79-560, S. 27, 39; P.A. 80-483, S. 174, 186; P.A. 89-325, S. 13, 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 14, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 27, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 25, 41; P.A. 95-160, S. 66, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 11-16, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with committee established under Sec. 17-311; P.A. 79-560 replaced the committee with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 80-483 deleted “for Crippled Children and Adults” in Easter Seal Society name; P.A. 89-325 amended Subsec. (a) to exclude centers that provide employment opportunities and day services from the rate setting in this section, it also allows rates effective April 30, 1989, to remain in effect through May 31, 1990, and added a new Subsec. (b) re rates for centers providing employment opportunities and day services; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) re rates paid by the state for rehabilitation centers; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that for the rate year beginning January 1, 1993, any rate increase shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers. P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 amended Subsec. (a) concerning rate increases and the consumer price index to specify applicability for any succeeding rate year after January 1, 1993, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-313a transferred to Sec. 17b-243 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “any succeeding year” with “December 31, 1995” for the period of time after January 1, 1993, which shall not have a rate increase exceeding the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers and by adding a provision requiring the commissioner to establish a fee schedule for rehabilitation services to be effective on and after January 1, 1996, effective June 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 11-16 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “as defined in section 17a-246” re employment opportunities and day services, effective May 24, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-244. (Formerly Sec. 17-313b). Payments to private facilities providing functional or vocational services for severely handicapped persons and payments for residential care. Establishment of rate. Regulations. (a) The room and board component of the rates to be paid by the state to private facilities and facilities operated by regional education service centers which are licensed to provide residential care pursuant to section 17a-227, but not certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services, except that rates effective April 30, 1989, shall remain in effect through October 31, 1989. Any facility with real property other than land placed in service prior to July 1, 1991, shall, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, receive a rate of return on real property equal to the average of the rates of return applied to real property other than land placed in service for the five years preceding July 1, 1993. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and any succeeding fiscal year, the rate of return on real property for property items shall be revised every five years. The commissioner shall, upon submission of a request by such facility, allow actual debt service, comprised of principal and interest, on the loan or loans in lieu of property costs allowed pursuant to section 17-313b-5 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, whether actual debt service is higher or lower than such allowed property costs, provided such debt service terms and amounts are reasonable in relation to the useful life and the base value of the property. In the case of facilities financed through the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the commissioner shall allow actual debt service, comprised of principal, interest and a reasonable repair and replacement reserve on the loan or loans in lieu of property costs allowed pursuant to section 17-313b-5 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, whether actual debt service is higher or lower than such allowed property costs, provided such debt service terms and amounts are determined by the commissioner at the time the loan is entered into to be reasonable in relation to the useful life and base value of the property. The commissioner may allow fees associated with mortgage refinancing provided such refinancing will result in state reimbursement savings, after comparing costs over the terms of the existing proposed loans. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, the inflation factor used to determine rates shall be one-half of the gross national product percentage increase for the period between the midpoint of the cost year through the midpoint of the rate year. For fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, the inflation factor used to determine rates shall be two-thirds of the gross national product percentage increase from the midpoint of the cost year to the midpoint of the rate year. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, no inflation factor shall be applied in determining rates. The Commissioner of Social Services shall prescribe uniform forms on which such facilities shall report their costs. Such rates shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for necessary services. Any increase in grants, gifts, fund-raising or endowment income used for the payment of operating costs by a private facility in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, shall be excluded by the commissioner from the income of the facility in determining the rates to be paid to the facility for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, provided any operating costs funded by such increase shall not obligate the state to increase expenditures in subsequent fiscal years. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize a payment by the state to any such facility in excess of the charges made by the facility for comparable services to the general public. The service component of the rates to be paid by the state to private facilities and facilities operated by regional education service centers which are licensed to provide residential care pursuant to section 17a-227, but not certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid programs as intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Developmental Services in accordance with section 17b-244a. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, no facility shall receive a rate that is more than two per cent greater than the rate in effect for the facility on June 30, 2007, except any facility that would have been issued a lower rate effective July 1, 2007, due to interim rate status or agreement with the department, shall be issued such lower rate effective July 1, 2007. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, no facility shall receive a rate that is more than two per cent greater than the rate in effect for the facility on June 30, 2008, except any facility that would have been issued a lower rate effective July 1, 2008, due to interim rate status or agreement with the department, shall be issued such lower rate effective July 1, 2008. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, rates in effect for the period ending June 30, 2009, shall remain in effect until June 30, 2011, except that (1) the rate paid to a facility may be higher than the rate paid to the facility for the period ending June 30, 2009, if a capital improvement required by the Commissioner of Developmental Services for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, and (2) any facility that would have been issued a lower rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, due to interim rate status or agreement with the department, shall be issued such lower rate. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, rates in effect for the period ending June 30, 2011, shall remain in effect until June 30, 2012, except that (A) the rate paid to a facility may be higher than the rate paid to the facility for the period ending June 30, 2011, if a capital improvement required by the Commissioner of Developmental Services for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and (B) any facility that would have been issued a lower rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, due to interim rate status or agreement with the department, shall be issued such lower rate. Any facility that has a significant decrease in land and building costs shall receive a reduced rate to reflect such decrease in land and building costs. The rate paid to a facility may be increased if a capital improvement approved by the Department of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or June 30, 2015, only to the extent such increases are within available appropriations. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, rates shall not exceed those in effect for the period ending June 30, 2015, except the rate paid to a facility may be higher than the rate paid to the facility for the period ending June 30, 2015, if a capital improvement approved by the Department of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, to the extent such rate increases are within available appropriations. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, and each succeeding fiscal year, any facility that would have been issued a lower rate, due to interim rate status, a change in allowable fair rent or agreement with the department, shall be issued such lower rate. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, rates shall not exceed those in effect for the period ending June 30, 2017, except the rate paid to a facility may be higher than the rate paid to the facility for the period ending June 30, 2017, if a capital improvement approved by the Department of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, to the extent such rate increases are within available appropriations. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, rates shall not exceed those in effect for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, except the rate paid to a facility may be higher than the rate paid to the facility for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, if a capital improvement approved by the Department of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, to the extent such rate increases are within available appropriations. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, rates shall be based upon rates in effect for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, inflated by the gross domestic product deflator applicable to each rate year, except the commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion and within available appropriations, provide pro rata fair rent increases to facilities which have documented fair rent additions placed in service in the cost report years ending September 30, 2020, and September 30, 2021, that are not otherwise included in rates issued, or if a rate adjustment for a capital improvement approved by the Department of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, for the health or safety of the residents was made to the facility during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, state rates of payment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, June 30, 2019, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, for residential care homes and community living arrangements that receive the flat rate for residential services under section 17-311-54 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall be set in accordance with section 298 of public act 19-117*. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, rates shall be based upon rates in effect for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, inflated by the gross domestic product deflator applicable to each rate year.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
(1971, P.A. 560, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 26, 31; P.A. 79-227; 79-560, S. 28, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39, S. 1, 2, 18; P.A. 84-546, S. 54, 173; P.A. 88-71; P.A. 89-325, S. 14, 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 15, 63; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 11, 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 28, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 11, 30; P.A. 95-160, S. 65, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; 96-188, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 81; P.A. 05-256, S. 11; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 13; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 42; P.A. 10-179, S. 37; P.A. 11-44, S. 82; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 5; P.A. 13-234, S. 106; P.A. 14-143, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 379; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 41; P.A. 19-117, S. 295, 296; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 477.)
*Note: Section 298 of public act 19-117 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with committee established under Sec. 17-311; P.A. 79-227 replaced committee with commissioner of income maintenance, included payments to community residences and changed Association for Retarded Children to Association for Retarded Citizens; P.A. 79-560 deleted reference to Sec. 17-311; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39 provided for payment to private nonprofit facilities providing functional and vocational services for severely handicapped persons and to private facilities operated by regional education service centers providing residential care and added Subsec. (b) re establishment of separate rate (Revisor's note: Subsec. (c) was added editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 84-546 confirmed Revisors' action in editorially adding Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations; P.A. 88-71 substantially rewrote section to empower commissioner of mental retardation to establish service component of rates where previously commissioner of income maintenance had set all rates and commissioner of mental retardation had performed a consultative role; P.A. 89-325 allowed rates in effect April 30, 1989, to remain in effect through October 31, 1989, and also deleted language re rates to be paid to private nonprofit facilities in Subsec. (a); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) re rates paid by the state to private facilities providing functional or vocational services for severely handicapped persons and clients of residential care facilities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit the department of income maintenance from considering any grants, gifts, fund-raising or endowment income used during the preceding year for payment of operating costs by a private facility in determining the facility's rates for fiscal year 1992-93; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, the inflation factor used to determine rates shall be two-thirds of the gross national product percentage increase from the midpoint of the cost year to the midpoint of the rate year (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a) in the sentence beginning “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992,” the words “period between the” were inserted before the word “midpoint” and the words “cost year through the midpoint of the” were inserted before the words “rate year” editorially by the Revisors to reinstate existing language omitted through clerical error); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 amended Subsec. (a) to establish a formula for rates of return for real property for facilities with real property other than land placed in service prior to July 1, 1991, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-313b transferred to Sec. 17b-244 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 amended Subsec. (a) by adding a provision that for fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, no inflation factor shall be applied in determining rates, effective June 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-188 provided that the commissioner shall allow, upon request of a facility, actual debt service whether higher or lower than allowed property costs, provided that, in the case of facilities financed through the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the commissioner shall allow actual debt service whether higher or lower than allowed property costs, provided such debt service terms and amounts are determined by the commissioner at the time the loan is entered into to be reasonable in relation to the useful life and base value of the property and made a technical change, effective May 31, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re allowance of fees associated with mortgage refinancing provided such refinancing results in state reimbursement savings, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-256 amended Subsec. (a) to include reference to Sec. 17b-244a, effective July 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, a facility shall receive a rate that is 2% greater than the rate in effect for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and that for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, a facility shall receive a rate that is 2% greater than the rate in effect for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, except any facility that would have been issued a lower rate due to interim rate status or agreement with the department shall be issued such lower rate, effective July 1, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (1) re exception to rate established for fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, when facility makes required capital improvement and by designating existing exception as Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that rate setting provisions formerly applicable to fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, are applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, making technical changes and adding provision re facility having significant decrease in land and building costs to receive a reduced rate to reflect the decrease in such costs for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, re reduced rate to reflect decreased land and building costs and to add provision re increased rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, for approved capital improvements, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-143 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “persons with mental retardation” with “individuals with intellectual disabilities”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, added new Subsec. (b) re facilities that receive flat rates, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and made a technical change, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to add provisions re rates for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, effective July 1, 2019, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to community companion homes and making technical changes, effective January 1, 2020; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding rate freeze subject to inflation except for increases for fair rent and certain capital improvements for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and amended Subsec. (b) by adding rate freeze subject to inflation for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-244a. Rates for payment to residential facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. In determining the service component of the rates to be paid by the state under sections 17b-244 and 17b-246 to private facilities and facilities operated by regional education service centers that are licensed to provide residential care pursuant to section 17a-227, but not certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid programs as intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, the Commissioner of Developmental Services shall consider for each facility the actual wage and benefit costs for services and service providers, adjusted for inflation, and said commissioner shall not establish a single fixed amount for wage and benefit costs that is applicable to all such facilities.
(P.A. 05-256, S. 10; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 13-139, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-256 effective July 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 13-139 substituted “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “persons with mental retardation”.
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Sec. 17b-245. (Formerly Sec. 17-313c). Payments to day care and vocational training programs sponsored by certain associations. (a) The rates to be paid by the state to the day care and vocational training programs sponsored by the associations affiliated with United Cerebral Palsy of Connecticut, Inc., Epilepsy Foundation of America, Inc., Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. and to any private, nonprofit agency providing such programs for persons with a neurological impairment or autism spectrum disorder, for services to clients referred by any state agency, except employment opportunities and day services, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services who shall prescribe uniform forms on which such day care and vocational training programs shall report their costs, except that rates effective April 30, 1989, shall remain in effect through May 31, 1990. Such rates shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for necessary services rendered. Nothing contained herein shall authorize a payment by the state to any such day care or vocational training program in excess of the charges made by such programs for comparable services to the general public.
(b) The amount to be paid by the state to the day care and vocational training programs sponsored by the associations affiliated with United Cerebral Palsy of Connecticut, Inc., Epilepsy Foundation of America, Inc., Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. and to any private, nonprofit agency providing such programs for autistic or neurologically impaired or severely handicapped persons, for employment opportunities and day services to clients referred by any state agency shall be determined annually using a uniform payment system in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17a-246.
(P.A. 77-371; P.A. 79-560, S. 29, 39; P.A. 89-325, S. 15, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-16, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 79-560 replaced committee established under Sec. 17-311 with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 89-325 added reference to employment opportunities and day services in Sec. 19a-483d and allowed rates effective April 30, 1989, to remain in effect through May 31, 1990, in Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re rates to day care and vocational training programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-313c transferred to Sec. 17b-245 in 1995; P.A. 11-16 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “persons with a neurological impairment or autism spectrum disorder” for “autistic or neurologically impaired persons” and deleting “as defined in section 17a-246” re employment opportunities and day services, effective May 24, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-245a. Payments to federally qualified health centers. Section 17b-245a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(P.A. 95-160, S. 67, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 12-119, S. 9.)
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Sec. 17b-245b. Federally qualified health centers. Reimbursement methodology in the Medicaid program. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, consistent with federal law, reimburse federally qualified health centers on an all-inclusive encounter rate per client encounter based on the prospective payment system required by 42 USC 1396a(bb). Any patient encounter with more than one health professional for the same type of service and multiple interactions with the same health professional that occur on the same day shall constitute a single encounter for purposes of reimbursement, except when the patient, after the first encounter, suffers illness or injury requiring additional diagnosis and treatment. A federally qualified health center shall be reimbursed in accordance with the requirements prescribed in section 17b-262-1002 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.
(b) A federally qualified health center may not provide nonemergency periodic dental services on different dates of service for the purpose of billing for separate encounters. Any nonemergency periodic dental service, including, but not limited to, (1) an examination, (2) prophylaxis, and (3) radiographs, including bitewings, complete series and periapical imaging, if warranted, shall be completed in one visit. A second visit to complete any service normally included during the course of a nonemergency periodic dental visit shall not be eligible for reimbursement unless (A) medically necessary, and (B) such medical necessity is clearly documented in the patient's dental record.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 85; P.A. 07-101, S. 1; P.A. 22-118, S. 239.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 07-101 allowed commissioner, to extent permitted by federal law, to reimburse a federally qualified health center for multiple medical, behavioral health or dental services provided under Medicaid program to an individual during the course of a calendar day and changed date re commissioner's report on cost-based reimbursement methodology from March 1, 2004, to January 1, 2008, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 22-118 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and therein, deleted cost-based reimbursement and authorization for reimbursement of multiple health visits in a calendar day, added reimbursement based on all-inclusive encounter rate, required multiple visits on a calendar day for same type of service or with same provider be treated as single visit for reimbursement except when patient suffers subsequent injury or illness requiring diagnosis or treatment, required reimbursement in accordance with regulations, deleted required reporting by Jan. 1, 2008, and added Subsec. (b) re nonemergency periodic dental visits, effective July 1, 2022.
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Sec. 17b-245c. Demonstration project to provide telemedicine to Medicaid recipients at federally qualified community health centers. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Telemedicine” means the use of interactive audio, interactive video or interactive data communication in the delivery of medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment, and includes the types of services described in subsection (d) of section 20-9 and 42 CFR 410.78(a)(3). “Telemedicine” does not include the use of facsimile or audio-only telephone; and
(2) “Clinically appropriate” means care that is (A) provided in a timely manner and meets professionally recognized standards of acceptable medical care; (B) delivered in the appropriate medical setting; and (C) the least costly of multiple, equally effective alternative treatments or diagnostic modalities.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a demonstration project to offer telemedicine as a Medicaid-covered service at federally qualified community health centers. Under the demonstration project, in-person contact between a health care provider and a patient shall not be required for health care services delivered by telemedicine that otherwise would be eligible for reimbursement under the state Medicaid plan program, to the extent permitted by federal law and where deemed clinically appropriate.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish rates for cost reimbursement for telemedicine services provided to Medicaid recipients under the demonstration project. The commissioner shall consider, to the extent applicable, reductions in travel costs by health care providers and patients to deliver or to access health care services and such other factors as the Commissioner of Social Services deems relevant.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services may apply, if necessary, to the federal government for an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to establish the demonstration project.
(e) The transmission, storage and dissemination of data and records related to telemedicine services provided under the demonstration project shall be in accordance with federal and state law and regulations concerning the privacy, security, confidentiality and safeguarding of individually identifiable information.
(f) The commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, on any demonstration project established pursuant to this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and human services. The report shall concern the services offered and the cost-effectiveness of the program.
(P.A. 12-109, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 12-109 effective January 1, 2013; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
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Sec. 17b-245d. Information to be provided by federally qualified health centers. Adjustment of encounter rates. (a) On or before February 1, 2013, and on January first annually thereafter, each federally qualified health center shall file with the Department of Social Services the following documents for the previous state fiscal year: (1) Medicaid cost report; (2) audited financial statements; and (3) any additional information reasonably required by the department. Any federally qualified health center that does not use the state fiscal year as its fiscal year shall have six months from the completion of such health center's fiscal year to file said documents with the department.
(b) Each federally qualified health center shall provide to the Department of Social Services a copy of its original scope of project, as approved by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, and all subsequently approved amendments to its original scope of project. Each federally qualified health center shall notify the department, in writing, of all approvals for additional amendments to its scope of project, and provide to the department a copy of such amended scope of project, not later than thirty days after such approvals.
(c) If there is an increase or a decrease in the scope of services furnished by a federally qualified health center, the federally qualified health center shall notify the Department of Social Services, in writing, of any such increase or decrease not later than thirty days after such increase or decrease and provide any additional information reasonably requested by the department not later than thirty days after the request.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services may impose a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per day on any federally qualified health center that fails to provide any information required pursuant to this section not later than thirty days after the date such information is due.
(e) The department may adjust a federally qualified health center's encounter rate based upon an increase or decrease in the scope of services furnished by the federally qualified health center, in accordance with 42 USC 1396a(bb)(3)(B), following receipt of the written notification described in subsection (c) of this section or based upon the department's review of documents filed in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(f) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 10; P.A. 14-217, S. 192.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re filing deadline for federally qualified health center that does not use the state fiscal year, effective July 1, 2014.
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Sec. 17b-245e. Telehealth services provided under the Medicaid program. Report. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services; (2) “department” means the Department of Social Services; and (3) “telehealth” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-906.
(b) The department shall provide coverage under the Medicaid program for telehealth services for categories of health care services that the commissioner determines are (1) clinically appropriate to be provided by means of telehealth, (2) cost effective for the state, and (3) likely to expand access to medically necessary services where there is a clinical need for those services to be provided by telehealth or for Medicaid recipients for whom accessing appropriate health care services poses an undue hardship. The commissioner may provide coverage of telehealth services pursuant to this section notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies that would otherwise prohibit coverage of telehealth services. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting the policies and procedures as regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-10.
(c) The commissioner shall seek any federal waiver or amend the Medicaid state plan as necessary to attempt to secure federal reimbursement for the costs of providing such coverage under the Medicaid program. An application for such waiver or proposed amendment to the Medicaid state plan shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies as required under the provisions of section 17b-8.
(d) Not later than August 1, 2020, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and public health on (1) the categories of health care services in which the department is utilizing telehealth services, (2) in what cities or regions of the state such services are being offered, and (3) any cost savings realized by the state by providing telehealth services.
(P.A. 16-198, S. 1; P.A. 19-76, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-198 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-76 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “, within available state and federal resources,”, adding provision re clinical need for services to be provided by telehealth in Subdiv. (3) and adding provisions re commissioner permitted to provide coverage of telehealth services notwithstanding regulations and commissioner permitted to implement policies and procedures while in the process of adopting policies and procedures as regulations, amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “January 1, 2018” with “August 1, 2020”, replacing provision re telehealth services provided to Medicaid recipients with Subdivs. (1) to (3) re categories of health care services, cities or regions of state where services are being offered and cost savings, respectively, and making a technical changes, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-245f. Diabetes. Program to recommend federally-qualified health centers and other covered entities. Working group. Medicaid waiver. Report to General Assembly. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services;
(2) “Covered entity” has the same meaning as provided in Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act, 42 USC 256b, as amended from time to time;
(3) “Covered outpatient drug” has the same meaning as said term is used in Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act, 42 USC 256b, as amended from time to time;
(4) “Department” means the Department of Social Services; and
(5) “Federally-qualified health center” has the same meaning as provided in Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396d(l)(2)(B), as amended from time to time.
(b) (1) Not later than November 1, 2020, the commissioner shall establish a working group to:
(A) Determine whether the commissioner should establish a program to assist individuals in this state who have been diagnosed with diabetes by referring said individuals to federally-qualified health centers and other covered entities for treatment regardless of whether said individuals have health coverage; and
(B) If the working group determines that the commissioner should establish the program described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, develop the criteria that the department shall apply in recommending a federally-qualified health center or other covered entity to an individual described in said subparagraph based on the individual's diabetic condition, any medically necessary care for said condition, the individual's residence address and any other factors that the working group deems relevant to carry out the purposes of the program.
(2) The working group shall consist of the following members:
(A) Two members appointed by the chief executive officer of Community Health Center, Incorporated, or the legal successor to said entity;
(B) Two members appointed by the chief executive officer of Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, Incorporated, or the legal successor to said entity;
(C) One member appointed by the Senate chairman of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, who shall be an advocate for insulin coverage or public health;
(D) One member appointed by the House chairman of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, who shall be an advocate for the interests of hospitals;
(E) One member appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, who shall have experience with health care equity or be an advocate for the interests of hospitals;
(F) One member appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, who shall be an advocate for insulin coverage or public health;
(G) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the Commissioner of Social Services' designee;
(H) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the Commissioner of Public Health's designee; and
(I) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee.
(3) All initial appointments to the working group shall be made not later than November 1, 2020. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(4) The commissioner shall select a chairperson of the working group from among the members of the working group. Such chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the working group, which shall be held not later than January 11, 2021.
(5) A majority of the members of the working group shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Any action taken by the working group shall be by majority vote of the members present.
(6) Not later than May 1, 2021, the working group shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, submit its recommendation under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection and criteria, if any, developed under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection to the commissioner and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance. The working group shall terminate on the date on which the working group submits its recommendation and criteria, if any, pursuant to this subdivision or May 1, 2021, whichever is earlier.
(7) The commissioner may reestablish the working group after the date on which the working group submits its recommendation and criteria, if any, pursuant to subdivision (6) of this subsection or May 1, 2021, whichever is earlier, to develop new criteria described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection in accordance with the requirements of subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of this subsection, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision. The commissioner shall send notice to each appointing authority disclosing that the commissioner has reestablished the working group and the date on which the commissioner reestablished the working group. The appointing authorities shall appoint all members of the reestablished working group not later than sixty days after the date on which the commissioner reestablished the working group. The commissioner shall schedule the first meeting of the reestablished working group for a date that is not later than ninety days after the date on which the commissioner reestablished the working group. The reestablished working group shall submit its new criteria to the commissioner and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, not later than two hundred forty days after the commissioner reestablished the working group. The reestablished working group shall terminate on the date that it submits said criteria or on that date that is two hundred forty days after the commissioner reestablished the working group, whichever is later.
(c) (1) Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner shall establish the program described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, and the department shall apply the criteria developed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, unless:
(A) The working group recommends, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, that the commissioner should not establish said program; or
(B) Not later than October 1, 2021, the commissioner submits, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance:
(i) The commissioner's determination that the goals of said program would, in the commissioner's judgment, be more successfully accomplished by applying for a Medicaid research and demonstration waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time; or
(ii) A memorandum prepared by the general counsel of the department detailing the barriers federal law poses to the establishment and successful implementation of said program.
(2) If the commissioner informs the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance that the commissioner has determined that the goals of the program described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section would, in the commissioner's judgment, be more successfully accomplished by applying for a Medicaid research and demonstration waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time, the commissioner shall apply for such a waiver to establish said program and, if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approves the commissioner's waiver application, establish said program in accordance with the terms of such waiver and all federal and state laws governing said program.
(d) If the commissioner establishes the program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall, as part of said program, establish and maintain an Internet web site to collect information from, and provide information to, each individual in this state who has been diagnosed with diabetes by referring the individual to a federally-qualified health center or other covered entity for treatment regardless of whether such individual has health coverage. The Internet web site shall, at a minimum:
(1) Enable the individual to disclose to the department the individual's name, residence address, age, contact information, including, but not limited to, electronic mail address or telephone number, income and race, whether the individual has been diagnosed with diabetes and the name of each outpatient prescription drug that has been prescribed to the individual for the treatment of diabetes; and
(2) Enable the department to:
(A) Determine whether each outpatient prescription drug disclosed to the department pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection is a covered outpatient drug that is available at a reduced cost to the individual through a federally-qualified health center that is a covered entity or any other covered entity;
(B) Disclose to the individual:
(i) The name, business address and telephone number of any federally-qualified health center that is a covered entity or any other covered entity that the department recommends to the individual according to the criteria established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and
(ii) General information regarding health care provided by the recommended federally-qualified health center or other covered entity described in subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision, including, but not limited to, any information that would assist the individual to obtain primary care through such federally-qualified health center or other covered entity; and
(C) Disclose to the recommended federally-qualified health center or other covered entity described in subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision the individual's name, contact information and a statement disclosing that the department has recommended the federally-qualified health center or other covered entity to the individual.
(e) Each federally-qualified health center or other covered entity that receives an individual's name, contact information and a statement disclosing that the department has recommended the federally-qualified health center or other covered entity to an individual pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section shall make a good faith effort to schedule an appointment for the individual on a date that is not later than thirty days after the date on which the department disclosed to the recommended federally-qualified health center or other covered entity the information described in subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4, S. 1.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4 effective July 31, 2020.
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Sec. 17b-245g. Telehealth services under the Connecticut medical assistance program. Audio-only telehealth services. Coverage criteria. Reimbursement. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Telehealth” means the mode of delivering health care or other health services via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation and treatment, education, care management and self-management of a patient's physical, oral and mental health, and includes (A) interaction between the patient at the originating site and the telehealth provider at a distant site, and (B) synchronous interactions, asynchronous store and forward transfers or remote patient monitoring. “Telehealth” does not include the use of facsimile, texting or electronic mail.
(2) “Connecticut medical assistance program” means the state's Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program under Title XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17b-245c, 17b-245e or 19a-906 or any other section, regulation, rule, policy or procedure governing the Connecticut medical assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, to the extent permissible under federal law, provide coverage under the Connecticut medical assistance program for audio-only telehealth services when (1) clinically appropriate, as determined by the commissioner, (2) it is not possible to provide comparable covered audiovisual telehealth services, and (3) provided to individuals who are unable to use or access comparable, covered audiovisual telehealth services.
(c) To the extent permissible under federal law, the commissioner shall provide Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by means of telehealth to the same extent as if the service was provided in person.
(P.A. 21-133, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-133 effective July 7, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-246. (Formerly Sec. 17-313d). Rates to include reimbursement for reasonable costs mandated by collective bargaining agreements. For purposes of establishing rates to be paid by the state (1) to private facilities which provide functional, vocational services or residential services for severely handicapped persons pursuant to section 17b-244, and (2) to associations which provide day care and vocational training programs pursuant to section 17b-245, the state shall include reimbursement for reasonable costs, within available appropriations, mandated by collective bargaining agreements with certified collective bargaining agents or other agreements between any such facility or association and its employees.
(P.A. 87-497, S. 1, 3.)
History: Sec. 17-313d transferred to Sec. 17b-246 in 1995.
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Sec. 17b-247. (Formerly Sec. 17-314l). Contracts for stock and standard durable medical equipment. Payment of laboratory services. The Commissioner of Social Services shall, where feasible and cost effective, enter into contracts with suppliers of stock and standard durable medical equipment, medical surgical supplies, oxygen and laboratory services for such services provided to recipients of medical assistance excluding those services provided by hospitals or routinely provided by nursing homes as part of their rate. In the case of laboratory services billed through a hospital outpatient clinic, payment shall be made at the lower of the provider's charges to the general public or the contracted rate. Except for hospital based laboratory work and those laboratory tests specifically exempted by the commissioner, no payment shall be made for laboratory services except under contract, where feasible. Except for those facilities specifically exempted by the commissioner, all oxygen services for residents of nursing facilities and chronic disease hospitals shall be supplied through such a contract.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 11, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314l transferred to Sec. 17b-247 in 1995.
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Sec. 17b-248. (Formerly Sec. 17-316). Liability of home or institution having life care contract. No home or institution having a life care contract with any person therein shall be liable for the support of such person in a state humane institution if such home or institution is financially unable to continue performance of the life care contract, as set forth in section 17b-602, provided such home or institution shall be liable to the extent of its ability as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services under the provisions of said section.
(1957, P.A. 184; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-316 transferred to Sec. 17b-248 in 1995.
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Sec. 17b-249. (Formerly Sec. 17-317). Support of mentally ill persons accused of crime. Section 17b-249 is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(1949 Rev., S. 2664; 1953, S. 1501d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 6; P.A. 85-506, S. 27, 32; P.A. 12-158, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-250. (Formerly Sec. 17-318). Payment of hospital expense of inmate transferred from correctional institution. When any person has been transferred from the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, the York Correctional Institution, or its maximum security division, the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, or a community correctional center to a state hospital, such person's hospital expense prior to the termination of his sentence shall be charged to the state. If any person, transferred from a correctional institution or community correction center is committed to or otherwise remains in a state hospital after the expiration of his sentence, such person's hospital expense shall be paid to the state in the manner provided for payment in sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive.
(1949 Rev., S. 2670; 1953, S. 1504d; 1959, P.A. 165; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 75-416, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-186, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 52; P.A. 15-14, S. 28; P.A. 19-118, S. 35.)
History: 1959 act deleted requirement for payment to state of other necessary costs of commitment when person is committed to state hospital after expiration of his sentence; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; P.A. 75-416 provided that state bear cost when person transferred to state hospital from community correctional centers, previously person's estate bore cost if there was an estate; P.A. 86-186 changed the name of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire; Sec. 17-318 transferred to Sec. 17b-250 in 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1999 the references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 deleted references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 15-14 made a technical change; P.A. 19-118 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
Annotations to former section 17-318:
Cited. 192 C. 520; 230 C. 400.
Cited. 30 CS 118.
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Sec. 17b-251. Transferred to Chapter 319l, Part IV, Sec. 17a-861.
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Sec. 17b-252. (Formerly Sec. 17-12q). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care. The Office of Policy and Management shall coordinate a program entitled the Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care whereby private insurance and Medicaid, or its successor program, funds shall be combined to finance long-term care. Under such program, an individual may purchase a precertified long-term care insurance policy in an amount commensurate with his assets. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the resources of such an individual, to the extent such resources are equal to the amount of long-term care insurance benefit payments as provided in section 17b-253, shall not be considered by the Department of Social Services in a determination of his eligibility for Medicaid, or its successor program, or in any subsequent recovery by the state of a payment for medical services.
(P.A. 89-352, S. 1, 6; P.A. 91-187, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 94-167, S. 1, 4; P.A. 96-131, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 91-187 changed closing date of program from July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1997, and deleted provision providing that resources protected under the program not be considered in determining the amount of any Medicaid payment; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-167 deleted dates for program beginning and end and the word pilot before program, effective June 7, 1994; Sec. 17-12q transferred to Sec. 17b-252 in 1995; P.A. 96-131 inserted references to Medicaid's “successor program”, effective May 29, 1996.
See Sec. 17a-861 re outreach program.
See Sec. 17b-253 re amendments to Medicaid regulations and state plan, and regulations re determining eligibility of applicants for Medicaid and coverage requirements for long-term care benefits.
See Sec. 17b-254 re foundation funds and federal approval and report to General Assembly.
See Sec. 38a-475 re precertification of long-term care insurance policies.
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Sec. 17b-253. (Formerly Sec. 17-12r). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Amendments to Medicaid regulations and state plan. Regulations. (a) The Department of Social Services shall seek appropriate amendments to its Medicaid regulations and state plan to allow protection of resources and income pursuant to section 17b-252. Such protection shall be provided, to the extent approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for any purchaser of a precertified long-term care policy and shall last for the life of the purchaser. Such protection shall be provided under the Medicaid program or its successor program. Any purchaser of a precertified long-term care policy shall be guaranteed coverage under the Medicaid program or its successor program, to the extent the individual meets all applicable eligibility requirements for the Medicaid program or its successor program. Until such time as eligibility requirements are prescribed for Medicaid's successor program, for the purposes of this subsection, the applicable eligibility requirements shall be the Medicaid program's requirements as of the date its successor program was enacted. The Department of Social Services shall count insurance benefit payments toward resource exclusion to the extent such payments (1) are for services paid for by a precertified long-term care policy; (2) are for the lower of the actual charge and the amount paid by the insurance company; (3) are for nursing home care, or formal services delivered to insureds in the community as part of a care plan approved by an access agency approved by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Social Services as meeting the requirements for such agency as defined in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (e) of section 17b-342; and (4) are for services provided after the individual meets the coverage requirements for long-term care benefits established by the Department of Social Services for this program. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection and sections 17b-252, 17b-254 and 38a-475 relating to determining eligibility of applicants for Medicaid, or its successor program, and the coverage requirements for long-term care benefits.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, after consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to extend the resource exclusions under section 17b-252 and subsection (a) of this section to purchasers of qualified long-term care insurance policies issued in states entering into such reciprocal agreements if such purchasers apply to the Medicaid program or its successor program. Such reciprocal agreements shall also allow purchasers of precertified policies under section 38a-475 to receive a Medicaid resource exclusion in states entering into such reciprocal agreements. The provisions of such reciprocal agreements shall be effective for the life of a purchaser of a precertified policy. For the purposes of this subsection, “qualified long-term care insurance policy” means a long-term care insurance policy approved through a program in another state that provides a Medicaid resource exclusion or asset disregard substantially similar to the Medicaid resource exclusion included in precertified policies and includes benefits substantially similar to those included in a precertified policy.
(P.A. 89-352, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-187, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 94-167, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-160, S. 6, 69; P.A. 96-131, S. 2, 3; 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 98-239, S. 21, 35; P.A. 03-19, S. 40; P.A. 13-125, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 91-187 changed deadline for purchasing policy providing protection under the program from December 31, 1994, to December 31, 1996; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-167 removed deadline for purchasing policy, effective June 7, 1994; Sec. 17-12r transferred to Sec. 17b-253 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 replaced a reference to a coordination, assessment and monitoring agency with access agency, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-131 inserted references to Medicaid's “successor program”, required such successor program to provide protection of resources and income provided by Medicaid, guaranteed coverage under the Medicaid program or its successor program for any purchaser of a precertified long-term care policy, with certain eligibility requirements, amended Subdiv. (1) to replace “Medicaid approves or covers for its recipients” with “paid for by a precertified long-term care policy”, effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-239 made technical changes in existing section, designated as Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (b) allowing commissioner, after consulting with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to extend the resource exclusions under the program to purchasers of qualified long-term care insurance policies issued in those states if such purchasers apply to the Medicaid program, providing that such reciprocal agreements shall allow purchasers of precertified policies under Sec. 38a-475 to receive a Medicaid resource exclusion in states which enter into such agreements and defining “qualified long-term care insurance policy”, effective June 8, 1998; P.A. 03-19 replaced “Health Care Financing Administration” with “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 13-125 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 17b-251, effective July 1, 2013.
See Sec. 17a-861 re outreach program.
See Sec. 17b-252 re overview of program.
See Sec. 17b-254 re foundation funds and federal approval and report to General Assembly.
See Sec. 38a-475 re precertification of long-term care insurance policies.
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Sec. 17b-254. (Formerly Sec. 17-12s). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Foundation funds and federal approval. Report. The Office of Policy and Management shall seek the foundation funds and federal approvals necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and sections 17a-861, 17b-252, 17b-253 and 38a-475. Each year, on January first, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall report to the General Assembly on the progress of the program. Such report shall include: (1) The success in implementing the public and private partnership; (2) the number of policies precertified; (3) the number, age and financial circumstances of individuals purchasing precertified policies; (4) the number of individuals seeking consumer information services; (5) the extent and type of benefits paid under precertified policies that could count toward Medicaid resource protection; (6) estimates of impact on present and future Medicaid expenditures; (7) the cost effectiveness of the program; and (8) a determination regarding the appropriateness of continuing the program.
(P.A. 89-352, S. 5, 6.)
History: Sec. 17-12s transferred to Sec. 17b-254 in 1995.
See Sec. 17a-861 re outreach program.
See Sec. 17b-252 re overview of program.
See Sec. 17b-253 re amendments to Medicaid program regulations and state plan, and regulations re determining eligibility of applicants for Medicaid and coverage requirements for long-term care benefits.
See Sec. 38a-475 re precertification of long-term care insurance policies.
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Sec. 17b-255. (Formerly Sec. 17-12gg). Insurance assistance for people with AIDS. Managed care insurance program for persons with AIDS. Section 17b-255 is repealed, effective May 26, 2006.
(P.A. 90-318; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 5, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-269, S. 1; P.A. 06-188, S. 55.)
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Sec. 17b-256. (Formerly Sec. 17-314m). Prescription drug and insurance assistance program for persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus. Annual report. Enrollment in Medicare Part D. Section 17b-256 is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 44, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 14, 41; P.A. 96-238, S. 16, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 6, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 9, 58; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 49; P.A. 06-188, S. 14; P.A. 10-32, S. 66; P.A. 11-242, S. 26; P.A. 19-118, S. 78.)
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Secs. 17b-256a to 17b-256c. Reserved for future use.
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Sec. 17b-256d. State medical assistance program. Use of federally-qualified community health centers. Section 17b-256d is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 20, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 62; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
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Sec. 17b-256e. Reports re potential participants in affordable pharmaceutical drug program. Section 17b-256e is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.
(P.A. 03-166, S. 2; P.A. 05-272, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-256f. Eligibility for Medicare savings programs. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the Department of Social Services for the federal Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary and the Qualifying Individual programs, administered in accordance with the provisions of 42 USC 1396d(p), by such amounts that shall result in persons with income that is (1) less than two hundred eleven per cent of the federal poverty level qualifying for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary program, (2) at or above two hundred eleven per cent of the federal poverty level but less than two hundred thirty-one per cent of the federal poverty level qualifying for the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary program, and (3) at or above two hundred thirty-one per cent of the federal poverty level but less than two hundred forty-six per cent of the federal poverty level qualifying for the Qualifying Individual program. The commissioner shall not apply an asset test for eligibility under the Medicare Savings Program. The commissioner shall not consider as income Aid and Attendance pension benefits granted to a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, or the surviving spouse of such veteran. The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner prints notice of the intent to adopt the regulations on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 09-2, S. 16; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 70; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 182; P.A. 11-44, S. 91; P.A. 12-1, S. 1; 12-208, S. 3; P.A. 13-234, S. 82; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 50; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-1, S. 5, 6; P.A. 18-81, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 09-2 effective April 1, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 changed commencement date from June 30, 2009, to October 1, 2009, and added provision re asset test, effective October 5, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 deleted references to fiscal year and inserted “annually”, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 added provisions requiring commissioner to consider deductions in calculating income disregards used to determine eligibility, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-1 changed commencement date from October 1, 2009, to March 1, 2012, effective March 6, 2012; P.A. 12-208 added provision re income disregard for veterans' Aid and Attendance pension benefits, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-234 eliminated provision tying eligibility for Medicare Savings programs to income eligibility for the ConnPACE program, added provision establishing separate income standards and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the Department of Social Services” with “establish eligibility”, replaced “two hundred eleven per cent” with “one hundred per cent” in Subdiv. (1), replaced “two hundred eleven per cent” with “one hundred per cent” and replaced “two hundred thirty-one per cent” with “one hundred twenty per cent” in Subdiv. (2), replaced “two hundred thirty-one per cent” with “one hundred twenty per cent” and “two hundred forty-six per cent” with “one hundred thirty-five per cent” in Subdiv. (3), and replaced “in the Connecticut Law Journal” with “on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System”, effective January 1, 2018; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-1 replaced “establish eligibility” with “increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the Department of Social Services”, amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “one hundred per cent” with “two hundred eleven per cent”, amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “one hundred per cent” with “two hundred eleven per cent” and replacing “one hundred twenty per cent” with “two hundred thirty-one per cent”, amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing “one hundred twenty per cent” with “two hundred thirty-one per cent” and replacing “one hundred thirty-five per cent” with “two hundred forty-six per cent”, effective January 31, 2018, and replaced “increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the Department of Social Services” with “establish eligibility”, amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “two hundred eleven per cent” with “one hundred per cent”, amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “two hundred eleven per cent” with “one hundred per cent” and replacing “two hundred thirty-one per cent” with “one hundred twenty per cent”, and amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing “two hundred thirty-one per cent” with “one hundred twenty per cent” and replacing “two hundred forty-six per cent” with “one hundred thirty-five per cent”, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-81 replaced “establish eligibility” with “increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the Department of Social Services”, amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “one hundred per cent” with “two hundred eleven per cent”, amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “one hundred per cent” with “two hundred eleven per cent” and replacing “one hundred twenty per cent” with “two hundred thirty-one per cent”, and amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing “one hundred twenty per cent” with “two hundred thirty-one per cent” and replacing “one hundred thirty-five per cent” with “two hundred forty-six per cent”, effective July 1, 2018.
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Sec. 17b-257. (Formerly Sec. 17-12ii). Transferred to Chapter 319t, Sec. 17b-192.
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Sec. 17b-257a. Qualified alien eligibility for Medicaid. Medical assistance for certain qualified alien children and pregnant women. (a) Qualified aliens, as defined in Section 431 of Public Law 104-193, admitted into the United States prior to August 22, 1996, shall be eligible for Medicaid provided other conditions of eligibility are met. Qualified aliens admitted into the United States on or after August 22, 1996, shall be eligible for Medicaid subsequent to five years from the date admitted, except if the individual is otherwise qualified for the purposes of state receipt of federal financial participation under Title IV of Public Law 104-193, such individual shall be eligible for Medicaid regardless of the date admitted.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2010, the Commissioner of Social Services shall seek federal funds to provide medical assistance to qualified alien children and pregnant women whose date of admission into the United States is less than five years before the date services are provided.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 145, 165; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 20.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) re medical assistance to certain qualified alien children and pregnant women, effective October 5, 2009.
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Sec. 17b-257b. Alien eligibility for state medical assistance. Regulations. (a) Qualified aliens, as defined in Section 431 of Public Law 104-193, admitted into the United States on or after August 22, 1996, other lawfully residing immigrant aliens or aliens who formerly held the status of permanently residing under color of law who are (1) receiving home and community-based services that are equivalent to the services provided under the Medicaid waiver portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, established pursuant to section 17b-342, (2) receiving nursing facility care under the state-funded medical assistance program on June 30, 2011, shall continue to receive coverage for such services or care for as long as the individual meets Medicaid eligibility requirements for such services or care except for alien status, or (3) are receiving nursing facility care and have applied for state-funded medical assistance before June 1, 2011, and would otherwise be eligible for such assistance, shall be provided such assistance for as long as the individual meets Medicaid eligibility requirements for nursing facility care except for alien status, except such aliens who are (A) children and pregnant women, and (B) whose date of admission is less than five years before the date services are provided shall receive coverage until such time as the state plan amendment concerning federal funding for the provision of services to such aliens is approved.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 146, 165; Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 17, 23; P.A. 99-279, S. 11, 45; P.A. 00-83, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 109, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 22; P.A. 04-258, S. 16; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 64; P.A. 11-44, S. 118.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 made qualified aliens eligible for benefits under the HUSKY Plan, Part B, effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 99-279 extended the eligibility of certain qualified aliens or other lawfully residing immigrant aliens for state-funded medical assistance from July 1, 1999, to July 1, 2001, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-83 extended provisions of section to aliens who formerly held the status of permanently residing under color of law, added references to “state-administered general assistance medical aid”, and provided that alien who formerly held such status who is a domestic violence victim or who has mental retardation shall be eligible for state-funded assistance or the HUSKY Plan, Part B, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 extended the deadline for certain aliens to apply for assistance until June 30, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 extended the deadline for certain aliens to apply for assistance until June 30, 2003, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-258 deleted provision that prohibited Commissioner of Social Services from accepting applications for assistance pursuant to section on or after June 30, 2003, effective July 1, 2004; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing former eligibility criteria with criteria re certain qualified aliens receiving home care services or nursing facility care, and adding provision re coverage for children and pregnant women who were admitted into U.S. less than 5 years prior to date services are provided, and added Subsec. (b) allowing commissioner to implement policies and procedures while in the process of adopting final regulations, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision re home care services with provision re home and community-based services equivalent to services offered under Sec. 17b-342 in Subdiv. (1), by replacing “September 8, 2009” with “June 30, 2011” in Subdiv. (2), and by replacing “September 8, 2009” with “June 1, 2011” in Subdiv. (3), effective June 13, 2011.
See Sec. 17b-257d re notice of terminating alien's state medical assistance.
Elimination of state-funded medical assistance benefits for non-citizens does not draw a classification on the basis of alienage in violation of equal protection clause. 300 C. 412.
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Sec. 17b-257c. Payments to long-term care facilities for care of illegal immigrants admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospitals. Eligibility. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, after consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may provide, within available appropriations, payments to long-term care facilities for the care of certain illegal immigrants who were admitted to a long-term care facility before July 1, 2011. Payments may be made to cover the costs of care, as well as other incidentals as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services, for illegal immigrants who have been admitted to an acute care or psychiatric hospital and for whom services available in a long-term care facility are an appropriate and cost-effective alternative. Such individuals must be otherwise eligible for Medicaid, have resided in this state for at least five years and be unable to return to their country of origin due to medical illness or regulations barring reentry of persons who are ill or disabled or based upon a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service not to proceed with deportation.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 7, 35; P.A. 99-279, S. 15, 45; P.A. 11-44, S. 119.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that payments may cover the costs of other incidentals as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services for illegal immigrants, effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by adding as condition for payment that illegal immigrants were admitted to long-term care facility before July 1, 2011, effective June 13, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-257d. Notice of terminating alien's state medical assistance. Not later than ten days prior to terminating state-funded medical assistance services for any person who is a qualified alien, other lawfully residing immigrant alien or alien who formerly held the status of permanently residing under color of law, the commissioner shall provide notice of the proposed termination. Such notice shall include (1) the reason for termination and (2) information concerning the person's eligibility for other state or federal medical assistance programs, including instructions on how to apply for such programs.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 78.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009.
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Sec. 17b-257e. Postpartum care for women without legal immigration status. Income eligibility. On or after April 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, provide state-funded medical assistance for postpartum care for twelve months after birth to a woman who does not qualify for Medicaid due to immigration status and whose household income does not exceed two hundred sixty-three per cent of the federal poverty level.
(P.A. 21-176, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-258. (Formerly Sec. 17-12jj). Health insurance assistance for unemployed persons. Section 17b-258 is repealed, effective June 6, 2018.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 43, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 18-99, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-259. (Formerly Sec. 17-274). Medically necessary services. Section 17b-259 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1949 Rev., S. 2586; 1959, P.A. 572, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 96; 1971, P.A. 187; P.A. 77-131; P.A. 81-214, S. 4; P.A. 83-575, S. 2, 10; P.A. 84-168, S. 3; P.A. 86-415, S. 6; P.A. 88-156, S. 15; P.A. 89-239, S. 2; P.A. 90-80, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 37, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 8, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-395, S. 1; P.A. 95-194, S. 13, 33; 95-265, S. 4, 7; P.A. 97-143, S. 2, 4; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 69, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 60, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 107, 129, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 20; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
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Sec. 17b-259a. Imposition of cost sharing requirements on recipients of medical assistance. Exception. Section 17b-259a is repealed, effective August 20, 2003.
(P.A. 95-351, S. 15, 30; P.A. 98-239, S. 22, 35; P.A. 03-2, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 96.)
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Sec. 17b-259b. “Medically necessary” and “medical necessity” defined. Notice of denial of services. Regulations. (a) For purposes of the administration of the medical assistance programs by the Department of Social Services, “medically necessary” and “medical necessity” mean those health services required to prevent, identify, diagnose, treat, rehabilitate or ameliorate an individual's medical condition, including mental illness, or its effects, in order to attain or maintain the individual's achievable health and independent functioning provided such services are: (1) Consistent with generally-accepted standards of medical practice that are defined as standards that are based on (A) credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature that is generally recognized by the relevant medical community, (B) recommendations of a physician-specialty society, (C) the views of physicians practicing in relevant clinical areas, and (D) any other relevant factors; (2) clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, timing, site, extent and duration and considered effective for the individual's illness, injury or disease; (3) not primarily for the convenience of the individual, the individual's health care provider or other health care providers; (4) not more costly than an alternative service or sequence of services at least as likely to produce equivalent therapeutic or diagnostic results as to the diagnosis or treatment of the individual's illness, injury or disease; and (5) based on an assessment of the individual and his or her medical condition.
(b) Clinical policies, medical policies, clinical criteria or any other generally accepted clinical practice guidelines used to assist in evaluating the medical necessity of a requested health service shall be used solely as guidelines and shall not be the basis for a final determination of medical necessity.
(c) Upon denial of a request for authorization of services based on medical necessity, the individual shall be notified that, upon request, the Department of Social Services shall provide a copy of the specific guideline or criteria, or portion thereof, other than the medical necessity definition provided in subsection (a) of this section, that was considered by the department or an entity acting on behalf of the department in making the determination of medical necessity.
(d) The Department of Social Services shall amend or repeal any definitions in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies that are inconsistent with the definition of medical necessity provided in subsection (a) of this section, including the definitions of medical appropriateness and medically appropriate, that are used in administering the department's medical assistance program. The commissioner shall implement policies and procedures to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time the final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-260. (Formerly Sec. 17-134a). Acceptance of federal grants for medical assistance. The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to take advantage of the medical assistance programs provided in Title XIX, entitled “Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs”, contained in the Social Security Amendments of 1965 and may administer the same in accordance with the requirements provided therein, including the waiving, with respect to the amount paid for medical care, of provisions concerning recovery from beneficiaries or their estates, charges and recoveries against legally liable relatives, and liens against property of beneficiaries.
(February, 1965, P.A. 357, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 2, S. 1; 759, S. 1(a); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1967 acts deleted exclusion of patients in institutions for tuberculosis and mental diseases; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134a transferred to Sec. 17b-260 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134a:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 179 C. 83; Id., 463; 191 C. 384; 192 C. 310; 204 C. 17; 209 C. 390; 216 C. 85; 226 C. 818.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 506.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557; 237 C. 550; 240 C. 141; 242 C. 345. Medicaid law in effect at time of Medicaid application governs calculation of available assets even if different law was in effect at time trust was created or became irrevocable; widow's proceeds from trust created in 1968 were subject to spousal asset calculation under Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, disqualifying second husband from Medicaid eligibility. 312 C. 196.
Distribution of trust assets upon death of spouse served to disqualify plaintiff from receiving benefits. 49 CA 432.
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Sec. 17b-260a. Medicaid-financed home and community-based programs for individuals with acquired brain injury. Advisory committee. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to establish a Medicaid-financed, home and community-based program for individuals with acquired brain injury. Such waiver shall be submitted no later than October 1, 1995, and shall be operated continuously to the extent permissible under federal law. Notwithstanding the addition of any new waiver program serving such individuals, the commissioner shall ensure that services provided pursuant to this subsection are not phased out and that no person receiving such services is institutionalized in order to meet federal cost neutrality requirements for the waiver program established pursuant to this subsection.
(b) The commissioner may seek federal approval for a second waiver, in addition to the waiver described in subsection (a) of this section, from federal law for a Medicaid-financed, home and community-based program for individuals with acquired brain injury.
(c) There is established an advisory committee for the waiver program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section consisting of the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, or their designees, provided such designees shall include consumers and providers of services under said waiver program. The Commissioners of Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, or their designees, shall also serve on the advisory committee. The chairpersons of the advisory committee shall be: (1) A chairperson of said joint standing committees, or such chairperson's designee, chosen by the chairpersons of said joint standing committees; (2) a ranking member of said joint standing committees, or such ranking member's designee, chosen by the ranking members of said joint standing committees; and (3) the Commissioner of Social Services or the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or such commissioner's designee, chosen by such commissioners. The advisory committee shall meet once annually and shall submit an initial report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, not later than February 1, 2015, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the impact of the individual cost cap for the waiver program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and any other matters the advisory committee deems appropriate. For purposes of this subsection, “individual cost cap” means the percentage of the cost of institutional care for an individual that may be spent on any one waiver program participant.
(P.A. 95-209; P.A. 14-150, S. 1; P.A. 19-117, S. 314.)
History: P.A. 14-150 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add provisions re waiver to be operated continuously and services not to be phased out, added Subsec. (b) re second waiver and added Subsec. (c) re advisory committee, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (c) by changing meeting requirement from 4 times per year to once annually, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-260b. Home and community-based service waivers serving persons with acquired brain injury and persons with intellectual disability. Amendments. The Commissioner of Social Services may amend the federal home and community-based service waivers serving persons with acquired brain injury and persons with intellectual disability to enable such persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance under section 17b-597 to receive the services provided under such federally approved waivers.
(P.A. 05-44, S. 3; P.A. 13-139, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 05-44 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 13-139 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”.
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Sec. 17b-260c. Medicaid waiver to provide coverage for family planning services. Section 17b-260c is repealed, effective June 6, 2018.
(P.A. 05-120, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 62; P.A. 10-26, S. 7; P.A. 18-99, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-260d. Home and community-based services waiver serving persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus. Section 17b-260d is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 63; P.A. 11-44, S. 93; P.A. 13-139, S. 6; 13-234, S. 155.)
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Sec. 17b-260e. Federal funding reductions. Requirements for state to offset Medicaid reductions for family planning services. The Commissioner of Social Services, in administering the state medical assistance program, may offset any federal funding reductions for providers or recipients of services described in 42 USC 1396d(a)(4)(C), provided (1) the General Assembly approves such use of state funds in a vote scheduled not later than ninety days following notice of such federal funding reduction by the commissioner, (2) such services are otherwise covered by the medical assistance program, and (3) providers otherwise meet the requirements of the Department of Social Services for participation and enrollment in the medical assistance program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 213.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 17b-261. (Formerly Sec. 17-134b). Medicaid. Eligibility. Assets. Waiver from federal law. (a) Medical assistance shall be provided for any otherwise eligible person (1) whose income, including any available support from legally liable relatives and the income of the person's spouse or dependent child, is not more than one hundred forty-three per cent, pending approval of a federal waiver applied for pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, of the benefit amount paid to a person with no income under the temporary family assistance program, and (2) if such person is an institutionalized individual as defined in Section 1917 of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(h)(3), and has not made an assignment or transfer or other disposition of property for less than fair market value for the purpose of establishing eligibility for benefits or assistance under this section. Any such disposition shall be treated in accordance with Section 1917(c) of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(c). Any disposition of property made on behalf of an applicant or recipient or the spouse of an applicant or recipient by a guardian, conservator, person authorized to make such disposition pursuant to a power of attorney or other person so authorized by law shall be attributed to such applicant, recipient or spouse. A disposition of property ordered by a court shall be evaluated in accordance with the standards applied to any other such disposition for the purpose of determining eligibility. The commissioner shall establish the standards for eligibility for medical assistance at one hundred forty-three per cent of the benefit amount paid to a household of equal size with no income under the temporary family assistance program. In determining eligibility, the commissioner shall not consider as income Aid and Attendance pension benefits granted to a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, or the surviving spouse of such veteran. Except as provided in section 17b-277 and section 17b-292, the medical assistance program shall provide coverage to persons under the age of nineteen with household income up to one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit and to persons under the age of nineteen, who qualify for coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, with household income not exceeding one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit, and their parents and needy caretaker relatives, who qualify for coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, with household income not exceeding one hundred fifty-five per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit. Such levels shall be based on the regional differences in such benefit amount, if applicable, unless such levels based on regional differences are not in conformance with federal law. Any income in excess of the applicable amounts shall be applied as may be required by said federal law, and assistance shall be granted for the balance of the cost of authorized medical assistance. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide applicants for assistance under this section, at the time of application, with a written statement advising them of (A) the effect of an assignment or transfer or other disposition of property on eligibility for benefits or assistance, (B) the effect that having income that exceeds the limits prescribed in this subsection will have with respect to program eligibility, and (C) the availability of, and eligibility for, services provided by the Connecticut Home Visiting System, established pursuant to section 17b-751b. For coverage dates on or after January 1, 2014, the department shall use the modified adjusted gross income financial eligibility rules set forth in Section 1902(e)(14) of the Social Security Act and the implementing regulations to determine eligibility for HUSKY A, HUSKY B and HUSKY D applicants, as defined in section 17b-290. Persons who are determined ineligible for assistance pursuant to this section shall be provided a written statement notifying such persons of their ineligibility and advising such persons of their potential eligibility for one of the other insurance affordability programs as defined in 42 CFR 435.4.
(b) For the purposes of the Medicaid program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall consider parental income and resources as available to a child under eighteen years of age who is living with his or her parents and is blind or disabled for purposes of the Medicaid program, or to any other child under twenty-one years of age who is living with his or her parents.
(c) For the purposes of determining eligibility for the Medicaid program, an available asset is one that is actually available to the applicant or one that the applicant has the legal right, authority or power to obtain or to have applied for the applicant's general or medical support. If the terms of a trust provide for the support of an applicant, the refusal of a trustee to make a distribution from the trust does not render the trust an unavailable asset. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the availability of funds in a trust or similar instrument funded in whole or in part by the applicant or the applicant's spouse shall be determined pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, 42 USC 1396p. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a special needs trust, as defined in 42 USC 1396p(d)(4)(A), as amended from time to time. For purposes of determining whether a beneficiary under a special needs trust, who has not received a disability determination from the Social Security Administration, is disabled, as defined in 42 USC 1382c(a)(3), the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall independently make such determination. The commissioner shall not require such beneficiary to apply for Social Security disability benefits or obtain a disability determination from the Social Security Administration for purposes of determining whether the beneficiary is disabled.
(d) The transfer of an asset in exchange for other valuable consideration shall be allowable to the extent the value of the other valuable consideration is equal to or greater than the value of the asset transferred.
(e) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to permit federal financial participation for Medicaid expenditures for families with incomes of one hundred forty-three per cent of the temporary family assistance program payment standard.
(f) To the extent permitted by federal law, Medicaid eligibility shall be extended for one year to a family that becomes ineligible for medical assistance under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act due to income from employment by one of its members who is a caretaker relative or due to receipt of child support income. A family receiving extended benefits on July 1, 2005, shall receive the balance of such extended benefits, provided no such family shall receive more than twelve additional months of such benefits.
(g) An institutionalized spouse applying for Medicaid and having a spouse living in the community shall be required, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to divert income to such community spouse in order to raise the community spouse's income to the level of the minimum monthly needs allowance, as described in Section 1924 of the Social Security Act. Such diversion of income shall occur before the community spouse is allowed to retain assets in excess of the community spouse protected amount described in Section 1924 of the Social Security Act. The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement the provisions of this subsection while in the process of adopting regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of adopting such policy. Such policy shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(h) To the extent permissible under federal law, an institutionalized individual, as defined in Section 1917 of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 1396p(h)(3), shall not be determined ineligible for Medicaid solely on the basis of the cash value of a life insurance policy worth less than ten thousand dollars provided the individual is pursuing the surrender of the policy.
(i) Medical assistance shall be provided, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of section 17a-6, to any child under the supervision of the Commissioner of Children and Families who is not receiving Medicaid benefits, has not yet qualified for Medicaid benefits or is otherwise ineligible for such benefits. Medical assistance shall also be provided to any child in the behavioral services program operated by the Department of Developmental Services who is not receiving Medicaid benefits, has not yet qualified for Medicaid benefits or is otherwise ineligible for benefits. To the extent practicable, the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Developmental Services shall apply for, or assist such child in qualifying for, the Medicaid program.
(j) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment program services, as required and defined as of December 31, 2005, by 42 USC 1396a(a)(43), 42 USC 1396d(r) and 42 USC 1396d(a)(4)(B) and applicable federal regulations, to all persons who are under the age of twenty-one and otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this section.
(k) A veteran, as defined in section 27-103, and any member of his or her family, who applies for or receives assistance under the Medicaid program, shall apply for all benefits for which he or she may be eligible through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Defense.
(l) On and after January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, provide state-funded medical assistance to any child twelve years of age and younger, regardless of immigration status, (1) whose household income does not exceed two hundred one per cent of the federal poverty level without an asset limit, and (2) who does not otherwise qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, or an offer of affordable, employer-sponsored insurance, as defined in the Affordable Care Act, as an employee or a dependent of an employee. A child eligible for such assistance under this subsection shall continue to receive such assistance until such child is nineteen years of age, provided the child continues to meet the eligibility requirements prescribed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(b); 1969, P.A. 730, S. 8; P.A. 78-192, S. 4, 7; P.A. 80-50; P.A. 81-214, S. 6; P.A. 85-505, S. 14, 21; 85-527; P.A. 86-363, S. 3; P.A. 87-390, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-317, S. 1, 2; P.A. 92-233, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-289, S. 1–3; 93-435, S. 59, 95; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 16, 30; P.A. 95-194, S. 30, 33; 95-351, S. 22, 30; P.A. 96-251, S. 9; P.A. 97-288, S. 3, 6; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 70, 165; Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 19, 23; P.A. 99-279, S. 16, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 18, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 3, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 03-2, S. 10; 03-28, S. 2; 03-268, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 63; P.A. 04-16, S. 6; P.A. 05-1, S. 1; 05-24, S. 1; 05-43, S. 1; 05-280, S. 1; P.A. 06-164, S. 3; 06-188, S. 49; 06-196, S. 134, 238, 289; P.A. 07-185, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 7; P.A. 09-8, S. 3; 09-66, S. 1; P.A. 10-179, S. 66; P.A. 11-176, S. 3; P.A. 12-208, S. 5; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 8; P.A. 13-234, S. 127; P.A. 15-69, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 358, 370; P.A. 16-12, S. 1; 16-176, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 138; P.A. 18-72, S. 29; 18-81, S. 48; P.A. 19-117, S. 316; P.A. 21-172, S. 13; 21-176, S. 1; P.A. 22-118, S. 232, 237.)
History: 1969 act deleted varying income limits and exclusions dependent upon marital status and number of dependents, referring instead to income limits under federal law; P.A. 78-192 added provisions re increases in eligibility standards; P.A. 80-50 added Subsec. (b); P.A. 81-214 added provisions re effect of transfer of property on eligibility for benefits in Subsec. (a); P.A. 85-505 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the extension of benefits for 6 months for former recipients; P.A. 85-527 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the minimum income permissible under federal law” with 120% “of the standard of need”; P.A. 86-363 included children under 18 years of age who are living with their parents and are blind or disabled in group for which parental income shall be considered under Subsec. (b); P.A. 87-390 changed the limit from 120% to 133%, added language on division of property and transfer of the interest in a house between spouses, and added requirement for a written statement advising applicants of the effect of an assignment, transfer or other disposition of property on eligibility; P.A. 89-317 amended Subsec. (a) to require that a person be institutionalized, as defined in the Social Security Act, to be eligible for medical assistance, changed the time from which a transfer of assets will be permitted from 24 months to 30 months prior to the date of application and 30 months prior to the date of institutionalization and to require treatment of any disposition of assets in accordance with Section 1917 (c) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396p (c); P.A. 92-233 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re attribution of property disposed of on behalf of an applicant or his spouse by a guardian, conservator or authorized representative and disposition of property ordered by a court; P.A. 93-262 and 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-289, Sec. 1 required that the medical assistance program provide coverage to persons under the age of 6 and Sec. 2 was added editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (c) requiring the department of income maintenance to submit a report, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 removed the time limit on transfers of assets and extended coverage to children under the age of 19 born after September 30, 1983, rather than children under 6, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-134b transferred to Sec. 17b-261 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the eligibility for medical assistance from an income which is not more than 133% of the standard of need established pursuant to Sec. 17b-104 to an income which is not more than 142% of the benefit amount paid to a person with no income under the AFDC program in the appropriate region of residence and by requiring the commissioner to establish the standards for eligibility for medical assistance at 133% of the benefit amount paid to a family unit of equal size with no income under the AFDC program in the appropriate region of residence, added Subdiv. (d) requiring the commissioner to seek a waiver to permit federal financial participation for Medicaid expenditures and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 replaced 142% with 143% as the highest allowable percentage of income for the provision of medical assistance and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-251 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring that on and after October 1, 1996, reports be submitted to the legislative committee on human services and to legislators upon request and by adding provisions re submission of report summaries to legislators; P.A. 97-288 amended Subsec. (a) to require that contracts entered into after July 1, 1997, include provisions for collaboration of managed care organizations with the program established under Sec. 17a-56, effective July 1, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by extending Medicaid coverage, on and after July 1, 1998, from persons under the age of 19 born after September 30, 1983, to persons under the age of 19 born after September 30, 1981, or if possible, within available appropriations, born after June 30, 1980, with family income up to 185% of the federal poverty level without an asset limit, replaced references to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that on and after January 1, 1998, the medical assistance program shall provide coverage to persons under the age of 19 and deleted reference to “born after June 30, 1981, or if possible within available appropriations, born after June 30, 1980”, effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to require extension of coverage under the medical assistance program to parents of children enrolled in the HUSKY Plan, Part A and to their needy caretaker relatives who qualify for coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “born after September 30, 1981,” changing “July 1, 2000,” to “January 1, 2001,” changing the family income level for eligibility for medical assistance from 185% to 150% of federal poverty level, and adding provision re providing coverage upon the request of a person or upon a redetermination of eligibility, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsec. (b), added new Subsecs. (c) and (d) re availability and transfer of assets, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (e) and (f), effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; P.A. 03-2 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change and changing family income eligibility limit for parents and needy caretaker relatives who qualify for medical assistance program coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act from 150% of the federal poverty limit to 100% of the federal poverty limit, and added new Subsec. (g), redesignated by the Revisors as new Subsec. (f), re ineligibility on or after April 1, 2003, of all parent and needy caretaker relatives with incomes exceeding 100% of the federal poverty level, effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 03-28 added new Subsec. (g) re extended Medicaid eligibility; P.A. 03-268 deleted former Subsec. (e) re submission of annual report to General Assembly re children receiving Medicaid services and doctors and dentists participating in state or municipally-funded programs and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 added new Subsec. (h) requiring an institutionalized spouse applying for Medicaid, who has a spouse living in the community, to divert income to the community spouse so as to raise the community spouse's income to the level of the minimum monthly needs allowance described in Section 1924 of the Social Security Act, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-16 amended Subsec. (g) by adding “one of its members who is a caretaker relative is” re extended Medicaid eligibility and making a technical change; P.A. 05-1 added Subsec. (i) which extended transitional Medicaid benefits until June 30, 2005, for certain individuals who were to lose coverage between March 31, 2005, and May 31, 2005, effective March 10, 2005; P.A. 05-24 added new Subsec. (i) re provision of Medicaid coverage to a child under the supervision of the Commissioner of Children and Families, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-43 amended Subsec. (g) by eliminating “or a family with an adult who, within 6 months of becoming ineligible under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act becomes employed”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing family income limit re eligibility determinations for medical assistance for parents and needy caretakers of persons under the age of 19 from 100% to 150% of federal poverty level, deleted former Subsec. (f) re ineligibility for medical assistance for parents and needy caretaker relatives with incomes exceeding 100% of federal poverty level, redesignated Subsecs. (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (f) and (g), amended redesignated Subsec. (f) to reduce period of transitional medical assistance from 2 years to 1 year, add provision re extension of assistance to family that becomes ineligible “due to income from employment by” one of its members and provide that family receiving extended benefits “shall receive the balance of such extended benefits, provided no such family shall receive more than 12 additional months of such benefits”, deleted former Subsec. (i) which had extended transitional medical assistance to June 30, 2005, for certain individuals and added new Subsec. (h) re cost sharing requirements under the HUSKY Plan, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-164 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “Nurturing Families Network” for “Healthy Families Connecticut Program”, insert Subdiv. (1) designator and insert Subdiv. (2) re written statement on services provided by the Nurturing Families Network, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-188 added Subsec. (j) re requirement to provide Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment program services, as required by federal law, to persons under age 21 who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a) and (f), effective June 7, 2006, and inserted “and defined as of December 31, 2005,” and made a technical change in Subsec. (j), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing, except as provided in Sec. 17b-277, family income limits used to determine eligibility for medical assistance for parents and needy caretaker relatives of persons under the age of 19 from 150% of federal poverty level to 185% of federal poverty level, by providing that commissioner shall advise applicants in writing of effect that having income in excess of program limits will have with respect to program eligibility and availability of HUSKY Plan, Part B benefits for persons determined not eligible for medical assistance, and by making conforming changes, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring that medical assistance coverage be provided to persons under 19 with family income up to 185% of federal poverty level without an asset limit, by deleting provision requiring that commissioner, at the time application for assistance is made, provide a written statement re availability of HUSKY Plan, Part B, health insurance benefits to persons not eligible for assistance, and by adding provision requiring that commissioner provide written statement at the time a person is determined ineligible for assistance, deleted former Subsec. (h) re commissioner's authority to impose cost sharing requirements on parents and needy caretakers with incomes in excess of 100% of federal poverty level, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (i) and (j) as Subsecs. (h) and (i), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-8 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 09-66 amended Subsec. (h) by deleting “because of institutional status” and adding provisions re medical assistance to be provided to children in Department of Developmental Services' voluntary services program who are not receiving Medicaid benefits, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision requiring contracts to include provisions for collaboration of managed care organizations with the Nurturing Families Network, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-176 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provisions re determining whether a beneficiary under a special needs trust is disabled, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 12-208 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re income disregard for veterans' Aid and Attendance pension benefits, effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added Subsec. (j) re responsibility of veteran to apply for benefits through the Veterans' Administration or Department of Defense, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to change federal statutory citations, added new Subsec. (h) re conditions under which Medicaid eligibility will be granted for persons with certain life insurance policies and redesignated existing Subsecs. (h), (i) and (j) as Subsecs. (i), (j) and (k); P.A. 15-69 amended Subsec. (a) to change “family” to “household”, add reference to Sec. 17b-292, increase income eligibility from 185 per cent to 196 per cent of federal poverty level, add provision re use of modified adjusted gross income financial eligibility rules and add provision re ineligible individuals to be notified of potential eligibility for other programs as defined in 42 CFR 435.4, rather than availability of HUSKY Plan, Part B, effective June 19, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (i) to replace “voluntary” with “behavioral” re services program, effective July 1, 2015, and amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re decrease of income limit for parents and needy caretaker relatives from 196 per cent to 150 per cent of federal poverty level and make technical changes, effective August 1, 2015; P.A. 16-12 amended Subsec. (h) to delete former Subdiv. (2) re proceeds of surrendered policy to be used to pay for long-term care and delete Subdiv. (1) designator, effective May 6, 2016; P.A. 16-176 amended Subsec. (c) to add “, as amended from time to time” re references to 42 USC 1396p(d)(4)(A), effective June 6, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing 150 per cent with 133 per cent re household income for parents and needy caretaker relatives, effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 18-72 amended Subsec. (k) to replace “Veterans' Administration” with “United States Department of Veterans Affairs”; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing maximum household income for parents and needy caretaker relatives eligible under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act from 133 per cent of the federal poverty level to 150 per cent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing maximum income eligibility for parents and needy caretaker relatives from 150 per cent to 155 per cent of the federal poverty level; P.A. 21-172 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by replacing “Nurturing Families Network” with “Connecticut Home Visiting System”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 21-176 added Subsec. (l) re coverage of children regardless of immigration status; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by removing regional temporary family assistance benefit standards in the calculation of medical assistance income eligibility, added new subdivision designators (1) and (2) and redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subparas. (A) to (C), effective July 1, 2022, and amended Subsec. (l) by increasing the age of children eligible for state-funded medical assistance from 8 to 12 years regardless of immigration status and allowing such eligible children to retain such assistance until age 19, effective May 7, 2022.
Annotations to former section 17-134b:
Cited. 168 C. 336. Since disclaimer is invalid, state may reassess eligibility for assistance. 179 C. 463. Cited. 199 C. 524; 204 C. 17; Id., 672; 216 C. 85.
Commissioner is obligated to provide medical assistance for any otherwise eligible person whose income is not more than minimum income permissible under federal law for such eligibility. 34 CS 525. State regulation on Medicaid abortion funding is contrary to statutory provision. 40 CS 394.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557. Medicaid law in effect at time of Medicaid application governs calculation of available assets even if different law was in effect at time trust was created or became irrevocable; widow's proceeds from trust created in 1968 were subject to spousal asset calculation under Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, disqualifying second husband from Medicaid eligibility. 312 C. 196. Trust funds not available for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility when trustee has absolute and sole discretion on whether and how to disburse funds for support of beneficiary and amount of trust would be quickly exhausted if trust were deemed available to cover cost of care. 321 C. 259.
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Sec. 17b-261a. Transfer or assignment of assets resulting in the imposition of a penalty period. Return or partial return of asset. Regulations. (a) Any transfer or assignment of assets resulting in the imposition of a penalty period shall be presumed to be made with the intent, on the part of the transferor or the transferee, to enable the transferor to obtain or maintain eligibility for medical assistance. This presumption may be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence that the transferor's eligibility or potential eligibility for medical assistance was not a basis for the transfer or assignment.
(b) Any transfer or assignment of assets resulting in the establishment or imposition of a penalty period shall create a debt, as defined in section 36a-645, that shall be due and owing by the transferor or transferee to the Department of Social Services in an amount equal to the amount of the medical assistance provided to or on behalf of the transferor on or after the date of the transfer of assets, but said amount shall not exceed the fair market value of the assets at the time of transfer. The Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Attorney General shall have the power or authority to seek administrative, legal or equitable relief as provided by other statutes or by common law.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services may waive the imposition of a penalty period when the transferor (1) in accordance with the provisions of section 3025.25 of the department's Uniform Policy Manual, suffers from dementia at the time of application for medical assistance and cannot explain transfers that would otherwise result in the imposition of a penalty period; or (2) suffered from dementia at the time of the transfer; or (3) was exploited into making such a transfer due to dementia. Waiver of the imposition of a penalty period does not prohibit the establishment of a debt in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(d) (1) For purposes of this subsection, an “institutionalized individual” means an individual who has applied for or is receiving (A) services from a long-term care facility, (B) services from a medical institution that are equivalent to those services provided in a long-term care facility, or (C) home and community-based services under a Medicaid waiver.
(2) An institutionalized individual shall not be penalized for the transfer of an asset if the entire amount of the transferred asset is returned to the institutionalized individual. A transferee may return any portion of a transferred asset to the transferor. If any transferred asset is returned to the transferor, the Department of Social Services shall adjust the penalty period to the extent permitted by federal law, provided the ending date of the penalty period as originally determined by the department shall not change. The department shall consider the entire amount of the returned asset to be available to the transferor only from the date of return of the transferred asset, and shall not determine the transferor to be ineligible in the month the transferred asset is returned, provided the transferor reduced the returned asset in accordance with federal law.
(3) If there are multiple transfers of assets to the same or different transferees, a return of anything less than the total amount of the transferred assets from all of the separate transferees shall not constitute a return of the entire amount of the transferred assets and shall represent a partial return.
(4) The conveyance and subsequent return of an asset for the purpose of shifting costs to the Medicaid program shall be regarded as a trust-like device. Such asset shall be considered available for the purpose of determining Medicaid eligibility. The conveyance and subsequent return of an asset made exclusively for a purpose other than to qualify for the payment of long-term care services under the Medicaid program shall not be regarded as a trust-like device.
(e) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 4, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 62; P.A. 04-16, S. 7; P.A. 05-209, S. 4; 05-280, S. 40; P.A. 11-44, S. 104; P.A. 13-218, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) providing that transfer of assets resulting in imposition of a penalty period is presumed to be made with intent of allowing transferor to remain eligible for medical assistance, added Subsec. (c) re transfers resulting in imposition of a penalty period creating a debt due and owing to the department, added Subsec. (d) permitting commissioner to grant financial relief to nursing facility that demonstrates severe financial hardship due to imposition of transfer of assets penalties, added Subsec. (e) permitting commissioner to waive transfer of assets penalty period when transferor suffers from dementia or was exploited into making transfer, added Subsec. (f) providing that department, when determining medical assistance eligibility, shall review transfers of assets involving real property occurring in the 60 months preceding the date the individual applied for medical assistance and that federal law governs transfers of assets not involving real property, added Subsec. (g) permitting commissioner to establish threshold limits re annual asset transfers not subject to penalty and added Subsec. (h) requiring commissioner to implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out purposes of section while in the process of adopting regulations, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made technical changes in Subsec. (h); P.A. 05-209 deleted former Subsec. (a) re authority of commissioner to seek waiver of federal law for establishing penalty period for transfers of assets for less than fair market value, deleted former Subsec. (d) re commissioner's authority to grant financial relief to nursing homes experiencing severe financial hardship due to imposition of revised transfer of asset penalty period, deleted former Subsec. (e) re commissioner's authority to waive penalty period when transferor suffers from dementia, deleted former Subsec. (f) re 60-month penalty period for transfers of assets involving real property, deleted former Subsec. (g) re commissioner's authority to set threshold limits for transfers not subject to imposition of penalty period, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b), (c) and (h) as new Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c), respectively, effective July 6, 2005; P.A. 05-280 added new Subsec. (c) re commissioner's authority to waive penalty period when transferor suffers from dementia and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (d), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 11-44 added new Subsec. (d) re return or partial return of an asset and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 13-218 amended Subsec. (d) to add new Subdiv. (1) defining “institutionalized individual”, to designate existing provision re institutionalized individual not to be penalized as Subdiv. (2) and amend same to delete provision re partial asset return not to result in reduced penalty period and add provisions re return of portion of transferred asset, to redesignate existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (3) and amend same to add “and shall represent a partial return”, to delete former Subdiv. (2) re availability of entire amount of returned asset, to redesignate existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and amend same to add provision re conveyance and subsequent return of asset for a purpose other than to qualify under Medicaid not to be regarded as a trust-like device, and to delete former Subdiv. (4) re definition of “institutionalized individual”, effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-261b. Program eligibility determined by department. Spousal support. (a) The Department of Social Services shall be the sole agency to determine eligibility for assistance and services under programs operated and administered by said department.
(b) Any person filing an application with a probate court for spousal support, in accordance with section 45a-655, shall certify to that court that a copy of the application and accompanying attachments have been sent by regular mail, postage prepaid, to the Commissioner of Social Services. The probate court shall provide a notice of hearing to the commissioner at least fifteen business days prior to the hearing. The commissioner or a designee shall have the right to appear at such hearing and may present the commissioner's position as to the application in person or in writing. Any final order by the court on such application for spousal support shall be sent to the commissioner within seven business days of the order.
(c) No probate court shall approve an application for spousal support of a community spouse unless (1) notice is provided in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and (2) the order is consistent with state and federal law.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 5, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.
Although Subsec. (a) provides that Department of Social Services is the “sole agency” to determine eligibility for assistance and services under programs operated and administered by said department, Subsecs. (b) and (c) contemplate Probate Court having a role in that process, particularly with respect to the issuance of spousal support orders. 328 C. 294.
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Sec. 17b-261c. Medical assistance. Changes in circumstances. In no event shall an individual eligible for medical assistance under section 17b-261 be guaranteed eligibility for such assistance for six consecutive months without regard to changes in certain circumstances that would otherwise cause the individual to become ineligible for assistance.
(P.A. 03-2, S. 12; P.A. 04-16, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 03-2 effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made a technical change.
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Sec. 17b-261d. Disease management initiative. Implementation. Annual report. The Commissioner of Social Services may design and implement a care enhancement and disease management initiative, if such initiative is determined to be cost effective by the commissioner. The initiative shall provide for an integrated and systematic approach for managing the health care needs of high cost Medicaid recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the commissioner may contract with an entity to effectuate the purposes of this section, provided such entity has an established and demonstrated capability in the design and implementation of a disease management initiative. If implemented, the commissioner shall report annually on the status of the care enhancement and disease management initiative to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 51; P.A. 05-209, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-209 substituted “may” for “shall” re commissioner's design and implementation of care enhancement and disease management initiative, added “if such initiative is determined to be cost effective by the commissioner” and added “if implemented” with respect to annual reports re the status of initiative, effective July 1, 2005.
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Sec. 17b-261e. Mobile field hospital: HUSKY Health program coverage. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide coverage for isolation care and emergency services provided by the state's mobile field hospital to persons participating in the HUSKY Health program under this chapter.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 66; P.A. 07-252, S. 63; P.A. 15-69, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-252 substituted “mobile field hospital” for “critical access hospital”, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 15-69 changed “HUSKY Plan Part A and Part B and fee for services Medicaid programs” to “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-261f. Mobile field hospital account. There is established a mobile field hospital account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Moneys in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services to fund the operations of the mobile field hospital in the event of an activation. The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in the account.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 62; P.A. 07-252, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-252 substituted “mobile field hospital account” for “critical access hospital account” and “mobile field hospital” for “critical access hospital”, effective July 12, 2007.
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Sec. 17b-261g. Reimbursement under Medicaid program for certain therapy services provided to children by home health care agencies. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services shall provide reimbursement under the Medicaid program to children for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy services provided by a home health care agency, as defined in section 19a-490, in the child's home or a substantially equivalent environment. For purposes of such reimbursement, a substantially equivalent environment may include, but not be limited to, facilities that provide child care services, as defined in subsection (a) of section 19a-77, and after school programs, as defined in section 10-16x.
(P.A. 06-188, S. 50; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 25; P.A. 15-227, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 06-188 effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 inserted “To the extent permitted by federal law”, substituted “Medicaid” for “HUSKY Plan, Part A”, and substituted “physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy services” for “services”, effective October 6, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care services”, effective July 1, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-261h. Enrollment of HUSKY A recipients in available employer-sponsored private health insurance. Waiver from federal law. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, if required, seek a waiver from federal law for the purpose of enhancing the enrollment of HUSKY A recipients, as defined in subdivision (13) of section 17b-290, in available employer-sponsored private health insurance. Such a waiver shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions that: (1) Require the enrollment of HUSKY A parents, needy caretaker relatives and dependents in any available employer-sponsored health insurance to the maximum extent of available coverage as a condition of eligibility when determined to be cost effective by the Department of Social Services; (2) require a subsidy to be paid directly to the HUSKY A caretaker relatives in an amount equal to the premium payment requirements of any available employer-sponsored health insurance paid by way of payroll deduction; and (3) assure HUSKY A coverage requirements for medical assistance not covered by any available employer-sponsored health insurance.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any provision established in a contract between an employer and a health insurance carrier, no HUSKY A recipient, required to enroll in available employer-sponsored health insurance under this section, shall be prohibited from enrollment in employer-sponsored health insurance due to limitations on enrollment of employees in employer-sponsored health insurance to open enrollment periods.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner publishes notice of the intent to adopt the regulation on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 8; P.A. 09-8, S. 4; P.A. 15-69, S. 19.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-8 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3); P.A. 15-69 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to change “HUSKY Plan, Part A” to “HUSKY A”, further amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 17b-290(13) and amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to printing in Connecticut Law Journal with reference to publishing on department's Internet web site and eRegulations System, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-261i. Administrative services for Medicaid recipients. Regulations. Section 17b-261i is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 60; P.A. 10-179, S. 77; P.A. 11-44, S. 170; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-261j. Easy Breathing model in HUSKY Health program. The Commissioner of Social Services may require utilization of the Easy Breathing model in the HUSKY Health program.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 75; P.A. 15-69, S. 21.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 15-69 changed “HUSKY program” to “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-261k. Protected amount for the community spouse of an institutionalized Medicaid applicant. Regulations. Section 17b-261k is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 10-73, S. 1; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
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Sec. 17b-261l. Treatment of reverse annuity mortgage loan proceeds under Medicaid. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to require that funds derived from equity in home property through a reverse annuity mortgage loan or other home equity conversion loan are not treated as income or assets for the purpose of qualifying for benefits under the Medicaid program, provided (1) such funds are held in an account that does not contain any other funds, and (2) the Medicaid recipient does not transfer such funds to another person for less than fair market value. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 10-73, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 10-73 effective May 27, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-261m. Administrative services organization. Contract for services. Establishment of rates. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with one or more administrative services organizations to provide care coordination, utilization management, disease management, customer service and review of grievances for recipients of assistance under the HUSKY Health program. Such organization may also provide network management, credentialing of providers, monitoring of copayments and premiums and other services as required by the commissioner. Subject to approval by applicable federal authority, the Department of Social Services shall utilize the contracted organization's provider network and billing systems in the administration of the program. In order to implement the provisions of this section, the commissioner may establish rates of payment to providers of medical services under this section if the establishment of such rates is required to ensure that any contract entered into with an administrative services organization pursuant to this section is cost neutral to such providers in the aggregate and ensures patient access. Utilization may be a factor in determining cost neutrality.
(b) Any contract entered into with an administrative services organization, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall include a provision to reduce inappropriate use of hospital emergency department services, which may include a cost-sharing requirement and intensive care management services.
(P.A. 10-179, S. 20; P.A. 11-44, S. 115; 11-61, S. 124; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 7; P.A. 13-234, S. 79, 93; P.A. 14-62, S. 1; P.A. 15-69, S. 22, 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 397.)
History: P.A. 10-179 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding provision allowing commissioner to establish rates for providers, and added Subsec. (b) re contract provision to reduce inappropriate use of hospital emergency department services, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision excluding utilization as factor in determining cost neutrality, effective July 1, 2011; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “shall not” with “may” and add “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.” re utilization as a factor in determining cost neutrality, effective July 1, 2013, and further amended Subsec. (a) to remove reference to Charter Oak Health Plan, effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 14-62 amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re contract to require intensive case management services and re what such services include and to define “frequent users”, and added Subsecs. (c) to (e) re contractual and reporting requirements of contracting administrative services organization and monitoring of such organization by commissioner, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 15-69 amended Subsec. (a) to change “Medicaid and HUSKY Plan, Parts A and B” to “the HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (b) to add “and intensive care management services” and delete provisions re intensive case management services, and deleted former Subsecs. (c) to (e) re requirements for access to care and reporting, effective July 1, 2016.
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Sec. 17b-261n. Coverage for low-income adults under Medicaid program. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to establish alternative benefit package. Waiver application re eligibility and coverage. Regulations. Section 17b-261n is repealed, effective January 1, 2014.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 24; P.A. 11-44, S. 116; P.A. 12-208, S. 6; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 26; P.A. 13-234, S. 156.)
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Sec. 17b-261o. Imposition of penalty period when undue hardship exists. Exception. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services shall not impose a penalty period pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261 or subsection (a) of section 17b-261a if such imposition would create an undue hardship.
(b) For purposes of this section, “undue hardship” exists when (1) the life or health of the applicant would be endangered by the deprivation of medical care, or the applicant would be deprived of food, clothing, shelter or other necessities of life, (2) the applicant is otherwise eligible for medical assistance under section 17b-261 but for the imposition of the penalty period, (3) if the applicant is receiving long-term care services at the time of the imposition of a penalty period, the provider of long-term care services has notified the applicant that such provider intends to discharge or discontinue providing long-term care services to the applicant due to nonpayment, (4) if the applicant is not receiving long-term care services at the time of the imposition of a penalty period, a provider of long-term care services has refused to provide long-term care services to the applicant due to the imposition of a penalty period, and (5) no other person or organization is willing and able to provide long-term care services to the applicant.
(c) The commissioner shall impose a penalty period pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261 or subsection (a) of section 17b-261a if (1) the applicant made a transfer or assignment of assets to deliberately impoverish such applicant in order to obtain or maintain eligibility for medical assistance, or (2) the transfer or assignment of assets was made by the applicant's legal representative or the joint owner of the assets. The commissioner may waive the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to this subsection if (A) the applicant suffers from dementia or other cognitive impairment and cannot explain the transfer or assignment of assets, (B) the applicant suffered from dementia or other cognitive impairment at the time the transfer or assignment of assets was made, (C) the applicant was exploited into making the transfer or assignment of assets due to dementia or other cognitive impairment, or (D) the applicant's legal representative or the record owner of a jointly held asset made the transfer or assignment of assets without the authorization of the applicant.
(P.A. 11-176, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-176 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-261p. Notice re determination of penalty period. Filing claim of undue hardship. Nursing home involvement. (a) As used in this section and section 17b-261o, “applicant” means an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance pursuant to section 17b-261.
(b) If the Commissioner of Social Services, in determining an applicant's eligibility for medical assistance pursuant to section 17b-261, intends to impose a penalty period as a result of a transfer or assignment of assets pursuant to section 17b-261 or section 17b-261a, the commissioner shall provide a preliminary notice to the applicant. Such notice shall include a statement that the applicant may contest the imposition of a penalty period by (1) filing a claim of undue hardship, as defined in section 17b-261o, or (2) providing evidence to rebut the presumption resulting in the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261a. The applicant shall have fifteen days after the date on which the preliminary notice is postmarked to contest the imposition of a penalty period indicated in such preliminary notice. The commissioner shall grant one extension of time to file such claim or provide such evidence if requested by the applicant and shall grant additional extensions of time if reasonable. Failure to file a claim of undue hardship under this subsection shall not prohibit an applicant from making a claim of undue hardship at an administrative hearing.
(c) If the applicant contests the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner shall provide an interim decision notice to the applicant not later than ten days after the applicant files a claim or provides evidence pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The interim decision notice shall denote the commissioner's decision to either reverse or uphold the imposition of a penalty period indicated in the preliminary notice. If the commissioner decides to uphold the imposition of a penalty period, the interim decision notice shall specify the projected commencement and expiration dates of such penalty period.
(d) When the commissioner determines the eligibility of an applicant for medical assistance under section 17b-261, the commissioner shall provide a final decision notice to the applicant. Such final decision notice shall include (1) a statement confirming any determination the commissioner made with regard to the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to this section, and (2) a description of the applicant's appeal rights.
(e) If, during the course of a penalty period, an applicant receives notice from a provider of long-term care services that the provider intends to (1) discharge the applicant, (2) discontinue providing long-term care services to the applicant, or (3) refuse to provide long-term care services to the applicant because of the imposition of a penalty period against the applicant pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261 or subsection (a) of section 17b-261a, the applicant shall have not more than sixty days after receiving such notice to file a claim of undue hardship with the commissioner. Not later than ten days after receiving such claim, the commissioner shall provide a final decision notice to the applicant. Such final decision notice shall inform the applicant whether or not (A) the commissioner has determined that undue hardship exists, and (B) the penalty period shall be waived.
(f) (1) A nursing home, on behalf of an applicant, may request an extension of time to claim undue hardship pursuant to subsections (b) and (e) of this section if (A) the applicant is receiving long-term care services in such nursing home, (B) the applicant has no legal representative, and (C) the nursing home provides certification from a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse that the applicant is incapable of caring for himself or herself, as defined in section 45a-644, or incapable of managing his or her affairs, as defined in section 45a-644. The commissioner shall grant such request to allow a legal representative to be appointed to act on behalf of the applicant.
(2) The commissioner shall accept any claim filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section by a nursing home and allow the nursing home to represent the applicant with regard to such claim if the applicant or the legal representative of the applicant gives permission to the nursing home to file a claim pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 11-176, S. 2; P.A. 16-39, S. 14; P.A. 21-196, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 11-176 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-39 amended Subsec. (f)(1)(C) by adding reference to advanced practice registered nurse; P.A. 21-196 amended Subsec. (f)(1) by adding reference to physician assistants.
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Sec. 17b-261q. Action by nursing home facility to collect debt for unpaid care provided during penalty period. (a) For purposes of this section and sections 17b-261r and 17b-261s, (1) “nursing home facility” means a chronic and convalescent nursing home and a rest home with nursing supervision, and (2) “penalty period” means the period of Medicaid ineligibility imposed pursuant to 42 USC 1396p(c), as amended from time to time, on a person whose assets have been transferred for less than fair market value for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining Medicaid eligibility.
(b) Any transfer or assignment of assets resulting in the establishment or imposition of a penalty period shall create a debt, as defined in section 36a-645, that shall be due and owing to a nursing home facility for the unpaid cost of care provided during the penalty period to a nursing home facility resident who has been subject to the penalty period. The amount of the debt established shall not exceed the fair market value of the transferred assets at the time of transfer that are the subject of the penalty period.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not affect other rights or remedies of the parties. A nursing home facility may bring an action to collect a debt for unpaid care given to a resident who has been subject to a penalty period, provided (1) the debt recovery does not exceed the fair market value of the transferred asset at the time of transfer, and (2) the asset transfer that triggered the penalty period took place not earlier than two years prior to the date of the resident's Medicaid application. The nursing home facility may bring such action against (A) the transferor, or (B) the transferee.
(d) In actions brought under subsection (c) of this section, a court of competent jurisdiction may award actual damages, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to a nursing home facility if such court determines, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that a defendant incurred a debt to a nursing home facility by (1) wilfully transferring assets that are the subject of a penalty period, (2) receiving such assets with knowledge of such purpose, or (3) making a material misrepresentation or omission concerning such assets. Court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees shall be awarded as a matter of law to a defendant who successfully defends an action or a counterclaim brought pursuant to this section. Any court, including a probate court acting under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 45a-98 or section 45a-364, may also order that such assets or proceeds from the transfer of such assets be held in constructive trust to satisfy such debt.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a conservator who transfers income or principal with the approval of the Probate Court under subsection (d) or (e) of section 45a-655.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 128.)
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Sec. 17b-261r. Determination of applied income. Notice. Action by nursing home facility to recover applied income. (a) For purposes of this section, “applied income” means the income of a recipient of medical assistance, pursuant to section 17b-261, that is required, after the exhaustion of all appeals and in accordance with state and federal law, to be paid to a nursing home facility for the cost of care and services.
(b) In determining the amount of applied income, the Department of Social Services shall take into consideration any modification to the applied income due to revisions in a medical assistance recipient's community spouse minimum monthly needs allowance, as described in Section 1924 of the Social Security Act, and any other modification to applied income allowed by state or federal law.
(c) A nursing home facility shall provide written notice to a recipient of medical assistance and any person authorized under law to be in control of such recipient's applied income (1) of the amount of applied income due pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, (2) of the recipient's legal obligation to pay such applied income to the nursing home facility, and (3) that the recipient's failure to pay applied income due to a nursing home facility not later than ninety days after receiving such notice from the nursing home facility may result in a civil action in accordance with this section.
(d) Pursuant to the notice provisions of subsections (c) and (f) of this section, a nursing home facility that is owed applied income may, in addition to all other remedies authorized under statutory and common law, bring a civil action to recover the applied income, provided the nursing home facility shall not commence such action against a recipient of medical assistance who has asserted that the applied income is needed to increase the minimum monthly needs allowance of the recipient's community spouse, pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(e)(2)(B). In such case, the nursing home facility may not commence such action until the recipient, the recipient's community spouse or the legal representative of either has exhausted their appeal rights before the Department of Social Services and in court. A nursing home facility may bring such action against (1) a medical assistance recipient who owes the applied income, or (2) a person with legal access to such recipient's applied income who acted with the intent to (A) deprive such recipient of the applied income, or (B) appropriate the applied income for himself, herself or a third person.
(e) If a court of competent jurisdiction determines, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that a defendant wilfully failed to pay or withheld applied income due and owing to a nursing home facility for more than ninety days after receiving notice pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the court may award the amount of the debt owed, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the nursing home facility. Court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees shall be awarded as a matter of law to a defendant who successfully defends an action or a counterclaim brought pursuant to this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a conservator who transfers income or principal with the approval of the Probate Court under subsection (d) or (e) of section 45a-655.
(f) A nursing home facility shall not file any action under this section until (1) thirty days after it has given written notice of such action to any person who received notice pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, or (2) ninety-one days after it has given written notice of such action and the information required by subsection (c) of this section to any person who has not received notice pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 129.)
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Sec. 17b-261s. Copy of complaint, judgment or decree to be mailed in action by nursing home facility. Upon commencement of any action brought under section 17b-261q or 17b-261r, a nursing home facility shall mail a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Services and, upon entry of any judgment or decree in the action, shall mail a copy of such judgment or decree to the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Services.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 130.)
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Sec. 17b-261t. Contents of Medicaid benefits cards. Section 17b-261t is repealed, effective July 2, 2015.
(P.A. 14-62, S. 2; P.A. 15-165, S. 3.)
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Sec. 17b-261u. Alternate coverage after loss of Medicaid eligibility for parent or needy caretaker relative. Review. Quarterly reports. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall review whether a parent or needy caretaker relative, who qualifies for Medicaid coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act and is no longer eligible on and after August 1, 2015, pursuant to section 17b-261, remains eligible for Medicaid under the same or a different category of coverage before terminating coverage.
(b) The commissioner and the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, established pursuant to section 38a-1081, shall ensure that such parent or needy caretaker relative is given an opportunity to enroll in a qualified health plan without a gap in coverage. The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange shall enlist the assistance of health and social services community-based organizations to contact and advise such parent or needy caretaker relative of options for health insurance coverage.
(c) Not later than November 1, 2015, and quarterly thereafter until December 1, 2017, the commissioner and the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange shall report to the Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight on the number of such parents and caretaker relatives who, due to changes in income eligibility effective August 1, 2015, (1) were no longer eligible for Medicaid, (2) remained eligible after the commissioner's review pursuant to this section, (3) lost Medicaid coverage and enrolled in a qualified health plan without a gap in coverage, (4) lost Medicaid coverage and did not enroll in a qualified health plan immediately after such coverage loss, and (5) enrolled in a qualified health plan but were disenrolled for failure to pay premiums.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 371.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-261v. Parent or needy caretaker relative. Review of Medicaid coverage options. The Commissioner of Social Services shall review whether a parent or needy caretaker relative, who qualifies for Medicaid coverage under Section 1931 of the Social Security Act and is no longer eligible on and after January 1, 2018, remains eligible for Medicaid under the same or a different category of coverage before terminating coverage.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 139.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective January 1, 2018.
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Sec. 17b-261w. Prior authorization, utilization review criteria for medical assistance. Waivers. Suspensions. Notice requirements. The Commissioner of Social Services may waive or suspend, in whole or in part, to the extent the commissioner deems necessary, any prior authorization or other utilization review criteria and procedures for the state medical assistance program. The commissioner shall include notice of any such waiver or suspension in a provider bulletin sent to affected providers and posted on the state medical assistance program's Internet web site not later than fourteen days before implementing such waiver or suspension. As used in this section, “state medical assistance program” means the state's Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program under Title XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 21-133, S. 5; P.A. 22-78, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 21-133 effective July 7, 2021; P.A. 22-78 made technical changes, effective May 24, 2022.
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Sec. 17b-261x. Minimum protected resource allowance for community spouse of institutionalized Medicaid recipient. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Institutionalized spouse” has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(1);
(2) “Community spouse” has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 1396r-5(h)(2); and
(3) “Minimum community spouse resource allowance” means the minimum amount of assets a community spouse of an institutionalized spouse may keep pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-5(f)(2).
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan in accordance with federal law to set the minimum community spouse resource allowance at fifty thousand dollars.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2023, the commissioner shall report on the impact of increasing the minimum community spouse resource allowance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of community spouses who were able to keep additional assets as a result of the increase in the minimum community spouse resource allowance pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and (2) the cost to the state of increasing said amount.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 235.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
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Sec. 17b-261y. Department to compile annual data on denial of Medicaid eligibility in any matter in which Probate Court issued order or decree re assets or income affecting Medicaid eligibility. The Department of Social Services shall compile annual data concerning the denial of Medicaid eligibility in any matter in which a Probate Court in this state issued an order or decree concerning assets or income that, according to the department, affected an individual's Medicaid eligibility. Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the department, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and human services on: (1) On any Probate Court order or decree relating to assets or income with which the department did not comply and, according to the department, affected an individual applying for Medicaid eligibility, such report shall include a written explanation for such noncompliance and whether the department appealed the Probate Court order or decree; and (2) for all occurrences described in subdivision (1) of this section, whether the denial of Medicaid eligibility by the department was appealed and the outcome or status of any such appeal.
(P.A. 22-112, S. 3.)
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Sec. 17b-262. (Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing home facilities. The Commissioner of Social Services may make such regulations as are necessary to administer the medical assistance program. Such regulations shall include provisions requiring the Department of Social Services (1) to monitor admissions to nursing home facilities, as defined in section 19a-521, and (2) to prohibit the admission by such facilities of persons with primary psychiatric diagnoses if such admission would jeopardize federal reimbursements.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(d); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 87-113; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-113 added requirements for the regulations in Subdivs. (1) and (2); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134d transferred to Sec. 17b-262 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134d:
Cited. 168 C. 336. Since disclaimer is invalid, state may reassess eligibility for assistance. 179 C. 463. Cited. 191 C. 384; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85; 226 C. 818.
Cited. 40 CS 394.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 567.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557. Provision in Regs., Conn. State Agencies Sec. 17-134d-33(e)(1)(C) that entitles individual to nonemergency medical transportation to and from a medical provider only if services provided are “medical services covered by Medicaid” means services for which Medicaid program will actually pay, not services of a type covered by Medicaid; transportation costs that are eligible for Medicaid payment only if such medical services are provided in “a clinic or hospital setting” are not of same type as transportation costs for services provided by an independent psychologist in a private office setting, which are ineligible for Medicaid payment. 276 C. 618.
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Sec. 17b-263. (Formerly Sec. 17-274b). Utilization of outpatient mental health services. Contracts for services. Fee schedule and payment for services. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall extend the provisions of section 17-134d-11 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to monitor and control Medicaid recipient utilization of outpatient mental health services. The commissioner shall contract, through a competitive bidding process, for recipient surveillance and review services. Such contract shall authorize the imposition of utilization controls, including but not limited to, prior authorization requirements based on medical appropriateness and cost effectiveness.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17b-239, the commissioner shall establish a service-specific fee schedule for hospital outpatient mental health therapy services, except for partial hospitalization and other comprehensive services as defined by the commissioner. Payment for partial hospitalization services shall be considered payment in full for all outpatient mental health services.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 10, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-233, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 88.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-274b transferred to Sec. 17b-263 in 1995; P.A. 11-233 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re rate paid to be rate established in Sec. 17b-239(d) and adding provision requiring commissioner to establish service-specific fee schedule, effective July 1, 2011; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 17b-239(d) with reference to Sec. 17b-239(c), effective June 2, 2016.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-263a. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to include assertive community treatment teams and community support services. Section 17b-263a is repealed, effective June 6, 2018.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 84; P.A. 11-215, S. 9; P.A. 18-99, S. 2.)
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Sec. 17b-263b. Pilot program for individuals ages nineteen to twenty-one with a mental disorder and chronic health condition. Eligibility. Section 17b-263b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 11; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
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Sec. 17b-263c. Medical homes. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish medical homes as a model for delivering care to recipients of assistance under medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services.
(b) The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to (1) establish medical homes as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, and (2) pursue optional initiatives or policies authorized pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including, but not limited, to: (A) Coverage of family planning services; (B) the establishment of a temporary high risk pool for individuals with preexisting conditions; (C) the establishment of an incentive program for the prevention of chronic diseases; (D) the provision of health homes to medical assistance beneficiaries with chronic conditions; (E) the establishment of Medicaid payments to institutions for mental disease demonstration project; (F) the establishment of a dual eligible demonstration program; (G) the establishment of a balancing incentive payment program for home and community-based services; (H) the establishment of a “Community First Choice Option”; (I) the establishment of a demonstration project to make bundled payments to hospitals; (J) the establishment of a demonstration project to allow pediatric medical providers to organize as accountable care organizations; (K) implementation of modified adjusted gross income eligibility rules; and (L) coordination of an integrated eligibility system with the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner prints notice of the intention to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures shall remain valid for three years following the date of publication in the Connecticut Law Journal unless otherwise provided for by the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the time frames established in subsection (c) of section 17b-10, the commissioner shall submit such policies and procedures in proposed regulation form to the legislative regulation review committee not later than three years following the date of publication of its intent to adopt regulations as provided for in this subsection. In the event that the commissioner is unable to submit proposed regulations prior to the expiration of the three-year time period as provided for in this subsection, the commissioner shall submit written notice, not later than thirty-five days prior to the date of expiration of such time period, to the legislative regulation review committee and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies indicating that the department will not be able to submit the proposed regulations on or before such date and shall include in such notice (i) the reasons why the department will not submit the proposed regulations by such date, and (ii) the date by which the department will submit the proposed regulations. The legislative regulation review committee may require the department to appear before the committee at a time prescribed by the committee to further explain such reasons and to respond to any questions by the committee about the policy. The legislative regulation review committee may request the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services to review the department's policy, the department's reasons for not submitting the proposed regulations by the date specified in this section and the date by which the department will submit the proposed regulations. Said joint standing committee may review the policy, such reasons and such date, may schedule a hearing thereon and may make a recommendation to the legislative regulation review committee.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 110; P.A. 13-234, S. 113.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision authorizing commissioner to implement policies authorized pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, replace “relating” with “including, but not limited,” and add Subparas. (K) and (L) re modified adjusted gross income eligibility rules and coordination with Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-264. (Formerly Sec. 17-134e). Extension of other public assistance provisions. All of the provisions of sections 17b-22, 17b-75 to 17b-77, inclusive, 17b-79 to 17b-83, inclusive, 17b-85 to 17b-103, inclusive, and 17b-600 to 17b-604, inclusive, are extended to the medical assistance program except such provisions as are inconsistent with federal law and regulations governing Title XIX of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 and sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(e); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 71, 165; P.A. 05-280, S. 23; P.A. 06-188, S. 19.)
History: Sec. 17-134e transferred to Sec. 17b-264 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-280 substituted reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 replaced reference to “17b-79 to 17b-103, inclusive” with “17b-79 to 17b-83, inclusive, 17b-85 to 17b-103, inclusive” re statutory provisions that are extended to the medical assistance program, effective July 1, 2006.
Annotations to former section 17-134e:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 172 C. 292. Since disclaimer is invalid, state may reassess eligibility for assistance. 179 C. 463. Cited. 204 C. 17; 209 C. 390; 216 C. 85; 225 C. 314.
Cited. 44 CA 143.
Section extends the provisions of chapter 302 to the medical assistance program except such provisions which are inconsistent with federal law and part IV of chapter 302. 32 CS 523.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557; 237 C. 550; 240 C. 141.
Cited. 44 CA 143.
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Sec. 17b-265. (Formerly Sec. 17-134f). Department subrogated to right of recovery of applicant or recipient. Utilization of personal health insurance. Insurance coverage of medical assistance recipients. Limitations. Allocation of child support obligor funds. (a) In accordance with 42 USC 1396k, the Department of Social Services shall be subrogated to any right of recovery or indemnification that an applicant or recipient of medical assistance or any legally liable relative of such applicant or recipient has against an insurer or other legally liable third party including, but not limited to, a self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plan, managed care organization, health care center, pharmacy benefit manager, dental benefit manager, third-party administrator or other party that is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, for the cost of all health care items or services furnished to the applicant or recipient, including, but not limited to, hospitalization, pharmaceutical services, physician services, nursing services, behavioral health services, long-term care services and other medical services, not to exceed the amount expended by the department for such care and treatment of the applicant or recipient. In the case of such a recipient who is an enrollee in a care management organization under a Medicaid care management contract with the state or a legally liable relative of such an enrollee, the department shall be subrogated to any right of recovery or indemnification which the enrollee or legally liable relative has against such a private insurer or other third party for the medical costs incurred by the care management organization on behalf of an enrollee. Whenever funds owed to a person are collected pursuant to this section and the person who otherwise would have been entitled to such funds is subject to a court-ordered current or arrearage child support payment obligation in an IV-D support case, such funds shall first be paid to the state for reimbursement of Medicaid funds paid on behalf of such person for medical expenses incurred for injuries related to a legal claim by such person that was the subject of the state's right of subrogation, and remaining funds, if any, shall then be paid to the Office of Child Support Services for distribution pursuant to the federally mandated child support distribution system implemented pursuant to subsection (j) of section 17b-179. Any additional claim of the state to the remainder of such funds, if any, shall be paid in accordance with state law.
(b) An applicant or recipient or legally liable relative, by the act of the applicant's or recipient's receiving medical assistance, shall be deemed to have made a subrogation assignment and an assignment of claim for benefits to the department. The department shall inform an applicant of such assignments at the time of application. Any entitlements from a contractual agreement with an applicant or recipient, legally liable relative or a state or federal program for such medical services, not to exceed the amount expended by the department, shall be so assigned. Such entitlements shall be directly reimbursable to the department by third party payors. The Department of Social Services may assign its right to subrogation or its entitlement to benefits to a designee or a health care provider participating in the Medicaid program and providing services to an applicant or recipient, in order to assist the provider in obtaining payment for such services. In accordance with subsection (b) of section 38a-472, a provider that has received an assignment from the department shall notify the recipient's health insurer or other legally liable third party including, but not limited to, a self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plan, managed care organization, health care center, pharmacy benefit manager, dental benefit manager, third-party administrator or other party that is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, of the assignment upon rendition of services to the applicant or recipient. Failure to so notify the health insurer or other legally liable third party shall render the provider ineligible for payment from the department. The provider shall notify the department of any request by the applicant or recipient or legally liable relative or representative of such applicant or recipient for billing information. This subsection shall not be construed to affect the right of an applicant or recipient to maintain an independent cause of action against such third party tortfeasor.
(c) Claims for recovery or indemnification submitted by the department, or the department's designee, shall not be denied solely on the basis of the date of the submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim, the lack of prior authorization or the failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-service that is the basis of the claim, if (1) the claim is submitted by the state within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished; and (2) any action by the state to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within six years of the state's submission of the claim.
(d) When a recipient of medical assistance has personal health insurance in force covering care or other benefits provided under such program, payment or part-payment of the premium for such insurance may be made when deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Social Services. The commissioner shall limit reimbursement to medical assistance providers for coinsurance and deductible payments under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure that the combined Medicare and Medicaid payment to the provider shall not exceed the maximum allowable under the Medicaid program fee schedules.
(e) No self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plan, managed care plan, or any plan offered or administered by a health care center, pharmacy benefit manager, dental benefit manager, third-party administrator or other party that is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, shall contain any provision that has the effect of denying or limiting enrollment benefits or excluding coverage because services are rendered to an insured or beneficiary who is eligible for or who received medical assistance under this chapter. No insurer, as defined in section 38a-497a, shall impose requirements on the state Medicaid agency, which has been assigned the rights of an individual eligible for Medicaid and covered for health benefits from an insurer, that differ from requirements applicable to an agent or assignee of another individual so covered.
(f) The Commissioner of Social Services shall not pay for any services provided under this chapter if the individual eligible for medical assistance has coverage for the services under an accident or health insurance policy.
(g) An insurer or other legally liable third party, upon receipt of a claim submitted by the department or the department's designee, in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, for payment of a health care item or service covered under a state medical assistance program administered by the department, shall, not later than ninety days after receipt of the claim or not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, whichever is later, (1) make payment on the claim, (2) request information necessary to determine its legal obligation to pay the claim, or (3) issue a written reason for denial of the claim. Failure to pay, request information necessary to determine legal obligation to pay or issue a written reason for denial of a claim not later than one hundred twenty days after receipt of the claim, or not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this section, whichever is later, creates an uncontestable obligation to pay the claim. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all claims, including claims submitted by the department or the department's designee prior to July 1, 2021.
(h) On and after July 1, 2021, an insurer or other legally liable third party who has reimbursed the department for a health care item or service paid for and covered under a state medical assistance program administered by the department shall, upon determining it is not liable and at risk for cost of the health care item or service, request any refund from the department not later than twelve months from the date of its reimbursement to the department.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(f); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-145; P.A. 84-367, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-283, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 6, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-418, S. 32, 41; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 6, 30; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-305, S. 3, 6; P.A. 99-279, S. 17, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 20; P.A. 09-8, S. 5; P.A. 10-179, S. 78; P.A. 11-44, S. 84; 11-61, S. 126; P.A. 12-119, S. 5; P.A. 15-247, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 388; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 334; P.A. 22-118, S. 452.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-145 made the existing section Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (a) dealing with subrogation to any right of recovery, assignment of claim for benefits and entitlements and right of action against third party tortfeasors; P.A. 84-367 added Subsec. (c) prohibiting a provision denying or limiting insurance benefits because services are rendered to an insured who is eligible for or received medical assistance and added Subsec. (d) prohibiting the commissioner from paying for services if the individual has coverage under an accident or health insurance policy; P.A. 90-283 in Subsec. (a) subrogated the department to any right of recovery of a legally liable relative of an applicant or recipient of medical assistance and added provisions whereby the department may assign its right of subrogation; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (b) to require a limitation on reimbursement to medical assistance providers for coinsurance and deductible payments to not exceed the maximum allowable under the Medicaid fee schedules, except for those providers licensed by the department of health services; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 changed reference to insurer to a private insurer or third party and made other technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 amended Subsec. (c) to prevent insurers from imposing requirements on the department of social services which deny or limit benefits which have been assigned pursuant to this section, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-134f transferred to Sec. 17b-265 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-305 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting a provision that an insurer, health care center or issuer of any service plan contract for hospital or medical expense coverage shall not impose requirements on the Department of Social Services which limit or deny benefits and adding a provision prohibiting an insurer from imposing certain requirements on the state Medicaid agency, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the department shall be subrogated to any right of recovery or indemnification which an enrollee in a managed care organization under a Medicaid managed care contract or legally liable relative has against a private insurer or other third party for the medical costs incurred by the managed care organization on behalf of an enrollee and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by dividing existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended redesignated Subsec. (a) by deleting “private”, adding “legally liable”, delineating entities deemed an insurer or a legally liable third party, adding “legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service”, re responsibilities of third party, providing that health care items or services include behavioral health services and long-term care services and making technical changes, amended redesignated Subsec. (b) by adding “In accordance with subsection (b) of section 38a-472” re provider's notice to department of receipt of an assignment, replacing “private insurer” with “health insurer”, adding “legally liable”, and delineating entities deemed a health insurer or a legally liable third party, added new Subsec. (c) re time parameters for submission of claims for recovery or indemnification by department, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (d) as Subsecs. (d) to (f), and amended redesignated Subsec. (e) by redefining types of health insurance plans that shall not contain provisions which have effect of denying or limiting enrollment benefits or excluding coverage because services are rendered to individual who is receiving medical assistance and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-8 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to managed care with references to care management, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision requiring Commissioner of Public Health to limit reimbursement payments to providers whose rates are established under Ch. 368d, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting provision added by P.A. 11-44, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-119 added references to third-party administrator in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (e) and amended Subsec. (c) to add “the lack of prior authorization”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 15-247 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to Sec. 38a-553(c), effective July 10, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (d) to delete exception re providers whose rates are established pursuant to Ch. 368d, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting “Effective January 1, 1992,” and added Subsecs. (g) and (h) re deadlines for payments or refunds, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting provisions re allocation of funds due to persons subject to court-ordered child support payments, effective July 1, 2022.
Annotations to former section 17-134f:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557. Federal Medicaid statutes reasonably cannot be categorized as plain and unambiguous; determination of whether statutes require state to pursue third party tortfeasor directly for reimbursement, or, alternatively, require state to compensate recipient pro rata for attorney's fees and costs, will encompass text of relevant Medicaid statutes as well as their broader context and purpose; state has met federal obligation to seek reimbursement of Medicaid funds when third parties are found to be liable for a recipient's medical expenses by providing for assignment and subrogation rights and by allowing state to assert lien against funds recovered by Medicaid recipients from third parties; federal statutes governing Medicaid program do not require state to pursue third party tortfeasors directly for reimbursement of Medicaid funds, or, if state chooses to collect reimbursement indirectly from Medicaid recipient, to reduce amount of reimbursement pro rata to compensate recipient for attorney's fees and costs incurred in pursuing third party; Connecticut's reimbursement provisions, this section and Secs. 17b-93 and 17b-94, satisfy Medicaid reimbursement requirements imposed by federal law. 287 C. 82. Subsec. (a) authorizes a private managed care organization, as department's designee, to seek reimbursement from a Medicaid recipient for medical costs recovered by the Medicaid recipient from a liable third party. 315 C. 674.
Where department through its contract with defendant assigned its statutory right to subrogation under section to defendant, defendant had the right to seek reimbursement from insured for funds received from settlement with tortfeasor third party. 133 CA 202.
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Sec. 17b-265a. Physicians providing services to dually eligible Medicaid and Medicare clients. Rates. Effective April 1, 2003, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available Medicaid appropriations, grant a rate increase to physicians who provide services to clients who are eligible under both Medicaid and Medicare.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 54.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.
See Sec. 17b-265 re insurance coverage of medical assistance recipients and limitations.
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Sec. 17b-265b. Reimbursement rates for pathologists. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall reimburse pathologists, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, who provide medical services to individuals under programs administered by the department, for the professional component of their service, with no distinction made as to whether such service is provided in a hospital or outpatient setting. In no event shall such rate exceed the prevailing rate paid to physicians for similar physician services.
(b) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, any increase in reimbursement shall not exceed the aggregate sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars for each fiscal year.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 79.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003.
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Sec. 17b-265c. Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible pilot program. The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall amend the Medicaid state plan to establish a pilot program serving not more than five hundred elderly or disabled state medical assistance recipients who are also eligible for Medicare and who voluntarily opt to participate in the program. Such program shall demonstrate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of delivering comprehensive health insurance coverage in a managed care setting to such recipients. The commissioner may include medical assistance services in the pilot program not presently covered in the state medical assistance program or other modifications to the state medical assistance program to encourage voluntary participation in the pilot program.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 04-258 effective June 1, 2004.
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Sec. 17b-265d. Definition of full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary. Prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Copayment coverage. Enrollment in benchmark plan. Commissioner's enrollment authority. (a) As used in this section, “full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary” means a person who has coverage for Medicare Part D drugs and is eligible for full medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-261, under any category of eligibility.
(b) On and after the effective date of the Medicare Part D program established pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, no Medicaid prescription drug coverage shall be provided to a Medicaid recipient eligible for Medicare Part D for Medicare Part D drugs, as defined in said act. Medicaid coverage shall be provided to a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary for prescription drugs that are not Medicare Part D drugs, as defined in said act.
(c) A full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary shall be responsible for any Medicare Part D prescription drug copayments imposed pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 in an amount not to exceed seventeen dollars per month in the aggregate. The Department of Social Services shall be responsible for payment, on behalf of such beneficiary, of any portion of such Medicare Part D prescription drug copayment which exceeds seventeen dollars in the aggregate in any month.
(d) Each full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary shall enroll in a Medicare Part D benchmark plan. To the extent permitted under federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services may be the authorized representative of a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary for the purpose of enrolling the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D benchmark plan.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 19; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 1; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 30, 31; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 386; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2 added new Subsec. (a) defining “full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary”, redesignated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec. (c) re department's responsibility for payment of Medicare Part D prescription drug copayments on behalf of a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary, effective December 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 added Subsec. (d) re authority of Commissioner of Social Services to act as the authorized representative of a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary for purposes of enrolling the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D plan, effective December 1, 2005; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (c) to require drug copayments not to exceed $15 per month and to specify that Department of Social Services is responsible for copayments exceeding that amount in any month, and amended Subsec. (d) to add provision requiring certain Medicare Part D beneficiaries to enroll in a Medicare Part D benchmark plan, effective October 5, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re payments for prescription drug copayments exceeding $15 in any month, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provisions re copayment amount not to exceed $17 per month and department responsible for payment of portion of copayment which exceeds $17 per month.
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Sec. 17b-265e. Medicare Part D Supplemental Needs Fund. Payment by department for nonformulary prescription drugs. Rebates required for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Contracts for supplemental rebates. Section 17b-265e is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 2; P.A. 06-188, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 26; P.A. 08-1, S. 2; P.A. 09-8, S. 6; 09-14, S. 2; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
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Sec. 17b-265f. Payment by the department for pharmacy claims. Limitations. Investigation of pharmacy. No pharmacy shall claim payment from the Department of Social Services under a medical assistance program administered by the department for prescription drugs dispensed to individuals who have other prescription drug insurance coverage unless such coverage has been exhausted and the individual is otherwise eligible for such a medical assistance program. The department shall recoup from the submitting pharmacy any claims submitted to and paid by the department when other insurance coverage is available. The department shall investigate a pharmacy that consistently submits ineligible claims for payment to determine whether the pharmacy is in violation of its medical assistance provider agreement or is committing fraud or abuse in the program and based on the findings of such investigation, may take action against such pharmacy, in accordance with state and federal law.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 21; P.A. 11-44, S. 90.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective June 26, 2007; P.A. 11-44 deleted reference to Medicare Part D Supplemental Needs Fund, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-265g. Health insurer. Duties owed to the state and Commissioner of Social Services. Any health insurer, including a self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plan, managed care organization, health care center, pharmacy benefit manager, dental benefit manager or other party that is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, and which may or may not be financially at risk for the cost of a health care item or service, shall, as a condition of doing business in the state, be required to: (1) Provide, with respect to an individual who is eligible for, or is provided, medical assistance under the Medicaid state plan, to all third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers, dental benefit managers or other entities with which the health insurer has a contract or arrangement to adjudicate claims for a health care item or service, and to the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, any and all information in a manner and format prescribed by the commissioner, or commissioner's designee, necessary to determine when the individual, his or her spouse or the individual's dependents may be or have been covered by a health insurer and the nature of the coverage that is or was provided by such health insurer including the name, address and identifying number of the plan; (2) accept the state's right of recovery and the assignment to the state of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the health insurer for an item or service for which payment has been made under the Medicaid state plan; (3) respond to any inquiry by the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, regarding a claim for payment for any health care item or service that is submitted not later than three years after the date of the provision of the item or service; and (4) agree not to deny a claim submitted by the state solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim form or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim, if (A) the claim is submitted by the state or its agent within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished; and (B) any legal action by the state to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within six years of the state's submission of such claim.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 19.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007.
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Sec. 17b-266. (Formerly Sec. 17-134g). Purchase of insurance. Contracts for comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis. Certification of providers by commissioner. Payment of capitation claims. Deposit of funds for expenditures for children's health programs and services. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, when the commissioner finds it to be in the public interest, fund part or all of the cost of benefits to any recipient under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300 through the purchase of insurance from any organization authorized to do a health insurance business in this state or from any organization specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may require recipients of Medicaid or other public assistance to receive medical care on a prepayment or per capita basis, in accordance with federal law and regulations, if such prepayment is anticipated to result in lower medical assistance costs to the state. The commissioner may enter into contracts for the provision of comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis in accordance with federal law and regulations, with the following: (1) A health care center subject to the provisions of chapter 698a; (2) a consortium of federally qualified community health centers and other community-based providers of health services which are funded by the state; (3) other consortia of providers of health care services established for the purposes of this subsection; or (4) an integrated service network providing care management and comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis to elderly and disabled recipients of Medicaid who may also be eligible for Medicare.
(c) Providers of comprehensive health care services as described in subdivisions (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of this section shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 698a or, in the case of an integrated service network, sections 17b-239 to 17b-245, inclusive, 17b-281, 17b-340, 17b-342 and 17b-343. Any such provider shall be certified by the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, minimum reserve fund requirements.
(d) The commissioner shall pay all capitation claims which would otherwise be reimbursed to the health plans described in subsection (b) of this section in May, 2010, no later than June 30, 2010. Each subsequent payment made by the commissioner to such health plans for capitation claims due shall be made in the second month following the month to which the capitation applies.
(e) On or after May 1, 2000, the payment to the Commissioner of Social Services of (1) any monetary sanction imposed by the commissioner on a managed care organization under the provisions of a contract between the commissioner and such organization entered into pursuant to this section or sections 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300, or (2) any sum agreed upon by the commissioner and such an organization as settlement of a claim brought by the commissioner or the state against such an organization for failure to comply with the terms of a contract with the commissioner or fraud affecting the Department of Social Services shall be deposited in an account designated for use by the department for expenditures for children's health programs and services.
(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(g); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-51; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 27, 30; P.A. 95-160, S. 26, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 112, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 23, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 19, 53; P.A. 02-89, S. 31; P.A 03-278, S. 62; P.A. 05-280, S. 24; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 65; P.A. 10-3, S. 10; P.A. 15-69, S. 44; P.A. 21-123, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-51 added Subsec. (b) allowing the commissioner to enter into contracts for comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis and allowing recipients to receive medical care on such basis; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 specified with whom the commissioner may contract for the provision of comprehensive health care, allowed comprehensive health care providers not to be subject to chapter 698a and required the health care providers to be certified by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-134g transferred to Sec. 17b-266 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 added Subsec. (d) requiring the commissioner to pay all capitation claims to be reimbursed to health plans in June, 1997, no later than July 31, 1997, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 authorized the commissioner to enter into comprehensive health care contracts with integrated service networks and exempted such networks from the provisions of chapter 698a or sections 17b-239 to 17b-245, inclusive, 17b-281, 17b-340 or 17b-342 to 17b-344, inclusive, effective July 1, 1997; (Revisor's note: New Subsec. (e) added by vetoed P.A. 97-240 and reprinted in Sec. 112 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 is void and was therefore not codified); P.A. 98-239 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the Commissioner of Social Services to fund part or all of the health care insurance costs for recipients of the HUSKY Plan, Part B through the purchase of insurance from any organization authorized to conduct a health insurance business in this state or from any organization specified in Subsec. (b), effective June 8, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 added Subsec. (e) re payments made to the commissioner of certain monetary sanctions or settlements deposited in account designated for use for expenditures for children's health programs and services, effective June 21, 2000; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to Sec. 17b-344 with reference to Sec. 17b-343, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 17b-344 by the same public act; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and substituting reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing June, 1997, with June, 2011, and replacing July 31, 1997, with July 31, 2011, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing June, 2011, with May, 2010, replacing July 31, 2011, with June 30, 2010, and adding provision requiring commissioner to make subsequent payments for capitation claims in second month following month to which capitation applies, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 15-69 replaced references to Secs. 17b-289 to 17b-303 and Sec. 16 of Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 in Subsec. (a), and Secs. 17b-289 to 17b-304 in Subsec. (e), with references to Secs. 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 21-123 amended Subsecs. (a) and (e) by deleting references to section 17b-294a, effective July 6, 2021.
See Sec. 17b-10a re implementation of policies and procedures while in the process of adopting as regulation.
Annotations to former section 17-134g:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-266a. Contract with pharmacy benefits management organization. Section 17b-266a is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 7; P.A. 10-179, S. 160.)
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Sec. 17b-267. (Formerly Sec. 17-134h). Use of fiscal intermediaries in connection with medical assistance. (a) If any group or association of providers of medical assistance services wishes to have payments as provided for under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, to such providers made through a national, state or other public or private agency or organization and nominates such agency or organization for this purpose, the Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to enter into an agreement with such agency or organization providing for the determination by such agency or organization, subject to such review by the Commissioner of Social Services as may be provided for by the agreement, of the payments required to be made to such providers at the rates set by the hospital cost commission, and for the making of such payments by such agency or organization to such providers. Such agreement may also include provision for the agency or organization to do all or any part of the following: With respect to the providers of services which are to receive payments through it, (1) to serve as a center for, and to communicate to providers, any information or instructions furnished to it by the Commissioner of Social Services, and to serve as a channel of communication from providers to the Commissioner of Social Services; (2) to make such audits of the records of providers as may be necessary to insure that proper payments are made under this section; and (3) to perform such other functions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 17b-267 to 17b-271, inclusive.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall not enter into an agreement with any agency or organization under subsection (a) of this section unless (1) he finds (A) that to do so is consistent with the effective and efficient administration of the medical assistance program, and (B) that such agency or organization is willing and able to assist the providers to which payments are made through it in the application of safeguards against unnecessary utilization of services furnished by them to individuals entitled to hospital insurance benefits under section 17b-261 and the agreement provides for such assistance, and (2) such agency or organization agrees to furnish to the Commissioner of Social Services such of the information acquired by it in carrying out its agreement under sections 17b-267 to 17b-271, inclusive, as the Commissioner of Social Services may find necessary in performing his functions under said sections.
(c) An agreement with any agency or organization under subsection (a) of this section may contain such terms and conditions as the Commissioner of Social Services finds necessary or appropriate, may provide for advances of funds to the agency or organization for the making of payments by it under said subsection (a), and shall provide for payment by the Commissioner of Social Services of so much of the cost of administration of the agency or organization as is determined by the Commissioner of Social Services to be necessary and proper for carrying out the functions covered by the agreement.
(1971, P.A. 431, S. 1; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 05-280, S. 25; 05-288, S. 70.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134h transferred to Sec. 17b-267 in 1995; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 13, 2005.
Annotations to former section 17-134h:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-268. (Formerly Sec. 17-134i). Withdrawal of member of group providing services. If the nomination of an agency or organization as provided in section 17b-267 is made by a group or association of providers of services, it shall not be binding on members of the group or association which notify the Commissioner of Social Services of their election not to be included in such nomination. Any provider may, upon such notice as may be specified in the agreement under section 17b-267, withdraw its nomination to receive payments through such agency or organization. Any provider which has withdrawn its nomination, and any group or association of providers which has not made a nomination, may elect to receive payments from any agency or organization which has entered into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Services under section 17b-267 if the Commissioner of Social Services and such agency or organization agree to it.
(1971, P.A. 431, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134i transferred to Sec. 17b-268 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134i:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-269. (Formerly Sec. 17-134j). Bonding of officers and employees. An agreement with an agency or organization under section 17b-267 may require any of its officers or employees certifying payments or disbursing funds pursuant to the agreement, or otherwise participating in carrying out the agreement, to give surety bond to the state in such amount as the Commissioner of Social Services may deem appropriate.
(1971, P.A. 431, S. 4; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134j transferred to Sec. 17b-269 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134j:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-270. (Formerly Sec. 17-134k). Liability of agency and its officers. (a) No individual designated pursuant to an agreement under section 17b-267 as a certifying officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the state, be liable with respect to any payments certified by him under section 17b-267.
(b) No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the state, be liable with respect to any payment by him under section 17b-267 if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying officer designated as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) No such agency or organization shall be liable to the state for any payments referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
(1971, P.A. 431, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 17-134k transferred to Sec. 17b-270 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134k:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-271. (Formerly Sec. 17-134l). Termination of agreement. An agreement with the Commissioner of Social Services under section 17b-267 may be terminated: (1) By the agency or organization which entered into such agreement at such time and upon such notice to the Commissioner of Social Services, to the public, and to the providers as may be provided in regulations of the Commissioner of Social Services, or (2) by the Commissioner of Social Services at such time and upon such notice to the agency or organization, to the group or association of providers which have nominated it for purposes of section 17b-267, and to the public, as may be provided in said regulations, but only if he finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the agency or organization, that (A) the agency or organization has failed substantially to carry out the agreement, or (B) the continuation of some or all of the functions provided for in the agreement with the agency or organization is disadvantageous or is inconsistent with the efficient administration of the medical assistance program.
(1971, P.A. 431, S. 3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134l transferred to Sec. 17b-271 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-134l:
Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-272. (Formerly Sec. 17-134m). Personal fund allowance. The Commissioner of Social Services shall permit patients residing in nursing homes, chronic disease hospitals and state humane institutions who are medical assistance recipients under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, and 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, to have a monthly personal fund allowance of seventy-five dollars.
(P.A. 81-320; P.A. 84-354, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-367, S. 1; P.A. 87-367, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 7, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 151, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 3, 35; P.A. 05-280, S. 26; P.A. 11-44, S. 79; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 318.)
History: P.A. 84-354 increased the allowance from $28 to $30; P.A. 85-367 increased the allowance to $35; P.A. 87-367 increased the allowance from to $40 and added the language re adjustments beginning July 1, 1988; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 reduced the allowance to an amount equal to the minimum permitted under Title XIX, beginning October 1, 1991, and deleted the previous $40 allowance and the language re adjustments; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134m transferred to Sec. 17b-272 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 added a provision effective July 1, 1998, requiring the commissioner to increase personal fund allowance annually to reflect any annual inflation adjustment in Social Security income, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-239 substituted “July 1, 1998” for “October 1, 1991” as applicable date and increased the allowance to $50, deleting reference to “a level equal to the minimum permitted under Title XIX of the Social Security Act” and substituted “July 1, 1999” for “July 1, 1998” as applicable date for annual increases, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 05-280 substituted reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-44 changed date from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 2011, increased personal fund allowance from $50 to $60 and deleted provision re annual allowance increase, effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted “Effective July 1, 2011,” and increased personal fund allowance from $60 to $75, effective July 1, 2021.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-273. (Formerly Sec. 17-134o). Payment rate for ambulance rides eligible under medical assistance program. Payment methodology for ambulance services. On and after April 1, 1983, the Commissioner of Social Services shall increase the payment rate for ambulance rides eligible under the state medical assistance program. Subject to federal approval, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, revise the payment methodology for ambulance services under the Medicaid program to apply a relative value unit system similar to the payment methodology used in the Medicare program. The basic life support nonemergency transport shall be designated as the base rate with the relative value unit system applied to basic life support nonemergency transports, basic life support emergency transports, advanced life support nonemergency transports, advanced life support emergency transports and paramedic intercept services. For purposes of this section, “relative value unit” means a numeric value for ambulance services relative to the value of a base level ambulance service.
(P.A. 82-350, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 389.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134o transferred to Sec. 17b-273 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added provisions re relative value unit system as payment methodology for ambulance services, effective July 1, 2015 (Revisor's note: The words “July 1, 2015” were inadvertently omitted from publication in the General Statutes, Revised to January 1, 2019).
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-274. (Formerly Sec. 17-134q). Periodic investigations of pharmacies by Division of Criminal Justice. Brand medically necessary. Procedure for prior approval to dispense brand name drug. Disclosure. (a) The Division of Criminal Justice shall periodically investigate pharmacies to ensure that the state is not billed for a brand name drug product when a less expensive generic substitute drug product is dispensed to a medical assistance recipient. The Commissioner of Social Services shall cooperate and provide information as requested by such division.
(b) A licensed medical practitioner may specify in writing or by a telephonic or electronic communication that there shall be no substitution for the specified brand name drug product in any prescription for a medical assistance recipient, provided (1) the practitioner specifies the basis on which the brand name drug product and dosage form is medically necessary in comparison to a chemically equivalent generic drug product substitution, (2) for written and telephonic communications, the phrase “brand medically necessary” shall be in the practitioner's handwriting on the prescription form or, if the prohibition was communicated by telephonic communication, in the pharmacist's handwriting on such form, and shall not be preprinted or stamped or initialed on such form. If the practitioner specifies by telephonic communication that there shall be no substitution for the specified brand name drug product in any prescription for a medical assistance recipient, written certification in the practitioner's handwriting bearing the phrase “brand medically necessary” shall be sent to the dispensing pharmacy within ten days, and (3) for electronic communications, the prescriber shall select the code indicating that a substitution is not allowed by the pharmacy on the certified electronic prescription. A pharmacist shall dispense a generically equivalent drug product for any drug listed in accordance with 42 CFR 447.512 for a drug prescribed for a medical assistance recipient unless the prescribing practitioner has specified that there shall be no substitution for the specified brand name drug product in accordance with this subsection and such pharmacist has received approval to dispense the brand name drug product in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement a procedure by which a pharmacist shall obtain approval from an independent pharmacy consultant acting on behalf of the Department of Social Services, under an administrative services only contract, whenever the pharmacist dispenses a brand name drug product to a medical assistance recipient and a chemically equivalent generic drug product substitution is available. The length of authorization for brand name drugs shall be in accordance with section 17b-491a. In cases where the brand name drug is less costly than the chemically equivalent generic drug when factoring in manufacturers' rebates, the pharmacist shall dispense the brand name drug. If such approval is not granted or denied within two hours of receipt by the commissioner of the request for approval, it shall be deemed granted. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, a pharmacist shall not dispense any initial maintenance drug prescription for which there is a chemically equivalent generic substitution that is for less than fifteen days without the department's granting of prior authorization, provided prior authorization shall not otherwise be required for atypical antipsychotic drugs if the individual is currently taking such drug at the time the pharmacist receives the prescription. The pharmacist may appeal a denial of reimbursement to the department based on the failure of such pharmacist to substitute a generic drug product in accordance with this section.
(d) A licensed medical practitioner shall disclose to the Department of Social Services or such consultant, upon request, the basis on which the brand name drug product and dosage form is medically necessary in comparison to a chemically equivalent generic drug product substitution. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a procedure by which such a practitioner may appeal a determination that a chemically equivalent generic drug product substitution is required for a medical assistance recipient.
(P.A. 83-52, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 84-217, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-111, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-264, S. 46; P.A. 96-169, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 38, 53; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 50; P.A. 03-2, S. 52; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 84; P.A. 04-76, S. 16; P.A. 05-280, S. 16; P.A. 11-44, S. 128; P.A. 13-234, S. 94; P.A. 14-158, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 84-217 removed language that limited payment of fee to the period from July 1, 1983, to June 30, 1984, and increased fee from $0.25 to $0.50; P.A. 89-111 added a new Subsec. (c) containing provisions for when there is to be no substitute for the specified brand name drug product; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134q transferred to Sec. 17b-274 in 1995; P.A. 95-264 made technical changes; P.A. 96-169 amended Subsec. (b) to require the Commissioner of Social Services to cooperate and provide information as requested by the Division of Criminal Justice; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subsec. (c) to apply provisions to state-administered general assistance, general assistance and ConnPACE recipients, to require specification of the basis of medical necessity and to add provision re approval to dispense, added new Subsec. (d) requiring the Commissioner of Social Services to establish a procedure for approval of dispensing brand name drug products and added new Subsec. (e) re disclosure of the basis of medical necessity, effective July 1, 2000; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 deleted former Subsec. (a) re $0.50 per prescription dispensing fee, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (e) as Subsecs. (a) to (d) and amended Subsec. (c) by changing “shall establish a procedure” to “shall implement a procedure” and adding requirement that pharmacist not dispense any initial maintenance drug prescription for less than 15 days for which there is a chemically equivalent generic substitution without obtaining prior authorization from the department, such prior authorization not required for atypical antipsychotic drugs currently used by individuals at the time pharmacist receives prescription, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-2 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision that chemically equivalent generic drug product substitution be available “at a lower cost” as condition precedent to requiring prior authorization for dispensing brand name drug product, effective February 28, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (c) to delete “at a lower cost” and add provision re dispensing of brand name drug in cases where the brand name drug is less costly than the generic drug when factoring in manufacturers' rebates, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsecs. (b) to (d), inclusive, by deleting references to “general assistance”; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision specifying that prior authorization procedure shall not require approval other than initial prescriptions for brand name drug products and adding requirement that length of authorization for brand name drugs shall be in accordance with Sec. 17b-491a, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) by deleting references to state-administered general assistance, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 deleted references to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 14-158 replaced references to Medicaid with references to medical assistance throughout and amended Subsec. (b) to add “for written and telephonic communications” in Subdiv. (2), add Subdiv. (3) re electronic communications, replace former reference to the Code of Federal Regulations with “42 CFR 447.512” and replace reference to “brand medically necessary” with provision re prescribing practitioner has specified no substitution for brand name drug product, effective July 1, 2014.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-274a. Maximum allowable costs for generic prescription drugs. Implementation of maximum allowable cost list. Section 17b-274a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 118; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 53; P.A. 04-76, S. 17; P.A. 11-44, S. 126; P.A. 13-234, S. 95; P.A. 19-118, S. 8; P.A. 21-148, S. 12.)
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Sec. 17b-274b. Pharmaceutical purchasing initiative. Annual report. Section 17b-274b is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 123; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 56; P.A. 04-76, S. 18; P.A. 05-280, S. 104.)
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Sec. 17b-274c. Voluntary mail order option for maintenance prescription drugs and drugs covered under the Medicare Part D program. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a voluntary mail order option for any maintenance prescription drug covered under the Medicaid program.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Commissioner of Social Services may provide a voluntary mail order option, regardless of a mail order pharmacy's location, for any prescription drug covered under the Medicare Part D program established pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 120; P.A. 04-76, S. 19; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 5; P.A. 11-44, S. 127; P.A. 13-234, S. 96; P.A. 19-118, S. 9.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 04-76 deleted reference to “general assistance”; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner to provide a voluntary mail order option for any prescription drug covered under the Medicare Part D program, effective December 1, 2005; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to state-administered general assistance, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Connecticut AIDS drug assistance program, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-274d. Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee. Membership. Duties. Preferred drug lists. Automatic refill recommendations. Supplemental rebates. Administrative hearings. (a) Pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-8, there is established a Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee within the Department of Social Services.
(b) The Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee shall be comprised as specified in 42 USC 1396r-8 and shall consist of sixteen members appointed by the Governor. Seven members shall be physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 370, including one general practitioner, one pediatrician, one geriatrician, one psychiatrist, one child psychiatrist, one specialist in family planning, and one oncologist, four members shall be pharmacists licensed pursuant to chapter 400j, two members shall be visiting nurses, one specializing in adult care and one specializing in psychiatric care, one member shall be a clinician designated by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, one member shall be a representative of pharmaceutical manufacturers and one member shall be a consumer representative. The committee may, on an ad hoc basis, seek the participation of other state agencies or other interested parties in its deliberations. The members shall serve for terms of two years from the date of their appointment. Members may be appointed to more than one term. The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall convene the committee following the Governor's designation of appointments. The administrative staff of the Department of Social Services shall serve as staff for said committee and assist with all ministerial duties. The Governor shall ensure that the committee membership includes Medicaid participating physicians and pharmacists, with experience serving recipients of medical assistance.
(c) Committee members shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from the committee membership on an annual basis.
(d) The committee shall meet at least biannually, and may meet at other times at the discretion of the chairperson and committee membership. The committee shall ensure that each meeting includes an opportunity for public comment. The committee shall comply with all regulations adopted by the department, including notice of any meeting of the committee, pursuant to the requirements of chapter 54.
(e) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, may adopt a preferred drug list for use in the Medicaid program. To the extent feasible, the department shall review all drugs included on the preferred drug list at least every twelve months, and may recommend additions to, and deletions from, the preferred drug list, to ensure that the preferred drug list provides for medically appropriate drug therapies for Medicaid patients. The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, shall expand such drug list to include other classes of drugs, except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, in order to achieve savings reflected in the amounts appropriated to the department, for the various components of the program, in the state budget act.
(f) Nonpreferred drugs in the classes of drugs included on the preferred drug lists shall be subject to prior authorization. Prior authorization is not required for any mental-health-related drug that has been filled or refilled, in any dosage, at least one time in the one-year period prior to the date the individual presents a prescription for the drug at a pharmacy. If prior authorization is granted for a drug not included on a preferred drug list, the authorization shall be valid for one year from the date the prescription is first filled. Antiretroviral classes of drugs shall not be included on the preferred drug lists.
(g) The Department of Social Services shall publish and disseminate the preferred drug lists to all Medicaid providers in the state.
(h) The department may negotiate supplemental rebate agreements with manufacturers that are in addition to those required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. The committee shall ensure that the pharmaceutical manufacturers agreeing to provide a supplemental rebate pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-8(c) have an opportunity to present evidence supporting inclusion of a product on the preferred drug lists unless a court of competent jurisdiction, in a final decision, determines that the Secretary of Health and Human Services does not have authority to allow such supplemental rebates, provided the inability to utilize supplemental rebates pursuant to this subsection shall not impair the committee's authority to maintain preferred drug lists. Upon timely notice, the department shall ensure that any drug that has been approved, or had any of its particular uses approved, by the United States Food and Drug Administration under a priority review classification, will be reviewed by the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. To the extent feasible, upon notice by a pharmaceutical manufacturer, the department shall also schedule a product review for any new product at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee.
(i) Factors considered by the department and the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee in developing the preferred drug lists shall include, but not be limited to, clinical efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of a product.
(j) The Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee may also make recommendations to the department regarding (1) the prior authorization of any prescribed drug, and (2) what prescribed drug, if any, should be eligible for automatic refill.
(k) A recipient who is denied a nonpreferred drug may request an administrative hearing in accordance with section 17b-60.
(l) The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with a pharmacy benefits organization or a single entity qualified to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers for supplemental rebates, available pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-8(c), for the purchase of drugs listed on the preferred drug lists established pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 121; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 52; P.A. 03-2, S. 19; 03-278, S. 63; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 83; P.A. 04-258, S. 8, 43; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 41; P.A. 05-280, S. 18; 05-288, S. 71; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 38; P.A. 10-72, S. 1; 10-179, S. 67; P.A. 11-25, S. 10; 11-44, S. 125; P.A. 12-197, S. 45; P.A. 13-234, S. 97; P.A. 18-77, S. 2.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 effective July 1, 2002; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (h) by adding provision re implementation of supplemental rebate program subject to determination by a court of competent jurisdiction re federal authority to allow such rebates, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-2 amended Subsec. (a) to require committee to convene on or before March 31, 2003, amended Subsec. (e) to require Department of Social Services to adopt preferred drug list on or before July 1, 2003, to replace provision re department's adoption of preferred drug list upon recommendation of committee with provision re adoption of preferred drug list in consultation with committee, and to substitute “department” for “committee” re review of drugs included in the preferred drug list, and amended Subsec. (i) to add “the department and” re development of the preferred drug list, effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (h), effective July 9, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (b) to increase size of committee from 11 to 14 members, to further specify the professional qualifications required of the committee membership, and to add provisions re committee may seek participation of other state agencies and interested parties, and re committee to convene after Governor's designation of appointments, amended Subsec. (e) to add references to the Medicaid and ConnPACE programs re use of preferred drug list, to provide that for fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, preferred drug list is limited to proton pump inhibitors and two other classes of drugs to be determined by commissioner and to add provision re notice to legislative committees, amended Subsec. (j) to add “in accordance with the plan developed and implemented pursuant to section 17b-491a” and added new Subsec. (l) re application of section to state-administered general assistance program, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re date by which committee was to convene, amended Subsecs. (e) through (i), inclusive, by replacing “preferred drug list” with “preferred drug lists” and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (e) by providing that use of preferred drug list would be expanded to HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B upon the Department of Social Services entering into a contract for the provision of prescription drug coverage pursuant to Sec. 17b-266a, adding provision re use of preferred drug lists for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, only in the Medicaid and ConnPACE programs, deleting provision re notification by commissioner by January 1, 2004, of classes of drugs on preferred drug list and adding provision re expansion of drug lists by June 30, 2005, to include other classes of drugs, amended Subsec. (f) by adding “medications used to treat diabetes, asthma or cancer” to the types of drugs not subject to prior authorization requirements, moved provision in former Subsec. (l) re application of section to state-administered general assistance program to Subsec. (e), and added new Subsec. (l) re commissioner's authority to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers for supplemental rebates for drugs on preferred drug lists, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (f) by deleting “medications used to treat diabetes, asthma or cancer” re the types of drugs not subject to prior authorization requirements, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsecs. (a), (b), (e) and (h) to (j), inclusive, to delete “Medicaid” from the name of the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “recipients of medical assistance” for “all segments of the Medicaid population”, amended Subsec. (e) by substituting “may” for “shall” re adoption of preferred drug lists, amended Subsec. (f) by providing that nonpreferred drugs in the classes of drugs included on the preferred drug lists shall be subject to prior authorization, specifying that the length of prior authorization shall be for one year from the date the prescription is first filled and exempting mental-health-related and antiretroviral classes of drugs from inclusion on the preferred drug lists, amended Subsec. (h) by providing that department may negotiate supplemental rebate agreements with manufacturers that supplement those required by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, amended Subsec. (j) by removing provision that limited committee's recommendation to drugs covered by Medicaid in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to Sec. 17b-491a, and replaced former Subsec. (k) re Medicaid recipients appeal of preferred drug list determinations utilizing Medicaid fair hearing process with new Subsec. (k) providing that a recipient denied a nonpreferred drug may request an administrative hearing in accordance with Sec. 17b-60, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (f), effective July 13, 2005; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (f) to add provision re exemption of mental-health-related drugs from prior authorization and delete provision re mental-health-related drugs not included on preferred drug lists, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-72 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re opportunity for public comment at each meeting, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision requiring department to expand preferred drug list for use in HUSKY Plan in consultation with committee, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made a technical change in Subsec. (e); P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting references to state-administered general assistance, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-197 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing total membership from 14 to 16, increasing physician members from 5 to 7 and requiring 1 physician to be a child psychiatrist and 1 physician to be an oncologist and amended Subsec. (d) by replacing provision requiring committee to meet at least quarterly with provision requiring committee to meet at least biannually; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (e) to make technical changes and delete references to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 18-77 amended Subsec. (j) by adding Subdiv. (2) re automatic refills and designating existing provision re prior authorization as Subdiv. (1), effective June 1, 2018.
See Secs. 17b-274, 17b-491a re required prior authorization for brand name prescriptions.
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Sec. 17b-274e. Prescription drugs. Utilization of cost-efficient dosages. A pharmacist, when filling a prescription under the Medicaid program, shall fill such prescription utilizing the most cost-efficient dosage, consistent with the prescription of a prescribing practitioner as defined in section 20-571, unless such pharmacist receives permission to do otherwise pursuant to the prior authorization requirements set forth in sections 17b-274 and 17b-491a.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 82; P.A. 11-44, S. 129; P.A. 13-234, S. 98; P.A. 19-118, S. 10.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 11-44 deleted reference to state-administered general assistance and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 deleted reference to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 19-118 deleted reference to Connecticut AIDS drug assistance program, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-274f. Step therapy program for Medicaid prescription drugs. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a step therapy program for prescription drugs in the Medicaid program. The commissioner may condition payment for such drugs on a requirement that the drug prescribed be from the preferred drug list established pursuant to section 17b-274d prior to any other drug being prescribed, provided any step therapy program shall: (1) Require that the patient try and fail on only one prescribed drug on the preferred drug list before another drug can be prescribed and eligible for payment; (2) not apply to any mental health–related drugs; and (3) require that the prescribing practitioner, when medications for the treatment of any medical condition are restricted due to the step therapy program, has access to a clear and convenient process to expeditiously request an override of such restriction from the Department of Social Services. The department shall expeditiously grant an override of such restriction whenever the prescribing practitioner demonstrates that: (A) The preferred treatment required under step therapy has been ineffective in the treatment of the patient's medical condition in the past; (B) the drug regimen required under the step therapy program is expected to be ineffective based on the known relevant physical or mental characteristics of the patient and the known characteristics of the drug regimen; (C) the preferred treatment required under the step therapy program will cause or will likely cause an adverse reaction or other physical harm to the patient; or (D) it is in the best interest of the patient to provide the recommended drug regimen based on medical necessity.
(b) The duration of any step therapy program requirement shall not be longer than a period of thirty days, after which time the prescribing practitioner may deem such treatment as clinically ineffective for the patient. When the prescribing practitioner deems the treatment to be clinically ineffective, the drug prescribed and recommended by the practitioner shall be dispensed and covered under the Medicaid program.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 13-234 effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-274g. Preferred drug list purchases. Prohibition on Medicaid cost sharing. Reporting, notice requirements for other Medicaid cost-sharing requirements. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall not impose a cost-sharing requirement for the purchase of prescription drugs on the preferred drug list pursuant to section 17b-274d on a parent or needy caretaker relative otherwise eligible for Medicaid pursuant to section 17b-261. If the commissioner determines a cost-sharing requirement for nonpreferred drugs or other Medicaid services provided to such parent or needy caretaker relative is necessary, the commissioner shall, thirty days before imposing such requirement, notify (1) the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, and (2) such parent or needy caretaker relative. The commissioner shall notify such parent or needy caretaker relative that he or she shall not be denied Medicaid service for inability to meet such cost-sharing requirement.
(b) The commissioner shall not impose cost sharing for nonpreferred prescription drugs if a physician certifies that the nonpreferred drug is medically necessary.
(c) If the commissioner imposes a cost-sharing requirement on a parent or needy caretaker relative otherwise eligible for Medicaid pursuant to section 17b-261, the commissioner shall submit a quarterly report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services on: (1) Any decrease in the number of visits to Medicaid providers by such parent or needy caretaker relative compared to the same time period before the cost-sharing requirement was imposed, and (2) any difference in the average number of visits to Medicaid providers made by such parent or needy caretaker relative compared to other Medicaid recipients of comparable health not subject to a cost-sharing requirement.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 201.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 17b-274h. Auto refills of prescription drugs covered under Medicaid. Limitations. Legislative review process. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section, may prohibit a pharmacy provider from automatically refilling certain prescription drugs for a medical assistance recipient, regardless of whether a recipient requests or consents to participation in an automatic prescription drug refill program. For any prescription subject to this prohibition, the Department of Social Services shall not make payment for a refill without an explicit verbal or written request for such payment from the recipient or the recipient's legal representative.
(b) The commissioner shall submit recommendations on the types, classes or usage of prescription drugs to be subject to the automatic refill prohibition described in subsection (a) of this section, and for prescription drugs to be exempted from such prohibition, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services.
(c) Not later than thirty days after the date of their receipt of such recommendations, the joint standing committee shall hold a public hearing on the recommendations, and notify the Commissioner of Social Services of the date and time of the public hearing. If the joint standing committee does not schedule the public hearing, the recommendations shall be deemed approved. At the conclusion of the public hearing held in accordance with the provisions of this section, the joint standing committee shall advise the commissioner of its approval, denial or modifications, if any, of the commissioner's recommendations. If the joint standing committee denies the commissioner's recommendations, the commissioner shall not implement such recommendations but may submit new recommendations to the committee for action in accordance with this subsection.
(d) The commissioner shall submit the recommendations, as approved or modified in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, to the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee established pursuant to section 17b-274d.
(P.A. 18-77, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 18-77 effective June 1, 2018.
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Sec. 17b-275. (Formerly Sec. 17-134r). Physician and pharmacy lock-in procedure. The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement, not later than October 1, 1984, a physician and pharmacy lock-in procedure to restrict the use of the health care delivery system by medical assistance recipients who are determined by the commissioner to have utilized medical services or items at a frequency or amount that is not medically necessary. The commissioner shall establish criteria and a case review system in order to make such determination. The commissioner shall require such recipients for a reasonable period of time to obtain medical services or items only from designated providers provided (1) the department gives the recipient notice and an opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with procedures established by the department, before such restrictions are imposed and (2) the department assures that the recipient has reasonable access, taking into account geographic location and reasonable travel time, to medical services of adequate quality.
(P.A. 84-352, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134r transferred to Sec. 17b-275 in 1995.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-276. (Formerly Sec. 17-134s). Competitive bidding process for nonemergency transportation services. Disclosure of payment source. Fee schedules. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall identify geographic areas of the state where competitive bidding for nonemergency transportation services provided to medical assistance recipients to access covered medical services would result in cost savings to the state. For the identified areas, the Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Public Health and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall purchase such nonemergency transportation services through a competitive bidding process. Any transportation providers awarded a contract or subcontract for the direct provision of such services shall meet state licensure or certification requirements and the nonemergency transportation requirements established by the Department of Social Services, and shall provide the most cost effective transportation service, provided any contractor awarded a contract solely for coordinating such transportation services shall not be required to meet such licensure or certification requirements and provided the first such contracts for the purchase of such services shall not exceed one year. Prior to awarding a contract pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Social Services shall consider the effect of the contract on the emergency ambulance primary service areas and volunteer ambulance services affected by the contract. The commissioner may limit the geographic areas to be served by a contractor and may limit the amount of services to be performed by a contractor. The commissioner may operate one or more pilot programs prior to state-wide operation of a competitive bidding program for nonemergency transportation services. By enrolling in the Medicaid program or participating in the competitively bid contract for nonemergency transportation services, providers of nonemergency transportation services agree to offer to recipients of medical assistance all types or levels of transportation services for which they are licensed or certified. Effective October 1, 1991, payment for such services shall be made only for services provided to an eligible recipient who is actually transported. A contract entered into pursuant to this section may include services provided by another state agency. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a contract entered into pursuant to this section shall establish the rates to be paid for the transportation services provided under the contract. A contract entered into pursuant to this section may include services provided by another state agency and shall supersede any conflicting provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies pertaining to medical transportation services. Any contractor awarded a contract for coordinating nonemergency transportation services for medical assistance recipients, who also coordinates transportation services for nonmedical assistance recipients, shall disclose to any transportation provider, with whom it subcontracts to provide nonemergency transportation services under this section, the source of payment at the time the service is requested.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, for purposes of administering medical assistance programs, including, but not limited to, programs administered pursuant to Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act, the Department of Social Services shall be the sole state agency that sets emergency and nonemergency medical transportation fees or fee schedules for any transportation services that are reimbursed by the department for said medical assistance programs. Effective July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Social Services shall reduce, by not more than ten per cent, the rates in effect on December 31, 2010, for emergency ambulance transportation fees that are directly reimbursed by the Department of Social Services, provided the commissioner may increase such rates at such time when the commissioner determines there are sufficient funds and a reasonable need for such rate increase.
(P.A. 85-505, S. 12, 21; P.A. 86-403, S. 37, 132; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 8, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-268, S. 15, 34; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 61; P.A. 03-278, S. 64; P.A. 09-210, S. 8; P.A. 11-44, S. 130; 11-61, S. 125.)
History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 required that medical transportation service providers offer medical assistance recipients all types and levels of service which are provided, and that payment of services shall only be rendered to providers who transport eligible recipients; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134s transferred to Sec. 17b-276 in 1995; P.A. 96-268 replaced “medical transportation services” with “nonemergency transportation services”, required consultation with Commissioners of Transportation and Public Health and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, required transportation providers to meet licensure or certification requirements, required commissioner to consider the effect of a contract on the emergency ambulance primary service areas, required transportation providers to agree to offer Medicaid recipients all types of services provided, allowed contracts to include services provided by other state agencies and required contracts to establish rates to be paid for services, effective July 1, 1996; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding provisions re contract may include services provided by another state agency and supersedes any conflicting provisions of medical transportation services regulations, and added Subsec. (b) re exclusive authority of Department of Social Services in setting emergency and nonemergency medical transportation fees for medical assistance programs, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 09-210 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision requiring contractors that coordinate nonemergency transportation services for medical assistance recipients and for persons not receiving medical assistance to disclose the source of payment to transportation provider, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to state-administered general assistance program, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re reduction of rates in effect on December 31, 2010, for emergency ambulance transportation, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-276a. Amendment to Medicaid state plan to reduce expenditures for Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation. Limitations. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on or before June 30, 2003, the Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may submit an amendment to the Medicaid state plan or implement changes necessary to reduce expenditures for Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation, provided in implementing such efficiencies or reduction of services no category of eligible need shall be eliminated other than the reimbursement for personal vehicle use.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 60.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.
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Sec. 17b-276b. Nonemergency medical transportation services. Prior authorization. All brokers of nonemergency medical transportation services that are provided under contract with the Department of Social Services shall provide a decision on a request for prior authorization for hospital discharge nonemergency ambulance trips not later than three business days after the date a hospital or ambulance company submits the request for prior authorization to the broker. If the broker fails to communicate a decision on the request for prior authorization in accordance with this section, the request shall be deemed approved.
(P.A. 09-210, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 09-210 effective July 1, 2009.
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Sec. 17b-276c. Payment for medically necessary mode of transportation service. The Commissioner of Social Services shall only authorize payment for the mode of transportation service that is medically necessary for a recipient of assistance under a medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 25; P.A. 13-234, S. 111.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and provisions re nonemergency transportation of Medicaid recipients in stretcher vans and deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations to establish oversight of stretcher vans, effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-277. (Formerly Sec. 17-134u). Medicaid for pregnant women. Presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and newborn children. Postpartum care. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide, in accordance with federal law and regulations, medical assistance under the Medicaid program to needy pregnant women whose families have an income not exceeding two hundred fifty-eight per cent of the federal poverty level.
(b) The commissioner shall implement presumptive eligibility for appropriate pregnant women applicants for the Medicaid program in accordance with Section 1920 of the Social Security Act. The commissioner shall designate qualified entities to receive and determine presumptive eligibility under this section consistent with the provisions of federal law and regulations.
(c) Presumptive eligibility for medical assistance shall be implemented for any uninsured newborn child born in a hospital in this state or a border state hospital, provided (1) the parent or caretaker relative of such child resides in this state, and (2) the parent or caretaker relative of such child authorizes enrollment in the program.
(d) On or after April 1, 2022, the commissioner shall extend Medicaid coverage for postpartum care for twelve months after birth to a woman otherwise eligible for Medicaid, to the extent permissible under federal law. The commissioner shall amend the Medicaid state plan in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide federal reimbursement to the state for extending postpartum care and shall implement the extension of Medicaid coverage for such care following federal approval. The commissioner shall take any other action necessary under federal law to maintain federal reimbursement for such postpartum coverage.
(P.A. 88-217, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-134, S. 4, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 72, 165; P.A. 05-280, S. 8; P.A. 07-185, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 9; P.A. 08-68, S. 1; P.A. 09-8, S. 7; P.A. 10-179, S. 73; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 372; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 335.)
History: P.A. 90-134 added Subsec. (b) re presumptive eligibility; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134u transferred to Sec. 17b-277 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions re presumptive eligibility for pregnant women with respect to Medicaid program with provisions re expedited eligibility and requiring that emergency applications be processed no later than 24 hours after receipt of all required information and that nonemergency applications be processed no later than five calendar days after the date of receipt of all required information, and added new Subsec. (c) requiring commissioner to submit biannual reports to Medicaid managed care council, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “children up to one year of age” and replacing up to 185% with not exceeding 250% re federal poverty level, added new Subsec. (c) re presumptive Medicaid eligibility for an uninsured newborn born at an in-state hospital or border state hospital, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 added new Subsec. (c) re state plan amendment or waiver from federal law to extend health insurance coverage to pregnant women with income that exceeds 185% of federal poverty level but is not in excess of 250% of federal poverty level, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-68 amended Subsec. (b) to replace expedited eligibility process for pregnant women with presumptive eligibility process under Section 1920 of Social Security Act, effective January 1, 2008; P.A. 09-8 made a technical change in Subsec. (c); P.A. 10-179 deleted former Subsec. (e) re biannual reports, effective July 1, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase income eligibility from 250 per cent to 258 per cent of federal poverty level, deleted former Subsec. (c) re submission of state plan amendment, and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added Subsec. (d) re extension of postpartum care, effective June 23, 2021.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-277a. Program to inform applicants to the Healthy Start program of services provided by the Connecticut Home Visiting System. The Commissioners of Public Health, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall jointly establish a program to inform applicants to the Healthy Start program about the availability of, and eligibility for, services provided by the Connecticut Home Visiting System, established pursuant to section 17b-751b.
(P.A. 06-164, S. 2; P.A. 21-172, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 06-164 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 21-172 replaced “Nurturing Families Network” with “Connecticut Home Visiting System”, effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-277b. Healthy Start program. Plan. Review. Section 17b-277b is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 122; 13-247, S. 92; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 209.)
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Sec. 17b-277c. Medicaid coverage for donor breast milk. Requirements. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permissible under federal law, shall provide Medicaid coverage for medically necessary pasteurized donor breast milk provided: (1) A physician, physician's assistant or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 370 or 378 signs an order stating that such milk is medically necessary for an infant Medicaid beneficiary in accordance with section 17b-259b; and (2) (A) the infant is medically or physically unable to receive maternal breast milk or participate in breastfeeding, or (B) the infant's mother is medically or physically unable to produce maternal breast milk in sufficient quantities.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt or amend regulations to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, establishing infant birth weight and health conditions that may make the provision of pasteurized donor breast milk medically necessary and time limits for Medicaid coverage of pasteurized donor breast milk. The commissioner may adopt a policy or procedure to implement the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting regulations, provided such policy or procedure is posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Social Services and on the eRegulations System prior to adoption of the policy.
(c) The commissioner, if necessary, shall seek federal approval for a Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to implement the provisions of this section in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8.
(P.A. 19-48, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-48 effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-278. (Formerly Sec. 17-134z). Home leave absences for certain medical assistance recipients. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the state's Medicaid plan to increase to thirty-six days per year the number of home leave absences allowed for a resident of an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities who is receiving medical assistance.
(P.A. 91-21; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 13-139, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134z transferred to Sec. 17b-278 in 1995; P.A. 13-139 substituted “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-278a. Coverage for treatment for smoking cessation. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide coverage for treatment for smoking cessation. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17b-280a, such treatment may include coverage for prescription drugs, including over-the-counter drugs and counseling.
(P.A. 99-250, S. 1; P.A. 02-4, S. 19; P.A. 08-184, S. 61; P.A. 11-44, S. 106.)
History: P.A. 02-4 mandated provision of coverage for treatment ordered by licensed healthcare professional in accordance with plan approved by General Assembly committees, deleting provisions re treatment ordered by licensed physician to extent permitted by federal law and re coverage limited to maximum of $400 per person per year, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 08-184 added provision re all prescriptive options for smoking cessation being available to patients whose initial treatment is not successful, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-44 deleted provisions re treatment ordered by a health care professional and commissioner's plan to provide smoking cessation services, and added provision re coverage for treatment including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and counseling, effective January 1, 2012.
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Sec. 17b-278b. Medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide coverage under the Medicaid program in accordance with Public Law 106-354 to women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers or amend the state Medicaid plan as necessary in order to secure federal reimbursement for the costs of providing coverage under the Medicaid program to such women. Such coverage shall not be dependent on the available income or assets of an applicant.
(b) To qualify for medical assistance under this section, a woman shall: (1) Have been screened for breast or cervical cancer under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and found to be in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer, including a precancerous condition of the breast or cervix; (2) not otherwise have creditable coverage, as defined in 42 USC 300gg(c); (3) not have attained the age of sixty-five years; (4) not be eligible under any mandatory Medicaid eligibility group; and (5) be a resident of this state and a United States citizen or a qualified alien, as defined in Section 431 of Public Law 104-193.
(c) The commissioner shall deem an applicant who has been determined eligible for medical assistance under this section as having been eligible for up to three months prior to the month in which an application was filed if the requirements in subsection (b) of this section were met during such three-month period. An individual determined eligible for medical assistance under this section shall remain eligible until the individual's course of treatment is completed or until eligibility criteria set forth in subsection (b) of this section are no longer met. The commissioner shall establish procedures for the granting of presumptive eligibility in order to ensure prompt access to services for applicants.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form in accordance with chapter 54, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of such policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 00-216, S. 5, 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 7, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: P.A. 00-216 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), replaced provisions therein authorizing commissioner to seek federal reimbursement for costs of providing treatment and other medical services under Sec. 19a-266 to women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer with provisions directing commissioner to provide coverage under the Medicaid program to such women, and added new Subsecs. (b) to (d) re medical assistance under section, effective July 2, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.
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Sec. 17b-278c. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to provide mammogram examinations to certain women. The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide coverage for mammographic examinations for any woman eligible for Medicaid that is at least equal to the following minimum requirements: (1) A baseline mammogram for any such woman who is thirty-five to thirty-nine years of age, inclusive; and (2) a mammogram every year for any such woman who is forty years of age or older.
(P.A. 01-171, S. 24, 25.)
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Sec. 17b-278d. Amendment to state Medicaid plan and state children's health insurance plan to provide neuropsychological testing for children diagnosed with cancer. The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall take such action as may be necessary to amend the Medicaid state plan and the state children's health insurance plan to provide coverage without prior authorization for each child diagnosed with cancer on or after January 1, 2000, who is covered under the HUSKY Health program, for neuropsychological testing ordered by a licensed physician, licensed physician assistant or licensed advanced practice registered nurse, to assess the extent of any cognitive or developmental delays in such child due to chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
(P.A. 06-131, S. 1; P.A. 15-69, S. 24; P.A. 19-98, S. 18; P.A. 21-196, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 06-131 effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 15-69 changed “HUSKY Plan, Part A or Part B” to “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 19-98 added “or licensed advanced practice registered nurse”; P.A. 21-196 added reference to licensed physician assistants.
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Sec. 17b-278e. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to exclude payment for hospital-acquired conditions. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to indicate that approved inpatient hospital rates are not applicable to hospital-acquired conditions that are identified as nonpayable by Medicare pursuant to Section 5001(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 so that hospitals are not paid for such hospital-acquired conditions.
(P.A. 09-2, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 09-2 effective April 1, 2009.
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Sec. 17b-278f. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to provide treatment for tuberculosis. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide coverage for the treatment of tuberculosis for any eligible person to the extent permitted under federal law.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010.
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Sec. 17b-278g. Medical assistance for eyeglasses and contact lenses. Regulations. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, no payment shall be provided by the Department of Social Services under the Medicaid program for more than one pair of eyeglasses every two years, except payment may be provided under the Medicaid program for an additional pair of eyeglasses during the two-year period when a Medicaid recipient's health care provider determines that such eyeglasses are necessary because of a change in the recipient's medical condition. Said department shall administer the payment for eyeglasses and contact lenses as cost effectively as possible.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures to administer the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 28; 10-179, S. 49; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-2, S. 6; P.A. 11-44, S. 94; 11-48, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective May 1, 2010; P.A. 10-179 replaced provision re medical assistance program with provision re Medicaid program and substituted provision requiring department to use its best efforts to reduce costs with provision requiring department to administer payment for eyeglasses and contact lenses as cost effectively as possible, effective May 7, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re implementing policies and procedures while adopting regulations, effective June 22, 2010; P.A. 11-44 replaced provision requiring payment for 1 pair of eyeglasses per year to payment for 1 pair every 2 years, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception to allow payment for an additional pair of eyeglasses during the 2-year period, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-278h. Medical assistance for chiropractic services. Regulations. Section 17b-278h is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 520.)
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Sec. 17b-278i. Medical assistance for customized wheelchairs. Repairs. Refurbished equipment, parts and components. Regulations. (a) Customized wheelchairs shall be covered under the Medicaid program only when a standard wheelchair does not meet an individual's needs as determined by the Department of Social Services. Wheelchair repairs and parts replacements may be subject to review and approval by the department. Refurbished wheelchairs, parts and components shall be utilized whenever practicable. The Department of Social Services may designate categories of durable medical equipment in addition to customized wheelchairs for which reused equipment, parts and components shall be utilized whenever practicable.
(b) The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 8; P.A. 13-234, S. 85.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision prohibiting assessment of the need for a customized wheelchair unless requested by department, to add provision allowing department to designate categories of durable medical equipment for which reused equipment, parts and components shall be utilized, and to make a technical change, effective June 19, 2013.
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Sec. 17b-278j. Complex rehabilitation technology. Definitions. Report. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Complex rehabilitation technology” means products classified as durable medical equipment within the Medicare program as of January 1, 2013, that are individually configured and medically necessary for individuals to meet their specific and unique medical, physical and functional needs and capacities for basic and instrumental activities of daily living. Complex rehabilitation technology includes, but is not limited to, (A) complex rehabilitation manual and power wheelchairs and accessories, (B) adaptive seating and positioning items and accessories, and (C) other specialized equipment and accessories, such as standing frames and gait trainers.
(2) “Employee” means a person whose taxes are withheld by a qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier and reported to the Internal Revenue Service.
(3) “Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System” or “HCPCS” means the billing codes used by Medicare and overseen by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that are based on the current procedural technology codes developed by the American Medical Association.
(4) “Individually configured” means a device with a combination of sizes, features, adjustments or modifications that is customized by a qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier for a specific individual by measuring, fitting, programming, adjusting or adapting the device so that the device is consistent with the individual's medical condition, physical and functional needs and capacities, body size, period of need and intended use as determined by an assessment or evaluation by a qualified health care professional.
(5) “Medically necessary” has the same meaning as provided in section 17b-259b.
(6) “Mixed HCPCS codes” means codes that refer to a mix of complex rehabilitation technology products and standard mobility and accessory products.
(7) “Pure HCPCS codes” means codes that refer exclusively to complex rehabilitation technology products and services.
(8) “Qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional” means an individual who is certified as an Assistive Technology Professional by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.
(9) “Qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier” means a company or entity that:
(A) Is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization as a supplier of complex rehabilitation technology;
(B) Is an enrolled Medicare supplier and meets the supplier and quality standards established for durable medical equipment, including those for a complex rehabilitation technology supplier under the Medicare program;
(C) Has at least one employee who is a qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional for each service location to (i) analyze the needs and capacities of an eligible individual in consultation with a qualified health care professional, (ii) participate in the selection of appropriate covered complex rehabilitation technology for such needs and capacities, and (iii) provide technology-related training in the proper use of the complex rehabilitation technology;
(D) Requires a qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional be physically present for the evaluation and determination of appropriate complex rehabilitation technology for an eligible individual;
(E) Has the capability to provide service and repair by qualified technicians for all complex rehabilitation technology it sells; and
(F) Provides written information regarding how to receive service and repair of complex rehabilitation technology to the eligible individual at the time such technology is delivered.
(10) “Qualified health care professional” means a health care professional licensed by the state Department of Public Health who has no financial relationship with a qualified complex rehabilitation technology supplier. Qualified health care professional includes, but is not limited to, (A) a licensed physician, (B) a licensed physical therapist, (C) a licensed occupational therapist, or (D) other licensed health care professional who performs specialty evaluations within the professional's scope of practice.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, not later than January 1, 2015, report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services on the impact of: (1) Designating products and services included in mixed and pure HCPCS billing codes as complex rehabilitation technology; (2) setting minimum standards consistent with subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of this section in order for suppliers to be considered qualified complex rehabilitation technology suppliers eligible for Medicaid reimbursement; (3) preserving the option for complex rehabilitation technology to be billed and paid for as a purchase allowing for single payments for devices with a length of need of one year or greater, excluding approved crossover claims for clients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid; and (4) requiring eligible individuals receiving a complex rehabilitation manual wheelchair, power wheelchair or seating component to be evaluated by a qualified health care professional and a qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional to qualify for reimbursement.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 135.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
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Sec. 17b-278k. Electronic transmission of prescriptions for durable medical equipment. Not later than July 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall accept electronic transmission of prescriptions for reimbursements under the medical assistance program for durable medical equipment including, but not limited to, wheelchairs, walkers and canes. Any electronic prescription under this section shall be electronically signed by a licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 193.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
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Sec. 17b-279. (Formerly Sec. 17-134aa). Medicaid prescription drug utilization review. Erectile dysfunction drugs. Prior authorization requirement and coverage limitation. Report. The Commissioner of Social Services shall verify the propriety and reasonableness of payments to providers for drugs provided to Medicaid recipients through field audit examinations and other reasonable means to the extent possible within available appropriations. To the extent permitted by federal law, the commissioner shall require prior authorization for coverage of drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. To the extent permitted by federal law, the commissioner may limit or exclude coverage for drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction for persons who have been convicted of a sexual offense who are required to register with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to chapter 969. The commissioner shall document financial and utilization statistics as to drugs provided to Medicaid recipients by therapeutic category and shall outline problems encountered in the administration of prescription drug utilization in the Medicaid program, suggested solutions and any recommendations for improvement.
(P.A. 89-296, S. 1, 9; P.A. 91-190, S. 1, 9; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 88; P.A. 03-268, S. 8; P.A. 05-280, S. 15; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 91-190 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate advisory panel to review prescription drug utilization in the Medicaid program and repealed Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to study feasibility of implementing a limited formulary of high volume drugs for medical assistance recipients and a rebate to the state from a pharmaceutical manufacturer or direct distributor of a percentage of total sales to the state, and to report results to general assembly committees by February 15, 1990; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134aa transferred to Sec. 17b-279 in 1995; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 deleted “, including the generic incentive dispensing fee”, effective September 1, 2002; P.A. 03-268 deleted requirement that commissioner submit annual report to human services and appropriations committees; P.A. 05-280 required commissioner to implement prior authorization for coverage of drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction under the Medicaid program and permitted commissioner to limit or exclude coverage for such drugs for persons who have been convicted of a sexual offense who are required to register with the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to chapter 969, effective July 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-280. (Formerly Sec. 17-134bb). Reimbursement rate for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program. (a) Effective on and after April 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall revise the reimbursement methodology and professional dispensing fees for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program to meet the requirements of federal regulations implementing changes to Section 1927 of the Social Security Act. Any such revision to the reimbursement methodology and professional dispensing fees for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program shall conform with procedures established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reflect actual acquisition costs and shall not adversely impact access to such outpatient drugs.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall pay for an original prescription that is otherwise eligible for payment and as many refills as ordered by a licensed authorized practitioner within twelve months, provided controlled substances as described in subsection (h) of section 21a-249 shall not be included in the provisions of this subsection. The department shall pay a professional dispensing fee pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for each approved refill.
(P.A. 89-296, S. 2, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 9, 63; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 122; P.A. 03-2, S. 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 52; P.A. 04-76, S. 20; 04-258, S. 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 85; P.A. 05-280, S. 4; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 71; P.A. 10-179, S. 23; P.A. 11-44, S. 76; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 18; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 22; P.A. 13-139, S. 8; 13-234, S. 81, 99; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 381, 399; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 570.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 divided the subsection into Subdivs., substituted “Medicaid” for “medical aid” and June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 relettered existing provision as Subsec. (a), provision amended to provide effective October 1, 2003 professional dispensing fee paid to pharmacies lowered from $3.60 to $3.30, added new Subsec. (b) to allow commissioner to provide an enhanced dispensing fee to a pharmacy enrolled in, or under contract to provide services, under the federal Office of Pharmacy Affairs drug discount program, effective August 20, 2003, added a new Subdiv. (2) re payment for legend and nonlegend drugs and basing the payment on the actual package size dispensed, limitation on the reimbursement of over-the-counter drugs as of October 1, 1991, and the inclusion in the rate of the cost of over-the-counter drugs for nursing facilities, chronic disease hospitals and the intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded; Sec. 17-134bb transferred to Sec. 17b-280 in 1995; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subdiv. (1) to provide that reimbursement for legend drugs applies to the Medicaid, state-administered general assistance, general assistance, ConnPACE and Connecticut AIDS drug assistance programs and that, effective September 1, 2002, the dispensing fee paid to licensed pharmacists is $3.85 per prescription, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-2 deleted “Notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies concerning payment for drugs provide to Medicaid recipients (1) effective July 1, 1989”, provided that effective March 1, 2003, the dispensing fee is $3.60 per prescription and made technical changes, effective February 28, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and, effective October 1, 2003, lowered professional dispensing fee paid to pharmacies from $3.60 to $3.30 and added new Subsec.(b) re enhanced dispensing fee to pharmacy enrolled in, or under contract to provide services under, the federal Office of Pharmacy Affairs drug discount program, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to “general assistance”; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “Effective October 1, 2003,” and by lowering the professional dispensing fee paid to pharmacies from $3.30 to $3.15, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “state-administered general assistance” from the list of programs for which commissioner pays a professional fee to licensed pharmacies for dispensing drugs to program recipients, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Finance Administration”, providing that reimbursement rate for legend drugs shall be the lower of rate established by said Centers, the average wholesale price minus 14% or an equivalent percentage as established under the Medicaid state plan, deleting language re commissioner's authority to establish and periodically revise estimated acquisition cost in accordance with federal regulations, and providing that no dispensing fee shall be issued for prescription drugs dispensed to a ConnPACE or Medicaid recipient who is a Medicare Part D beneficiary when the prescription drug is a Medicare Part D drug, effective July 1, 2005; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (a) by changing professional fee from $3.15 to $2.65 and adding provision applying fee to drugs dispensed under state-administered general assistance program, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by changing professional fee per prescription from $2.65 to $2.90, effective May 7, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing names of medical assistance programs with “medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services”, restating provision re professional fee to require state to pay fee to licensed pharmacies, decreasing professional fee from $2.90 to $2, decreasing rate to average wholesale price minus sixteen per cent, and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision permitting commissioner to establish reimbursement rate for independent pharmacies, added Subsec. (c) defining “independent pharmacy”, “community pharmacy” and “legend drug” and added Subsec. (d) requiring commissioner to submit an amendment to the Medicaid state plan to establish the independent pharmacy rate; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) to replace 14% with 15% in Subpara. (B) and to replace $2.00 with $1.75 re professional fee, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-139 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re reimbursement rates for independent pharmacies and deleted former Subsecs. (c) and (d) re definition of “independent pharmacy” and state plan amendment to establish independent pharmacy rate, effective July 1, 2013, and further amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce average wholesale price rate basis from minus 16 per cent to minus 16.5 per cent and the professional fee from $1.70 to $1.40, effective July 1, 2015, and added Subsec. (c) re payment within 12 months and professional license fee, effective August 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provisions re reimbursement for drugs under medical assistance programs and dispensing fee with provision re commissioner to revise reimbursement methodology and professional dispensing fees for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program to meet requirements of federal regulations, deleted former Subsec. (b) re enhanced dispensing fee, redesignated Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same to replace “professional license fee” with “professional dispensing fee”, effective October 31, 2017.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-280a. Payment for over-the-counter medications under medical assistance program. Exceptions. No payment shall be made under a medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services for over-the-counter medications, except for (1) insulin and insulin syringes, (2) nutritional supplements for individuals who are required to be tube fed or who cannot safely ingest nutrition in any other form, and as may be required by federal law, (3) smoking cessation medications as provided in section 17b-278a, (4) over-the-counter medications and products determined by the Commissioner of Social Services to be appropriate for coverage based on their clinical efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness, and (5) over-the-counter medications that are required to be covered pursuant to 42 CFR 440.347, including medications for individuals with specified diagnoses that have a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, provided the Department of Social Services may also pay for such over-the-counter medications under a medical assistance program or portion thereof that is not subject to 42 CFR 440.347.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 12; 10-179, S. 48; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 50; P.A. 11-44, S. 107; P.A. 14-157, S. 1; 14-217, S. 74; P.A. 15-165, S. 1; P.A. 19-118, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective May 1, 2010; P.A. 10-179 changed May 1, 2010, to June 1, 2010, and added exception for medical assistance program established pursuant to Sec. 17b-256, effective May 7, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 deleted reference to on and after June 1, 2010, and added exception for nutritional supplements for certain individuals, effective June 22, 2010; P.A. 11-44 inserted Subdiv. (1) and (2) designators, added Subdiv. (3) re smoking cessation drugs, added provisions re notice to pharmacists and General Assembly, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-157 added provision re over-the-counter drugs covered pursuant to 42 CFR 440.347 as exception to prohibition on payments for over-the-counter drugs, added provision allowing department to pay for such drugs under medical assistance program not subject to 42 CFR 440.347, and made technical changes, effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 14-217 made identical changes as P.A. 14-157, effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 15-165 added new Subdiv. (5) re coverage for medications and products determined by commissioner to be appropriate, redesignated existing Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (6), deleted provision re notice requirement for billing by pharmacists, and changed “drugs” to “medications”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 19-118 deleted former Subdiv. (1) re medical assistance program and redesignated existing Subdivs. (2) to (6) as new Subdivs. (1) to (5), effective July 1, 2019.
See Sec. 17b-10a re implementation of policies and procedures while in the process of adopting as regulation.
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Sec. 17b-280b. Proposed revisions to reimbursement methodology for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program. Legislative review. (a) On and after October 31, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit any proposed revision to the reimbursement methodology and dispensing fees for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program, including, but not limited to, a proposed revision requested by or on behalf of the General Assembly, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies prior to the implementation of any such proposed revision.
(b) Not later than thirty days prior to submission to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly under subsection (a) of this section of a proposed revision to the reimbursement methodology and dispensing fees for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall publish a notice that the commissioner intends to seek such proposed revision in the Connecticut Law Journal and on the Department of Social Services' Internet web site, along with a summary of the provisions of the proposed revision and the manner in which individuals may submit comments. The commissioner shall allow thirty days for written comments on the proposed revision prior to submission of the proposed revision to the General Assembly under subsection (a) of this section and shall include all written comments with the proposed revision in the submission to the General Assembly.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 571.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 17b-280c. Methadone maintenance. Minimum rates. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Methadone maintenance” means a chemical maintenance program under which an addiction to one drug, including, but not limited to, heroin, is treated with the drug methadone in a weekly program that includes on and off-site methadone administration, drug testing and counseling; and (2) “chemical maintenance provider” means a provider certified and licensed by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the state Department of Public Health who meets all federal and state requirements, including, but not limited to, requirements specific to the provision of chemical maintenance services.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide a minimum weekly reimbursement rate of eighty-eight dollars and fifty-two cents to a chemical maintenance provider for methadone maintenance treatment of a Medicaid beneficiary, provided no such provider receiving a higher rate shall have such rate reduced to the minimum as a result of the implementation of a new minimum reimbursement rate.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner posts notice of the intent to adopt the regulations on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 311; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 332.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted Subsec. (c) re payment performance standards, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (c) and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-281. (Formerly Sec. 17-134cc). Payment of oxygen products and services under medical assistance program. Notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, effective July 1, 1989, the state shall pay for oxygen products and services for Medicaid recipients when such recipients meet the medical criteria for coverage under the Medicare program, except that payment for oxygen products and services via oxygen concentrators in rest homes with nursing supervision and in chronic and convalescent homes shall be included in the per diem reimbursement rate established by the Commissioner of Social Services. Reimbursement for alternative oxygen products and services in such facilities may be made if substantiated by medical necessity.
(P.A. 89-296, S. 3, 9; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134cc transferred to Sec. 17b-281 in 1995.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-281a. Procedure for preauthorization of purchase or rental of durable medical equipment. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall extend the procedure in effect on October 1, 1998, for the preauthorization of the purchase or rental of new durable medical equipment and modification or repair of existing equipment to include services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also recipients of Medicare. The commissioner may enter into any necessary agreements with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure the coordination of authorization and payment for durable medical equipment for such recipients.
(b) Access to such procedure shall not be denied to a recipient on the basis that a Medicare coverage determination has not been made prior to the submission of a request for preauthorization to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not make payment for an item to a supplier of durable medical equipment on behalf of a Medicare recipient until the commissioner has received documentation establishing that a claim has been filed with, and a coverage and reimbursement decision has been rendered under, the Medicare program.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 6; P.A. 03-19, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 03-19 replaced “Health Care Financing Administration” with “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003.
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Sec. 17b-281b. Used durable medical equipment. Payments to vendors or suppliers. The Commissioner of Social Services may authorize payment for used durable medical equipment to a vendor or supplier of durable medical equipment enrolled as a medical equipment, devices and supplies provider under the Medicaid program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 8, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 48.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 2, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended section to permit commissioner to authorize payment to a vendor or supplier of used durable medical equipment provided under the Medicaid program and eliminated requirement that commissioner seek federal waiver to provide coverage for such equipment, effective August 15, 2002.
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Sec. 17b-281c. Authority of commissioner to modify medical equipment fee schedules. The Commissioner of Social Services may modify the state medical assistance durable medical equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices and hearing aid fee schedules, applicable regulations, policies and procedures or purchase of service contracts to achieve any expenditure reductions adopted under public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session*. In the event that such modifications require revisions to any existing state regulations, the commissioner may make such modifications while in the process of adopting the modifications in regulation form provided the commissioner publishes notice of any modifications of regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of such modifications. Such modifications may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) A change in the reimbursement to customized manually priced devices to a formula based on a percentage of list or acquisition of costs; (2) a percentage reduction in payments to all other durable medical equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices and hearing aid providers; (3) the application of any rental costs for durable medical equipment when the department subsequently purchases the same equipment for a recipient; and (4) the selection of a vendor or vendors to be the providers of durable medical equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices and hearing aid services pursuant to a competitive bidding process. In no event shall any modifications to the state medical assistance fee schedules, regulations, policies and procedures or purchase of service contracts implemented by the commissioner pursuant to this section be estimated to achieve expenditure reductions in an amount less than adopted in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session*.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 53.)
*Note: Public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session is entitled “An Act Concerning Expenditures and Revenue for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2005”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June 30, 2003” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003.
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Sec. 17b-282. (Formerly Sec. 17-134dd). Medical assistance for certain children and elderly and disabled persons. On and after January 1, 1991, the Commissioner of Social Services may provide, in accordance with federal law and regulations and within available appropriations, medical assistance under the Medicaid program to (1) children over five and under nine years of age whose families have an income below one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level and (2) elderly and disabled persons who would be eligible to receive supplemental security income benefits except for income and who have incomes below one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level.
(P.A. 90-134, S. 3, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 73, 165.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134dd transferred to Sec. 17b-282 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-282a. Coverage for in-patient dental services in certain instances involving children and developmentally disabled persons. The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide coverage for general anesthesia, nursing and related hospital services provided in conjunction with dental services, provided such anesthesia, nursing and related hospital services are provided in conjunction with in-patient dental services if the following conditions are met:
(1) The anesthesia, nursing and related hospital services are deemed medically necessary by the treating dentist or oral surgeon and the patient's primary care physician in accordance with the department's requirements for prior authorization of services, if required; and
(2) The patient is either (A) a child under the age of four who is determined by a licensed dentist, in conjunction with a licensed physician who specializes in primary care, to have a dental condition of significant dental complexity that it requires certain dental procedures to be performed in a hospital, or (B) a person who has a developmental disability, as determined by a licensed physician who specializes in primary care, that places the person at serious risk. The expense of such anesthesia, nursing and related hospital services shall be deemed a medical expense under such health insurance policy and shall not be subject to any limits on dental benefits under such policy.
(P.A. 99-284, S. 42, 60.)
History: P.A. 99-284 effective January 1, 2000.
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Sec. 17b-282b. Implementation of state-wide dental plan. Waiver. Not later than July 1, 2004, and prior to the implementation of a state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's medical assistance, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the federal waiver approved pursuant to Section 1915(b) of the Social Security Act. Such waiver amendment shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8.
(P.A. 03-155, S. 2; P.A. 04-16, S. 9; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 03-155 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 deleted former Subsec. (b) re prior authorization requirements and made a conforming change, effective October 5, 2009.
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Sec. 17b-282c. Nonemergency dental services. Regulations. (a) All nonemergency dental services provided under the Department of Social Services' dental programs, as described in section 17b-282b, shall be subject to prior authorization. Nonemergency services that are exempt from the prior authorization process shall include diagnostic, prevention, basic restoration procedures and nonsurgical extractions that are consistent with standard and reasonable dental practices. Payment for nonemergency dental services shall not exceed one thousand dollars per calendar year for an individual adult, provided services determined to be medically necessary, as defined in section 17b-259b, including dentures, shall not be subject to such payment cap. Dental benefit limitations shall apply to each client regardless of the number of providers serving the client. The commissioner may recoup payments for services that are determined not to be for an emergency condition or otherwise in excess of what is medically necessary. The commissioner shall periodically, but not less than quarterly, review payments for emergency dental services and basic restoration procedures for appropriateness of payment. For the purposes of this section, “emergency condition” means a dental condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate dental attention to result in placing the health of the individual, or with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy, cause serious impairment to body functions or cause serious dysfunction of any body organ or part.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 48; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 49.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re application of dental benefit limitations, effective July 1, 2012; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re maximum payment for nonemergency dental expenses, effective January 1, 2018.
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Sec. 17b-282d. Commissioner to modify nonemergency dental services. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall modify the extent of nonemergency adult dental services provided under the Medicaid program. Such modifications shall include, but are not limited to, providing one periodic dental exam, one dental cleaning and one set of bitewing x-rays each year for a healthy adult. For purposes of this section, “healthy adult” means a person twenty-one years of age or older for whom there is no evidence indicating that dental disease is an aggravating factor for the person's overall health condition.
(b) The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Such policies and procedures shall remain valid for three years following the date of publication in the Connecticut Law Journal unless otherwise provided for by the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the time frames established in subsection (c) of section 17b-10, the commissioner shall submit such policies and procedures in proposed regulation form to the legislative regulation review committee not later than three years following the date of publication of its intent to adopt regulations as provided for in this subsection. In the event that the commissioner is unable to submit proposed regulations prior to the expiration of the three-year time period as provided for in this subsection, the commissioner shall submit written notice, not later than thirty-five days prior to the date of expiration of such time period, to the legislative regulation review committee and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies indicating that the department will not be able to submit the proposed regulations on or before such date and shall include in such notice (1) the reasons why the department will not submit the proposed regulations by such date, and (2) the date by which the department will submit the proposed regulations. The legislative regulation review committee may require the department to appear before the committee at a time prescribed by the committee to further explain such reasons and to respond to any questions by the committee about the policy. The legislative regulation review committee may request the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services to review the department's policy, the department's reasons for not submitting the proposed regulations by the date specified in this section and the date by which the department will submit the proposed regulations. Said joint standing committee may review the policy, such reasons and such date, may schedule a hearing thereon and may make a recommendation to the legislative regulation review committee.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 81; 11-61, S. 158.)
History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change in definition of “healthy adult”, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 17b-282e. Orthodontic services for Medicaid recipients under twenty-one years of age. The Department of Social Services shall cover orthodontic services for a Medicaid recipient under twenty-one years of age when the Salzmann Handicapping Malocclusion Index indicates a correctly scored assessment for the recipient of twenty-six points or greater, subject to prior authorization requirements. If a recipient's score on the Salzmann Handicapping Malocclusion Index is less than twenty-six points, the Department of Social Services shall consider additional substantive information when determining the need for orthodontic services, including (1) documentation of the presence of other severe deviations affecting the oral facial structures; and (2) the presence of severe mental, emotional or behavioral problems or disturbances, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, that affects the individual's daily functioning. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner publishes notice of intent to adopt regulations on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 390.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-282f. Mobile dental clinics. Medicaid coverage areas. Regulations. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “mobile dental clinic” means preventative or restorative dental services offered by a licensed dentist or dental hygienist from a van or through the use of portable equipment at various locations, and (2) “fixed location” means the permanent office of an associated dentist licensed pursuant to chapter 379, who contracts with a mobile dental clinic and (A) is enrolled as a Medicaid provider; (B) maintains the diagnostic imaging, tests and charts of patients treated by the mobile dental clinic; (C) accepts and treats patients from the mobile dental clinic; and (D) provides a continuum of dental care.
(b) A mobile dental clinic may submit claims for Medicaid reimbursement to the Department of Social Services for dental treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries that occurred not more than thirty miles from the associated dentist's fixed location, except that a mobile dental clinic located in the counties of New London, Litchfield and Windham may submit claims for Medicaid reimbursement to the Department of Social Services for dental treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries that occurred not more than fifty miles from the dentist's fixed location.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner may adopt policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting regulations, provided such policies and procedures are published on the eRegulations System before such policies and procedures are implemented.
(P.A. 19-149, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-149 effective July 8, 2019.
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Sec. 17b-283. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ee). Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program for children and young adults with disabilities. The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, administer a Medicaid waiver program pursuant to Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act to provide home and community-based services for persons who are institutionalized or at risk of institutionalization and who (1) are twenty-one years of age or younger; (2) have a physical disability and may also have a co-occurring developmental disability; and (3) meet the financial eligibility criteria established in the waiver.
(P.A. 90-134, S. 5, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 74, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 50, 53; P.A. 12-119, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134ee transferred to Sec. 17b-283 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made a technical and conforming change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 deleted former Subsec. (b) re feasibility study concerning Medicaid coverage for outpatient substance abuse treatment, removed Subsec. (a) designator and added language re amendment of waiver to increase number of eligible persons, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 12-119 replaced former provisions re model 2176 Medicaid waiver with provisions re Medicaid waiver program for certain children and young adults with disabilities, effective July 1, 2012.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-283a. Active duty armed forces member application for Medicaid home or community-based program on behalf of eligible spouse or child. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any member of the armed forces, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, who is on active duty may apply on behalf of such member's spouse or child for any Medicaid home or community-based program in this state for which such spouse or child is eligible.
(P.A. 17-127, S. 15.)
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Sec. 17b-284. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ff). Medical assistance for certain employed persons. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may continue, within available appropriations, to provide Medicaid to employed persons who have conditions which prevent them from obtaining health insurance under an employer's group health insurance plan and who would otherwise be eligible for such medical assistance.
(b) The commissioner may pay under the Medicaid program, within available appropriations, the employee's share of health insurance under an employer's group health insurance plan for employees who would otherwise be eligible for medical assistance.
(c) The commissioner may pay under the Medicaid program, within available appropriations, the premiums for continued health insurance coverage under an employer's group health insurance plan, pursuant to section 38a-512a, for chronically ill and disabled persons who are no longer employed and would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid.
(P.A. 90-134, S. 6, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 75, 165; P.A. 10-13, S. 6; P.A. 15-247, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134ff transferred to Sec. 17b-284 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 10-13 amended Subsec. (c) to change reference re continued health insurance coverage from federal COBRA to Sec. 38a-554, effective May 5, 2010; P.A. 15-247 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “38a-554” with “38a-512a”, effective July 10, 2015.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-285. (Formerly Sec. 17-134gg). Assignment of spousal support of an institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, an institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care who applies for Medicaid may assign to the Commissioner of Social Services the right of support derived from the assets of the community spouse of such person but only if (1) the assets of the institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care do not exceed the Medicaid program asset limit; and (2) the institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care cannot locate the community spouse; or the community spouse is unable to provide information regarding his or her own assets. If such assignment is made or if the institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care lacks the ability to execute such an assignment due to physical or mental impairment, the commissioner may seek recovery of any medical assistance paid on behalf of the institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care up to the amount of the community spouse's assets that are in excess of the community spouse protected amount as of the initial month of Medicaid eligibility.
(P.A. 91-396; P.A. 93-262, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134gg transferred to Sec. 17b-285 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 inserted “Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes”, replaced “shall” with “may” re assigning right of support to commissioner, replaced “spouse” with “community Spouse”, revised criteria re when person applying for Medicaid may assign to commissioner the right to support derived from assets of a spouse, specified that assignments may be made only if assets of institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care do not exceed Medicaid program asset limit and such person cannot locate the community spouse, or the community spouse is unable to provide information regarding assets, deleted provision re bringing support proceeding against applicant's spouse without assignment and added provision re commissioner's authority to seek recovery of medical assistance paid on behalf of institutionalized person or person in need of institutional care, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 233 C. 557.
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Sec. 17b-286. Medicaid management information system. Reports. Section 17b-286 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 35, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 03-268, S. 13.)
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Sec. 17b-287. (Formerly Sec. 17-292a). Assistance for person who needs hospitalization and is not a resident of any town. Section 17b-287 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1959, P.A. 536; P.A. 83-575, S. 7, 10; P.A. 86-415, S. 8; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 15, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
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Sec. 17b-288. Organ transplant account. Regulations. (a) There is established an organ transplant account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or persons acting under a contract with the department, (1) to assist residents of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with a medically required organ transplant, (2) to assist individuals who have donated an organ to a resident of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with the organ donation, including, but not limited to, costs of transportation, accommodation and lost wages, or (3) the promotion of the income tax contribution system and the organ transplant account. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal year provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1994, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written authorization of the Commissioner of Public Health, by private organizations to promote the contribution system and the organ transplant account.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the distribution of funds available pursuant to this section and section 12-743.
(P.A. 93-233, S. 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 94-175, S. 15, 32; 94-210, S. 25, 30; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 08-184, S. 52.)
History: P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 in Subsec. (a) changed account name from “organ transplant fund account” to “organ transplant account”, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 94-210 transferred responsibility for the program from the department of public health and addiction services to the department of social services, effective July 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 and P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of P.A. 94-175 but without affecting this section; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re providing assistance to individuals who have donated organ to a state resident by paying certain costs associated with the donation and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2008.
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Sec. 17b-289. Short title: HUSKY and HUSKY Plus Act. HUSKY Plan, Part A and HUSKY Plan, Part B participants. Section 17b-289 is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 1, 23; P.A. 05-44, S. 1; P.A. 07-185, S. 5; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-290. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 17b-292, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300:
(1) “Applicant” means an individual over the age of eighteen years who is a natural or adoptive parent, a legal guardian, a caretaker relative, foster parent or stepparent with whom the child resides and shall include a child who is eighteen years of age or emancipated in accordance with the provisions of sections 46b-150 to 46b-150e, inclusive, and who is applying on his own behalf or on behalf of a minor dependent for coverage under such plan;
(2) “Child” means an individual under nineteen years of age;
(3) “Coinsurance” means the sharing of health care expenses by the insured and an insurer in a specified ratio;
(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services;
(5) “Copayment” means a payment made on behalf of a member for a specified service under HUSKY B;
(6) “Cost sharing” means arrangements made on behalf of a member whereby an applicant pays a portion of the cost of health services, sharing costs with the state and includes copayments, premiums, deductibles and coinsurance;
(7) “Deductible” means the amount of out-of-pocket expenses that would be paid for health services on behalf of a member before becoming payable by the insurer;
(8) “Department” means the Department of Social Services;
(9) “Durable medical equipment” means equipment that meets all of the following requirements:
(A) Can withstand repeated use;
(B) Is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;
(C) Generally is not useful to a person in the absence of an illness or injury; and
(D) Is nondisposable;
(10) “Eligible beneficiary” means a child who meets the requirements in section 17b-292, and the requirements specified in Section 2110(b)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act as amended by Section 10203(b)(2)(D) of the Affordable Care Act;
(11) “Household” has the same meaning as provided in 42 CFR 435.603;
(12) “Household income” has the same meaning as provided in 42 CFR 435.603;
(13) “HUSKY A” means Medicaid provided to children, caretaker relatives and pregnant and postpartum women pursuant to section 17b-261 or 17b-277;
(14) “HUSKY B” means the health coverage for children established pursuant to the provisions of sections 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300;
(15) “HUSKY C” means Medicaid provided to individuals who are sixty-five years of age or older or who are blind or have a disability;
(16) “HUSKY D” or “Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program” means Medicaid provided to nonpregnant low-income adults who are age eighteen to sixty-four, as authorized pursuant to section 17b-8a;
(17) “HUSKY Health” means the combined HUSKY A, HUSKY B, HUSKY C and HUSKY D programs, that provide medical coverage to eligible children, parents, relative caregivers, persons age sixty-five or older, individuals with disabilities, low-income adults, and pregnant women;
(18) “Member” means an eligible beneficiary who receives services under HUSKY A, B, C or D;
(19) “Parent” means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, guardian or custodian of a child;
(20) “Premium” means any required payment made by an individual to offset the cost under HUSKY B;
(21) “Qualified entity” means any entity: (A) Eligible for payments under a state plan approved under Medicaid and which provides medical services under HUSKY A, or (B) that is a qualified entity, as defined in 42 USC 1396r-1a, as amended by Section 708 of Public Law 106-554, and that is determined by the commissioner to be capable of making the determination of eligibility. The commissioner shall provide qualified entities with such forms or information on filing an application electronically as is necessary for an application to be made on behalf of a child under HUSKY A and information on how to assist parents, guardians and other persons in completing and filing such forms or electronic application;
(22) “WIC” means the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-59c.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 2, 23; P.A. 99-279, S. 18, 45; P.A. 00-196, S. 53; P.A. 01-137, S. 2, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 73; P.A. 05-44, S. 2; P.A. 10-179, S. 61; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 32; P.A. 11-25, S. 11; P.A. 15-69, S. 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 373; P.A. 21-123, S. 3.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 99-279 amended Subdiv. (10) to provide that a child of a municipal employee may be eligible for coverage under the HUSKY Plan, Part B if dependent coverage was terminated due to an extreme economic hardship on the part of the employee, as determined by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-196 made technical changes in Subdivs. (21) and (22); P.A. 01-137 amended Subdiv. (22) to redefine “qualified entity” by deleting language contained in the federal definition of term and adding reference to such federal definition, effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: In Subdiv. (22), the word “that” was inserted editorially by the Revisors after “(B)” for proper form); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended introductory language to add reference to Sec. 17b-261f, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-44 amended Subdiv. (13) to redefine “HUSKY Plan, Part A” to include assistance provided to caretaker relatives and pregnant women pursuant to Sec. 17b-261 or 17b-277, effective July 1, 2005 (Revisor's note: An erroneous reference to Sec. 17b-261f was deleted editorially by the Revisors to correct a codification error); P.A. 10-179 amended Subdiv. (11) by deleting reference to managed care plan, deleted former Subdiv. (15) defining “HUSKY Plus programs”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (16) as Subdiv. (15), deleted former Subdiv. (17) defining “managed care plan”, redesignated existing Subdivs. (18) to (23) as Subdivs. (16) to (21) and amended redesignated Subdiv. (17) by replacing “capitation rate” with “cost”, effective July 1, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 added new Subdiv. (15) defining “HUSKY Plus programs” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (15) to (21) as Subdivs. (16) to (22), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made a technical change in Subdiv. (21); P.A. 15-69 replaced references to Secs. 17b-289 to 17b-303 and Sec. 16 of Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 with references to section and Secs. 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300, redefined “applicant”, “copayment”, “cost sharing”, “deductible”, “durable medical equipment” and “eligible beneficiary”, deleted definitions of “enrollee”, “family”, “income”, “preventive care and services” and “primary and preventive health care services”, added definitions of “household”, “household income”, “HUSKY C”, “HUSKY D” or “Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program” and “HUSKY Health”, replaced defined terms of “HUSKY Plan, Part A”, “HUSKY Plan, Part B” and “HUSKY Plus programs” with “HUSKY A”, “HUSKY B” and “HUSKY Plus”, respectively, and made conforming changes, effective June 19, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 made technical changes in Subdiv. (1) and deleted “or pay in full” in Subdiv. (21), effective August 1, 2015; P.A. 21-123 deleted references to section 17b-294a in introductory language and Subdiv. (14), deleted Subdiv. (18) re the HUSKY Plus program and redesignated existing Subdivs. (19) to (23) as Subdivs. (18) to (22), effective July 6, 2021.
See Sec. 17b-261e re HUSKY and Medicaid coverage for isolation care and emergency services provided by the state's mobile field hospital.
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Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan. Section 17b-291 is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 20, 53; P.A. 03-19, S. 42; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-292. HUSKY B. Eligibility. Expedited eligibility under HUSKY B. Presumptive eligibility under Medicaid. State-funded coverage for certain children not otherwise covered. Postpartum care. (a) A child who resides in a household with household income that exceeds one hundred ninety-six per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed three hundred eighteen per cent of the federal poverty level may be eligible for benefits under HUSKY B. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, provide state-funded medical assistance to any child twelve years of age and younger, regardless of immigration status, (1) with a household income that exceeds two hundred one per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed three hundred twenty-three per cent of the federal poverty level, and (2) who does not otherwise qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, or an offer of affordable, employer-sponsored insurance, as defined in the Affordable Care Act, as an employee or a dependent of an employee. A child eligible for such assistance under this subsection shall continue to receive such assistance until such child is nineteen years of age, provided the child continues to meet the eligibility requirements prescribed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(b) Whenever a court or family support magistrate orders a noncustodial parent to provide health insurance for a child, such parent may provide for coverage under HUSKY B.
(c) To the extent allowed under federal law, the commissioner shall not pay for services or durable medical equipment under HUSKY B if the member has other insurance coverage for such services or equipment. If a HUSKY B member has limited benefit insurance coverage for services that are also covered under HUSKY B, the commissioner shall require such other coverage to pay for the goods or services prior to any payment under HUSKY B.
(d) On or after April 1, 2022, the commissioner shall extend medical assistance for postpartum care for twelve months after birth to a HUSKY B beneficiary, to the extent permissible under federal law. The commissioner shall amend the state plan for the Children's Health Insurance Program in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide federal reimbursement to the state for such postpartum care extension and shall extend such coverage following federal approval. The commissioner shall take any other action necessary under federal law to maintain federal reimbursement for such postpartum coverage. A newborn child who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria for HUSKY B shall be eligible for benefits retroactive to his or her date of birth, provided an application is filed on behalf of the child not later than thirty days after such date. Any uninsured child born in a hospital in this state or in a border state hospital shall be enrolled on an expedited basis in HUSKY B, provided (1) the parent or caretaker relative of such child resides in this state, and (2) the parent or caretaker relative of such child authorizes enrollment in the program. The commissioner shall pay any premium cost such household would otherwise incur for the first four months of coverage.
(e) The commissioner shall implement presumptive eligibility for children applying for Medicaid and may, if cost effective, implement presumptive eligibility for children in households with income not exceeding three hundred eighteen per cent of the federal poverty level applying for HUSKY B. Such presumptive eligibility determinations shall be in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish standards and procedures for the designation of an organization as a qualified entity to grant presumptive eligibility. A qualified entity shall, at the time a presumptive eligibility determination is made, provide assistance to applicants with the completion and submission of an application for a full eligibility determination. In establishing such standards and procedures, the commissioner shall ensure the representation of state-wide and local organizations that provide services to children of all ages in each region of the state.
(f) In accordance with 42 CFR 435.1110, the commissioner shall provide Medicaid during a presumptive eligibility period to individuals who are determined presumptively eligible by a qualified hospital. A hospital making such a presumptive eligibility determination shall provide assistance to individuals in completing and submitting an application for full Medicaid benefits.
(g) The commissioner shall implement HUSKY B while in the process of adopting necessary policies and procedures in regulation form in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-10.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 4, 23; P.A. 01-137, S. 1, 3, 4, 9; P.A. 03-2, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 56; P.A. 04-16, S. 10; P.A. 05-280, S. 5, 9; P.A. 06-188, S. 16; P.A. 07-185, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 17; P.A. 09-8, S. 8; P.A. 10-179, S. 62; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 26; P.A. 11-25, S. 12; P.A. 15-69, S. 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 374; P.A. 21-176, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 336; P.A. 22-118, S. 233.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 01-137 amended Subsec. (h) to require servicer to electronically transmit enrollment and disenrollment data re HUSKY Plan, Part B to commissioner who may transmit such data to Children's Health Council and amended Subsec. (k) to require the commissioner or servicer, as the case may be, to determine if a child continues to be eligible for benefits under the HUSKY Plan, Part A or Part B, to mail an application form to each participant in the plan and to rely upon information provided in the application form by the participant in determining eligibility for benefits under the plan with respect to family income unless the commissioner or servicer has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate or incomplete, effective July 1, 2001, and amended Subsec. (m) to require regulations providing that any child adopted from another country by a U.S. citizen and state resident shall be eligible for benefits under the HUSKY Plan, Part B upon arrival in this state, effective June 28, 2001; P.A. 03-2 deleted former Subsec. (d) which provided for 12 months of continuous eligibility under the HUSKY Plan, Part A or Part B, from the date that a child was determined eligible for the program and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) to (m), inclusive, as Subsecs. (d) to (l), inclusive, effective February 28, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the services and cost-sharing requirements under HUSKY Plan, Part B shall be substantially similar to those afforded to state residents by the largest commercially available health plan offered by a managed care organization, deleted former Subsecs. (f) and (h) re granting of presumptive eligibility under HUSKY Plan, Part A, redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (f) and deleted reference therein re transmittal of data to Children's Health Council, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (i) to (l) as Subsecs. (g) to (j), effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision that required HUSKY Plan, Part B services and cost-sharing requirements to be substantially similar to those of the largest commercially available health plan offered by a managed care organization, added new Subsec. (f) re implementation of presumptive eligibility for children applying for Medicaid and requiring commissioner to adopt regulations re standards and procedures for the designation of organizations that shall act as qualified entities to grant presumptive eligibility, redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as new Subsec. (g), added new Subsec. (h) re development of new contract for single point of entry services and managed care enrollment brokerage services, redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) to (j), inclusive, as new Subsecs. (i) to (l), inclusive, amended redesignated Subsec. (i) to require HUSKY Plan, Part A or Part B beneficiaries, enrolled in managed care plan, to remain enrolled in such plan for 12 months unless beneficiary demonstrates good cause to enroll in a different plan or no longer meets program eligibility requirements and amended redesignated Subsec. (j) to eliminate mandate that commissioner rely on family income information provided by participant in determining eligibility for benefits under the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsec. (j) to permit commissioner, to the extent permitted by federal law, to rely on self-declared family income when making program eligibility determinations and to require department to review a random sample of cases to confirm that ineligible clients are not receiving program benefits, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adjusting family income eligibility limits from 300% to 400% of federal poverty level, amended Subsec. (e) by providing that uninsured child born in a hospital in this state or a border state shall be enrolled in HUSKY Plan, Part B with the commissioner to pay any premium costs for the first two months of coverage, provided the parent or caretaker relative of such child authorizes enrollment and resides in this state, amended Subsec. (g) by requiring commissioner, in consultation with servicer, to establish a centralized unit for processing applications for assistance under HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B, to ensure that a child determined eligible for benefits has uninterrupted health insurance coverage for as long as the parent or guardian elects to enroll the child for coverage and to electronically transmit both Part A and Part B enrollment and disenrollment data to commissioner, amended Subsec. (i) by requiring servicer to transmit “all applications” to commissioner and deleting language re transmittal of applications where child resides in a home with family income not in excess of 185% of federal poverty level, amended Subsec. (j) by changing from 12 to 10 months the time period for commissioner to make continued eligibility determinations and by requiring that, within existing budgetary resources, commissioner, upon the request of a program participant, electronically transmit application information needed to make continued eligibility determinations beyond the 12 months of initial eligibility, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adjusting family income eligibility limits from 400% to 300% of federal poverty level, amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “two” with “four” re months that commissioner shall pay premium costs for coverage of uninsured newborn children and made conforming changes in Subsecs. (g) and (j), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-8 made a technical change in Subsec. (j); P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision re payment of premium costs to managed care organization, amended Subsec. (h) by deleting provision requiring commissioner to develop a contract for managed care enrollment brokerage services, amended Subsec. (i) by replacing provision requiring single point of entry servicer to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plan with provision requiring servicer to enroll beneficiaries in administrative services organization, effective July 1, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision permitting commissioner to implement presumptive eligibility for children in families with income under 300% of federal poverty level and by replacing reference to completed application for Medicaid with reference to completed application for benefits, effective June 22, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made technical changes in Subsecs. (i) and (j); P.A. 15-69 changed “family” or “families” to “household”, “HUSKY Plan, Part B” to “HUSKY B” and income eligibility from 185 to 196 per cent and 300 to 318 per cent of federal poverty level throughout, added provision re limited benefit insurance coverage in Subsec. (d), made technical changes in Subsec. (f), deleted former Subsecs. (g) to (j) re single point of entry servicer and eligibility redeterminations, added new Subsec. (g) re presumptive eligibility, redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (h) and deleted former Subsec. (l) re adoption of regulations for income eligibility, residency requirements and eligibility of foreign adoptees, effective June 19, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “subsidized”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re unsubsidized HUSKY B benefits for children in households with income over 318 per cent of federal poverty level, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (h) as Subsecs. (b) to (g) and made a technical change in redesignated Subsec. (e), effective August 1, 2015; P.A. 21-176 amended Subsec. (a) by adding state-funded medical assistance for certain children age 8 and under not otherwise qualified for health coverage; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (d) by adding requirement for extension of postpartum care, effective June 23, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing the age of children eligible for state-funded medical assistance from 8 to 12 years regardless of immigration status and allowing such eligible children to retain such assistance until age 19, effective May 7, 2022.
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Sec. 17b-292a. Information for redetermination of eligibility under HUSKY Plan. Section 17b-292a is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(P.A. 01-137, S. 8, 9; P.A. 09-9, S. 26; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-292b. Prenatal care under HUSKY B. Unborn child option. Income eligibility. As used in this section, “unborn child option” means a state option available under the Children's Health Insurance Program pursuant to Title XXI of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time, that allows states to consider an unborn child a low-income child eligible for coverage of prenatal care if other conditions of eligibility under the Children's Health Insurance Program are met. Not later than April 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Social Services shall provide medical assistance for prenatal care through the unborn child option under the medical assistance program established pursuant to section 17b-292. The commissioner shall amend the state plan for the Children's Health Insurance Program to provide such medical assistance to needy pregnant women whose family have an income not exceeding two hundred fifty-eight per cent of the federal poverty level.
(P.A. 21-176, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 344.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 inserted income eligibility for needy pregnant women.
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Sec. 17b-293. Minimum benefit coverage under HUSKY Plan, Part B. Section 17b-293 is repealed, effective August 20, 2003.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 5, 23; P.A. 99-284, S. 50, 60; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 96.)
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Sec. 17b-294. HUSKY Plus programs. Section 17b-294 is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 6, 23; P.A. 98-8, S. 1, 5; P.A. 10-179, S. 160.)
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Sec. 17b-294a. HUSKY Plus program. Administration. Eligibility. Regulations. Section 17b-294a is repealed, effective July 6, 2021.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 33; P.A. 15-69, S. 26; P.A. 16-19, S. 1; P.A. 21-123, S. 8.)
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Sec. 17b-295. Cost-sharing requirements under HUSKY B. (a) The commissioner shall impose cost-sharing requirements, including the payment of a premium or copayment, in connection with services provided under HUSKY B, to the extent permitted by federal law. Copayments under HUSKY B shall not exceed those in effect for active state employees enrolled in a point-of-enrollment health care plan, provided the household's annual combined premiums and copayments do not exceed the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirement. The cost-sharing requirements imposed by the commissioner shall be in accordance with the following limitations:
(1) The commissioner may increase the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirements, provided such cost-sharing requirements shall not exceed five per cent of the household's gross annual income.
(2) In accordance with federal law, the commissioner may impose a premium requirement on households whose income exceeds two hundred forty-nine per cent of the federal poverty level as a component of the household's cost-sharing responsibility and, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, inclusive, may annually increase the premium requirement based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for medical care services; and
(3) The commissioner shall monitor copayments and premiums under the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner may impose limitations on the amount, duration and scope of benefits under HUSKY B.
(2) The limitations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not preclude coverage of any item of durable medical equipment or service that is medically necessary.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 7, 23; P.A. 98-8, S. 2, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 55; P.A. 05-280, S. 7; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 1; P.A. 06-196, S. 135; P.A. 07-185, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 44; P.A. 10-3, S. 8; 10-179, S. 22; P.A. 11-44, S. 109; P.A. 15-69, S. 27; P.A. 21-123, S. 1.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 98-8 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to require each managed care plan, rather than its health care providers, to monitor copayments and premiums, effective April 7, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to impose cost-sharing requirements in connection with services provided under the HUSKY Plan, Part B to the extent permitted by federal law, to delete “may require” re payment of premiums and copayments, to delete former Subdivs. (1) and (2) re maximum annual cost-sharing for families and add new Subdiv. (1) providing that on and after October 1, 2003, commissioner may increase maximum annual cost-sharing for families in an amount not to exceed 5% of the family's gross annual income, and authorizing commissioner to impose a premium on families with income exceeding 185% of the federal poverty level as a component of the family's cost-sharing responsibility provided family's combined premiums and copayments do not exceed the maximum annual cost-sharing requirement, and to redesignate former Subdiv. (3) redesignated as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by substituting July 1, 2005, for October 1, 2003, and changing “may” to “shall” re commissioner increasing maximum annual cost-sharing requirements, by requiring the commissioner to impose a premium requirement that does not exceed the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirement on families whose income exceeds 185% of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 235% of the federal poverty level and by increasing the premium requirement on families whose income exceeds 235% of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by changing “shall” to “may” re commissioner's authority to increase maximum annual cost-sharing requirements, by providing that commissioner shall not impose premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 185% but does not exceed 235% of federal poverty level, by removing provision that required commissioner to increase premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 235% but does not exceed 300% of federal poverty level, and by providing that commissioner may impose premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 235% of federal poverty level, not exceeding $30 per month per child, with a maximum of $50 per month per family, effective November 3, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by deleting “On and after July 1, 2005, the”, by specifying that Subpara. (B) applies to “a family with income that exceeds two hundred thirty-five per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level” and by adding new Subpara. (C) specifying that “premium requirements for a family with income that exceeds three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who does not have any access to employer-sponsored health insurance coverage shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars per child, with a maximum premium of seventy-five dollars per month”, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 deleted new language in Subsec. (a)(1)(B) and new Subsec. (a)(1)(C) added by P.A. 07-185, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring that copayments be the same as for active state employees enrolled in point-of-enrollment health care plan provided the family's premiums and copayments do not exceed maximum annual cost-sharing requirement, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by dividing existing Subdiv. (1) into Subdivs. (1) and (2) and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), by changing the maximum premium requirements for families with 1 child from $30 to $38 per month and maximum premium per family from $50 to $60 per month in redesignated Subdiv. (2)(B) and by deleting reference to managed care plan in redesignated Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding provision re premium requirement to be in accordance with federal law, deleting premium requirement provisos and exception, and adding provision re increase in premiums for fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 15-69 changed income threshold for premium requirement from 235 per cent to 249 per cent of federal poverty level in Subsec. (a)(2), changed “HUSKY Plan, Part B” to “HUSKY B” and changed “family's” to “household's”, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 21-123 amended Subsec. (a) by changing requirement that copayments be the same as those for state employees to requirement that copayments not exceed those of state employees, effective July 6, 2021.
See Sec. 17b-10a re implementation of policies and procedures while in the process of adopting as regulation.
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Sec. 17b-296. Provision for clinicians in managed care plans. Provision by managed care organizations of services under HUSKY Plan. Section 17b-296 is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 8, 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 10-179, S. 160.)
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Sec. 17b-297. Outreach programs for HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. Section 17b-297 is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 9, 23; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 57; P.A. 07-185, S. 8; P.A. 10-179, S. 68; P.A. 11-44, S. 171; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-297a. Funds to promote enrollment of children eligible for other income-based assistance programs in HUSKY B. The Commissioner of Social Services may seek a waiver, if required, under Title XXI of the Social Security Act to authorize the use of funds received under said title to promote the enrollment of children in HUSKY B who are eligible for benefits under other income-based assistance programs including, but not limited to, free or reduced school lunch programs.
(P.A. 01-137, S. 6, 9; P.A. 15-69, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 01-137 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 15-69 changed “the HUSKY Plan” to “HUSKY B”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-297b. Procedures for sharing information in applications for school lunch program for purpose of determining eligibility under HUSKY Health program. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Commissioners of Social Services and Education, in consultation with the board of directors, shall jointly establish procedures for the sharing of information contained in applications for free and reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program for the purpose of determining whether children participating in said program are eligible for coverage under the HUSKY Health program. The Commissioner of Social Services shall take all actions necessary to ensure that children identified as eligible for the HUSKY Health program, are enrolled in the appropriate plan.
(b) The Commissioner of Education shall establish procedures whereby an individual may apply for the HUSKY Health program, at the same time such individual applies for the National School Lunch Program.
(P.A. 01-137, S. 7, 9; P.A. 03-19, S. 43; P.A. 07-185, S. 9; P.A. 09-148, S. 15; P.A. 15-69, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 01-137 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that commissioner shall ensure that children identified as eligible for either HUSKY Plan, Part A or Part B, are enrolled in the appropriate plan, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-148 added provisions re consultation with board of directors and re SustiNet Plan, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-69 deleted references to SustiNet Plan and changed references to HUSKY Plan, Part A and B to “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-298. Regulations re quality of care under HUSKY Plan. Outcome criteria. Sanctions. Reports re HUSKY Plans to General Assembly. Section 17b-298 is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 10, 23; P.A. 10-179, S. 160.)
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Sec. 17b-299. Applications. Approval. Section 17b-299 is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 11, 23; P.A. 01-137, S. 5, 9; P.A. 10-13, S. 7; P.A. 15-69, S. 45; 15-247, S. 31.)
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Sec. 17b-300. Notification of member's change of circumstance. The applicant for a HUSKY B member shall notify the Department of Social Services of any change in circumstance that could affect the member's continued eligibility for coverage under HUSKY B within thirty days of such change. A member shall be disenrolled if the commissioner determines the member is no longer eligible for participation in such plan for reasons including, but not limited to, those specified in section 17b-301 and the nonpayment of premiums.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 12, 23; P.A. 10-179, S. 63; P.A. 15-69, S. 30.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 10-179 replaced provision requiring applicant to notify managed care plan with provision requiring applicant to notify Department of Social Services, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 15-69 replaced references to enrollee with references to HUSKY B member, and changed “HUSKY Plan, Part B” to “HUSKY B”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-301. Recovery of payment for false statement, misrepresentation or concealment. Any payment made by the state on behalf of an enrollee as a result of any false statement, misrepresentation or concealment of or failure to disclose income or health insurance coverage by an applicant responsible for maintaining insurance may be recovered by the state.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 13, 23.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997.
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Secs. 17b-301a to 17b-301p. Prohibited acts re medical assistance: Definitions. Prohibited acts re medical assistance; penalties. Attorney General's investigation of prohibited acts; civil action. Civil action by individual; consent for withdrawal; manner of service; complaint under seal; intervening in action by Attorney General. Prosecution by Attorney General; withdrawal; settlement; limits on individual's participation; division of proceeds; attorneys' fees and costs. Civil action by individual when Attorney General declines to proceed; procedure; division of proceeds; attorneys' fees and costs. Attorney General's pursuit of claim through alternate remedy. Civil action by individual who committed prohibited act re medical assistance; reduction of proceeds; dismissal from action. Court's jurisdiction over civil actions brought by certain individuals. State not liable for expenses. Discrimination in employment because of acts in furtherance of civil action prohibited; remedies; attorneys' fees and costs. Time for bringing civil action; state's intervention in action. Standard of proof in civil action. Effect of final judgment in criminal proceeding on civil action. Remedies not exclusive. Report re medical assistance civil actions. Sections 17b-301a to 17b-301p, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 13, 2014.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 1–15, 18; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 181; P.A. 10-26, S. 1; P.A. 11-44, S. 153–159; 11-61, S. 119; P.A. 14-217, S. 257.)
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Sec. 17b-302. Public involvement in design and implementation of HUSKY Plan, Part B. Submission of plan for public involvement to General Assembly. Section 17b-302 is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 14, 23; P.A. 10-179, S. 160.)
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Sec. 17b-303. Income disregard. Application for federal waiver. Section 17b-303 is repealed, effective June 19, 2015.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 15, 23; P.A. 98-8, S. 3, 5; P.A. 15-69, S. 45.)
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Sec. 17b-304. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 17b-292, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300 while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published on the Department of Social Services' Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 20, 23; P.A. 15-69, S. 33; P.A. 21-123, S. 4.)
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 15-69 replaced “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Social Services”, replaced references to Secs. 17b-292 to 17b-303, 17b-257b, 17b-261 and Sec. 16 of Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 with references to Secs. 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300 and replaced reference to Connecticut Law Journal with reference to department's Internet web site and eRegulations System, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 21-123 deleted reference to section 17b-294a, effective July 6, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-305. Reserved for future use.
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Sec. 17b-306. Plan for a system of preventive health services for children in the HUSKY Health program. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall develop and within available appropriations implement a plan for a system of preventive health services for children under HUSKY A and B. The goal of the system shall be to improve health outcomes for all children enrolled in the HUSKY Health program and to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities among children. Such system shall ensure that services under the federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Program are provided to children enrolled in HUSKY A.
(b) The plan shall:
(1) Establish a coordinated system for preventive health services for HUSKY A and B beneficiaries including, but not limited to, services under the federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Program, ophthalmologic and optometric services, oral health care, care coordination, chronic disease management and periodicity schedules based on standards specified by the American Academy of Pediatrics;
(2) Require the Department of Social Services to track the utilization of services in the system of preventive health services by HUSKY A and B beneficiaries to ensure that such beneficiaries receive all the services available under the system and to track the health outcomes of children; and
(3) Include payment methodologies to create financial incentives and rewards for health care providers who participate and provide services in the system, such as case management fees, pay for performance, and payment for technical support and data entry associated with patient registries.
(P.A. 07-185, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 10; P.A. 15-69, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 07-185 effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying that implementation of plan shall be “within available appropriations”, amended Subsec. (b)(1) by replacing “vision care” with “ophthalmologic and optometric services”, amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting “electronically” re tracking utilization of services, and amended Subsec. (d) by deleting commissioner's responsibility to report on “the implementation of” plan, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 15-69 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to change “HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B” to “HUSKY A and B”, “HUSKY Plan, Part A” to “HUSKY A”, “HUSKY Plan” to “HUSKY Health program” and “Diagnosis” to “Diagnostic”, and deleted former Subsecs. (c) and (d) re preventive health services plan and report, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-306a. Child health quality improvement program. Purpose and scope. Annual reports. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the Commissioners of Public Health and Children and Families, shall establish a child health quality improvement program for the purpose of promoting the implementation of evidence-based strategies by providers participating in the HUSKY Health program to improve the delivery of and access to children's health services. Such strategies shall focus on physical, dental and mental health services and shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Methods for early identification of children with special health care needs; (2) integration of care coordination and care planning into children's health services; (3) implementation of standardized data collection to measure performance improvement; and (4) implementation of family-centered services in patient care, including, but not limited to, the development of parent-provider partnerships. The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek the participation of public and private entities that are dedicated to improving the delivery of health services, including medical, dental and mental health providers, academic professionals with experience in health services research and performance measurement and improvement, and any other entity deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Social Services, to promote such strategies. The commissioner shall ensure that such strategies reflect new developments and best practices in the field of children's health services. As used in this section, “evidence-based strategies” means policies, procedures and tools that are informed by research and supported by empirical evidence, including, but not limited to, research developed by organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the Institute of Medicine.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations, and to the Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight on (1) the implementation of any strategies developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and (2) the efficacy of such strategies in improving the delivery of and access to health services for children enrolled in the HUSKY Health program.
(P.A. 07-185, S. 14; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 57; P.A. 10-179, S. 69; P.A. 11-44, S. 172; P.A. 15-69, S. 32; P.A. 21-148, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 07-185 effective July 1, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 added Subsec. (c) requiring Commissioner of Social Services in collaboration with Medicaid Managed Care Council to issue report re health care choices for HUSKY Plan, Part A members, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “Medicaid Managed Care Council” with “Council on Medicaid Care Management Oversight”, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “Council on Medicaid Care Management Oversight” with “Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-69 changed “HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B” to “HUSKY Health program” in Subsec. (a), “HUSKY Plan” to “HUSKY Health program” in Subsec. (b), and “HUSKY Plan, Part A” to “HUSKY A” in Subsec. (c), effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 21-148 deleted Subsec. (c) re required report on HUSKY A health care choices, effective July 1, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-307. Primary care case management pilot program. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a pilot program for the delivery of health care services through a system of primary care case management to not less than one thousand individuals who are otherwise eligible to receive HUSKY A benefits. Primary care providers participating in the primary care case management pilot program shall provide program beneficiaries with primary care medical services and arrange for specialty care as needed. For purposes of this section, “primary care case management” means a system of care in which the health care services for program beneficiaries are coordinated by a primary care provider chosen by or assigned to the beneficiary. The Commissioner of Social Services shall begin enrollment for the primary care case management system not later than April 1, 2008.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall expand the pilot program for the delivery of health care services through the primary care case management system, as described in subsection (a) of this section, to include primary care providers in the towns of Torrington and Putnam. Not later than July 1, 2010, the department shall expand the pilot program to include the town of Putnam. Not later than October 1, 2010, the department shall expand the pilot program to include the town of Torrington. The Commissioner of Social Services may seek a waiver from federal law for the purpose of expanding the primary care case management system pursuant to this subsection.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2011, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the expansion of the pilot program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 16; P.A. 10-166, S. 1; P.A. 15-69, S. 34.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-166 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete provisions requiring development of plan by November 1, 2007, and submission of plan and replace reference to primary care case management system with primary care case management pilot program, added Subsec. (b) re expansion of pilot program to include towns of Torrington and Putnam and added Subsec. (c) re commissioner's report, effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 15-69 amended Subsec. (a) to change “HUSKY Plan, Part A” to “HUSKY A”, effective June 19, 2015.
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Sec. 17b-307a. Medicaid reimbursement system incentivizing collaboration between primary care providers and behavioral and mental health care providers for HUSKY Health program members. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Collaborative Care Model” or “CoCM” means the integrated delivery of behavioral health and primary care services by a primary care team that includes a primary care provider, a behavioral care manager, a psychiatric consultant and a data base used by the behavioral care manager to track patient progress;
(2) “CoCM codes” means a billing system developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that provide Medicare rates for services provided in the Collaborative Care Model; and
(3) “HUSKY Health” has the same meaning as provided in section 17b-290.
(b) To the extent permissible under federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services shall implement a Medicaid reimbursement system that incentivizes collaboration between primary care providers and behavioral and mental health care providers on an integrated care plan for a HUSKY Health program member. Such reimbursement system shall recognize that multiple providers may be involved in providing care. The commissioner may adopt the Collaborative Care Model to expand access to behavioral and mental health services for HUSKY Health program members and utilize the CoCM codes approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide reimbursement to participating providers. The commissioner may take into consideration the potential impact on federal reimbursement when implementing such system.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 59.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
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Secs. 17b-308 to 17b-310. Reserved for future use.
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Sec. 17b-311. Charter Oak Health Plan. Section 17b-311 is repealed, effective January 1, 2014.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 23; P.A. 10-3, S. 11; 10-179, S. 64; P.A. 11-25, S. 13; 11-44, S. 80; P.A. 13-234, S. 156.)
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Sec. 17b-312. Medicaid waiver to seek federal funds to support the Covered Connecticut program. The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek, in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8 and in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner and the Office of Health Strategy established under section 19a-754a, a waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as amended from time to time, to seek federal funds to support the Covered Connecticut program established under section 19a-754c. Upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Commissioner of Social Services shall implement the waiver.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 17.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
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Sec. 17b-313. Innovation waiver for health care expansion. The Commissioner of Social Services may seek a state innovation waiver pursuant to Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act or enter into contractual agreements, including, but not limited to, contractual agreements with other states, in accordance with established procedures, as may be necessary for the discharge of the commissioner's duties under public act 21-176*.
(P.A. 21-176, S. 6.)
*Note: Public act 21-176 is entitled “An act Concerning Medical Assistance for Children and Adults without Health Care Coverage”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2021” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.
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Secs. 17b-314 to 17b-319. Reserved for future use.
Note: Chapter 319w is also reserved for future use.
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