Bill Text: CT HB05106 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Charges For Patient Care By Nursing Homes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-15 - Public Hearing 02/19 [HB05106 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05106-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5106

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 220

   

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING CHARGES FOR PATIENT CARE BY NURSING HOMES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to change the current flat-rate system used by nursing homes to charge for patient care to a new system that calculates such charges based on each patient's individual health care needs.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce the state's overall Medicaid costs.

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