Bill Text: CT HB05142 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Nursing Home Services.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-07 - House Recommitted to Aging [HB05142 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05142-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5142
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 926
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME SERVICES.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall conduct a study of nursing homes to determine whether (1) there is a sufficient number of nursing homes in the state, and (2) the services offered by such nursing homes meet the state's residents' need for long-term care.

(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to, a report on: (1) Decreases or increases in the total nursing home population annually for fiscal years 2012 to 2017, inclusive; (2) state budget expenditures on nursing home care in each of said fiscal years; (3) the projected number of persons who will need nursing home care in fiscal year 2020; and (4) whether any programmatic or legislative changes are needed to better serve adults in need of institutionalized care.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report on the results of the study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the provision of services and improving access to such services.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

AGE

Joint Favorable