Bill Text: CT HB05561 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5561 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Allowing Children To Accompany Their Parents To Medical Appointments Under The Medicaid Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-04 - Public Hearing 02/10 [HB05561 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05561-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5561*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 2019

Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
REP. O'BRIEN T., 24th Dist.

AN ACT ALLOWING CHILDREN TO ACCOMPANY THEIR PARENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

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

That chapter 319v of the general statutes be amended to permit a child of a recipient of benefits under the Medicaid program to travel with the child's parent using nonemergency medical transportation to the parent's medical appointments.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a parent who is a recipient of Medicaid benefits to take their child on medical appointments.