Bill Text: CT HB06386 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 6386 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Use Of Medicaid Funds To Pay Health Insurance Costs For Medically Indigent Students.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-15 - File Number 504 [HB06386 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06386-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 6386*
*January Session, 2013*		_____HB06386HED___032813____

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF MEDICAID FUNDS TO PAY HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS FOR MEDICALLY INDIGENT STUDENTS.

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

Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) The Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the Board of Regents for Higher Education and The University of Connecticut, shall study the effectiveness of requiring state Medicaid to pay the cost of premiums for health insurance sponsored by a constituent unit, as defined in section 10a-1 of the general statutes, and provide supplemental health insurance coverage for students enrolled in a constituent unit who are (1) not covered by any other health insurance plan, and (2) eligible for state Medicaid benefits. Not later than January 1, 2014, said department, board and university shall jointly report on such 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 higher education and human services.