Bill Text: CT HB07038 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Medicaid State Plan Amendment To Combine Rates For Homemaker And Companion Services.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-05 - File Number 425 [HB07038 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB07038-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 7038
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3654
		*03654_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING A MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT TO COMBINE RATES FOR HOMEMAKER AND COMPANION SERVICES.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek federal approval for a Medicaid state plan amendment to pay a provider of homemaker services and companion services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, at the single rate set for homemaker services when both services are provided to a single client of a Medicaid-funded program in the same visit.

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

Statement of Purpose:

To authorize the Commissioner of Social Services to pay one rate for homemaker and companion services to a provider who provides both services in a single visit to the same client of a Medicaid-funded program.

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