Bill Text: CT SB00139 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Independent Monitoring Of The Husky Program.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-05-21 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB00139 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00139-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 139
February Session, 2010		*_____SB00139APP___040110____*

AN ACT CONCERNING INDEPENDENT MONITORING OF THE HUSKY PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services shall contract with a nonprofit organization for such organization to monitor the performance of the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. Each nonprofit organization selected by the commissioner to conduct the performance monitoring shall have experience that demonstrates its ability to conduct independent performance monitoring of the HUSKY Plan.

(b) Any nonprofit organization selected by the commissioner shall collaborate with the Department of Social Services Medical Care Administration Division to monitor the HUSKY Plan and shall report to the department on the enrollment trends, care access, utilization of services and health outcomes.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 17b-90 of the general statutes, the commissioner shall make available to any nonprofit organization under such contract with the department all information that is necessary to conduct the performance monitoring, including, but not limited to: (1) HUSKY Plan, Part A and HUSKY Plan, Part B enrollment and encounter data; (2) Medicaid birth claims data; and (3) Medicaid eligibility and claims data.

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

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In the first sentence of subsection (c), "under contract" was changed to "under such contract" for clarity.

HS	Joint Favorable C/R	APP
APP	Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO