Bill Text: CT SB00227 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Fairness In Medicaid Eligibility And Reimbursement Determinations For Home-care Clients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00227 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00227-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 227*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2365
		02365
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FAIRNESS IN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND REIMBURSEMENT DETERMINATIONS FOR HOME-CARE CLIENTS.

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

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services to apply the same eligibility and reimbursement guidelines to home care as to institutional care.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish parity in Medicaid eligibility and reimbursement determinations for home care and institutional care.