Bill Text: CT SB00233 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Advance Payments To Nursing Facilities For Uncompensated Care.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-24 - File Number 588 [SB00233 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00233-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO NURSING FACILITIES FOR UNCOMPENSATED CARE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-340c of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, upon the request of a nursing facility providing services eligible for payment under the medical assistance program and after consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, make a payment to such nursing facility in advance of normal bill payment processing, provided such advance shall not exceed estimated amounts due to such nursing facility for services provided to eligible recipients over the most recent two-month period. The commissioner shall recover such payment through reductions to payments due to such nursing facility or cash receipt not later than ninety days after issuance of such payment. The commissioner shall take prudent measures to assure that such advance payments are not provided to any nursing facility that is at risk of bankruptcy or insolvency, and may execute agreements appropriate for the security of repayment.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall make an advance payment to a nursing facility, upon the facility's request, whenever the facility is providing eligible, uncompensated services to one or more consumers (1) whose application for long-term care medical assistance has been pending for more than one year, or (2) when payment has not been made to the facility within thirty days of an approved application. Any such advance payment shall not exceed fifty per cent of the estimated amount due. Not later than thirty days after any such application is granted and payment has been made to the facility, the commissioner shall recover advance payments by reducing payments due to the facility.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2012 |
17b-340c |
APP |
Joint Favorable Subst. |