Bill Text: CT SB00333 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 333 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Addiction-related Psychiatric Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [SB00333 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00333-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 333*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1828
		01828
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ADDICTION-RELATED PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

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

That (1) title 17b of the general statutes be amended to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate for addiction-related psychiatric services, and (2) title 10a of the general statutes be amended to provide loan forgiveness for graduates of a medical school who provide addiction-related psychiatric services in the state and remain employed the field for not less than five years.

Statement of Purpose:

To incentivize greater access to addiction recovery services in the state.