Bill Text: CT SB01022 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 1022 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Providing Incentives To Meet Long-term Care Goals.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-01 - Public Hearing 03/05 [SB01022 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01022-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 1022*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 3781
		03781_______HS_
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO MEET LONG-TERM CARE GOALS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 17b-369 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):

(d) The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with nursing facilities, as defined in section 17b-357, and home and community-based providers for the purpose of carrying out the strategic plan. In addition, the commissioner [may revise] shall increase a rate paid to a nursing facility pursuant to section 17b-340 in order to effectuate the strategic plan whenever such facility voluntarily decreases its total licensed bed capacity by way of a temporary reduction or permanent decertification of licensed beds, including bed reductions associated with the voluntary closing of a facility. The commissioner may fund strategic plan initiatives with federal grant-in-aid resources available to the state pursuant to the Money Follows the Person demonstration project pursuant to Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act, P.L. 109-171, and the State Balancing Incentive Payments Program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2013	17b-369(d)

Statement of Purpose:

To provide financial incentives to nursing homes to facilitate state goals to shift long-term care from institutional settings to home or community-based care.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]