General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6626 is an act concerning long-term care, with an effective date of July 1, 2023. The bill includes amendments to Section 17b-428 of the general statutes, which involve changes to the definitions and provisions related to PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) programs. The bill updates references to the PACE program, eligible individuals, PACE program agreements, PACE providers, and the state administering agency to align with the definitions provided in 42 USC 1395eee, as amended from time to time. It removes outdated references to Subtitle I of Public Law 105-33 and the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The bill also allows the Commissioner of Social Services to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to add PACE program services within available appropriations to the Medicaid state plan and establishes the Department of Social Services as the state administering agency responsible for administering PACE program agreement services.

Additionally, the bill includes a new section effective July 1, 2023, which requires the administrator of any nursing home facility contracting with the state to conduct a comprehensive criminal history records check for inmates being released from correctional facilities in other states or parolees from other states before admission. It also mandates that such inmates or parolees complete registration requirements if their offenses require registration pursuant to chapter 969 of the general statutes. Furthermore, the bill repeals Section 17b-28c of the general statutes and provides for the implementation of policies and procedures by the commissioner while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form. The act specifies that these policies and procedures shall be valid until final regulations are adopted.

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