General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5443
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 428
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MEDICAID-FUNDED
PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social
2 Services shall conduct a study of Medicaid-funded state programs
3 administered under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended
4 from time to time. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to,
5 a report on: (1) Factors the commissioner deems pertinent to quality of
6 care; (2) whether there are any gaps in access by eligible residents; and
7 (3) whether any provisions of the programs need to be changed to
8 conform with requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable
9 Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time.
10 (b) Not later than July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall report the
11 results of the study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a
12 of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General
13 Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human
14 services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations
15 for addressing any identified gaps in the provision of Medicaid-funded
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16 state services and improving access to such services.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study the efficacy of Medicaid-funded programs.
[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.]
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