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CT Gen Stat § 17b-855. (Formerly Sec. 8-223) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319ww - Preventative Services to Families|Section 17b-855. (Formerly Sec. 8-223) - Research activity of commissioner.

 The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to undertake and carry out research activities, including, but not limited to, (a) examination of the needs of municipalities, metropolitan areas and the state, with respect to services, facilities and programs such as housing, schools, community recreation and health facilities, transportation systems, refuse disposal and other public services; (b) examination of methods to meet those needs; (c) examination of the means by which the state and the municipalities can effectively analyze and project those needs; and (d) examination of the feasibility of establishing and using information data and systems and data banks in order to provide comprehensive information, to construct indicators of economic, physical and social change, and to project economic, physical and social trends.(1967, P.A. 522, S. 28; P.A. 77-614, S. 535, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of human resources, “commissioner” having previously referred to commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 8-223 transferred to Sec. 17b-855 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-856 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319ww - Preventative Services to Families|Section 17b-856 - Grants to hospitals.

 The Department of Social Services may provide grants to hospitals to pay for outreach and eligibility determinations for assistance to families. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, the sum of two million dollars appropriated to the department may be used for said grants and for fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and subsequent fiscal years, such amount shall be adjusted to reflect the aggregate of inflation in authorized hospital gross revenues determined pursuant to section 19a-649.(P.A. 93-229, S. 1, 21; 93-282, S. 1, 87; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 06-64, S. 2.)History: P.A. 93-229 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: In 1995 a reference to “sections 19a-167 to 19a-167f, inclusive” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “sections 19a-167e and 19a-167f” to reflect the repeal of Secs. 19a-167 to 19a-167d, inclusive); P.A. 06-64 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 19a-648, effective July 1, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-323 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319x - Nursing Home Resident Day User Fee|Section 17b-323 - Request for waiver of federal requirements re uniform and broad-based user fees.

 Not later than fifteen days after approval of the Medicaid state plan amendment required to implement subdivision (4) of subsection (f) of section 17b-340 and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for, and shall file a provider user fee uniformity waiver request regarding, the user fee set forth in sections 17b-320 and 17b-321. The request for approval shall include a request for a waiver of federal requirements for uniform and broad-based user fees in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68, to (1) exempt from the user fee prescribed by section 17b-320 any nursing home that is owned and operated as of May 1, 2005, by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services, in accordance with section 17b-521, regardless of whether such nursing home participates in the Medicaid program and any nursing home licensed after May 1, 2005, that is owned and operated by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services in accordance with section 17b-521; and (2) impose a user fee in an amount less than the fee determined pursuant to section 17b-320 as necessary to meet the requirements of 42 CFR 433.68(e)(2) on (A) nursing homes owned by a municipality, and (B) nursing homes licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the provisions of section 17b-8 shall not apply to the waiver sought pursuant to this section.(P.A. 05-251, S. 82; 05-280, S. 50; P.A. 06-196, S. 140; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 615.)History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 amended Subdiv. (1) to replace provision re nursing facility owned by entity that provides continuing care in exchange for transfer of assets or entrance fee with provision re nursing home that is owned and operated, as of May 1, 2005, by legal entity registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services and any nursing home licensed after May 1, 2005, that is owned and operated by legal entity registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added “and prior to July 1, 2017”, re approval of Medicaid state plan amendment required to implement Sec. 17b-340(f)(4), effective October 31, 2017.See Ch. 211c re request and approval for exemption from nursing home user fee.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-324 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319x - Nursing Home Resident Day User Fee|Section 17b-324 - Expenditure of net gain in revenue by nursing home.

 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, any nursing home that receives a net gain in revenue shall not apply such net gain in revenue to wage and salary increases provided to the administrator, assistant administrator, owners or related party employees. For the purposes of this section, “net gain in revenue” means the difference between the rate in effect June 30, 2005, and the rate in effect on July 1, 2005, multiplied by the number of resident days eligible for state payment for the period between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006, less resident day user fees accrued for the period between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006. The Commissioner of Social Services may compare expenditures for wages, and salary increases provided to administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, to such expenditures in the year ending June 30, 2005, to verify compliance with this section. In the event that the commissioner determines that a facility did apply its net gain in revenue to wage and salary increases for administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees, the commissioner shall recover such amounts from the facility through rate adjustments or other means. The commissioner may require facilities to file cost reporting forms, in addition to the annual cost report, as may be necessary, to verify the appropriate application of any net gain.(P.A. 05-251, S. 85; 05-280, S. 52; P.A. 06-196, S. 141.)History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 deleted requirement that at least 85% of net gain in revenue be applied to increased wages, benefits and staffing, replaced “state revenue taxes” with “resident day user fees”, removed requirement that commissioner compare expenditures for fiscal year 2006 wages, benefits and staffing to 2005 expenditures, allowing commissioner instead to compare fiscal year expenditures on salary increases provided to administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees to verify compliance with the provisions of section, and added provision authorizing commissioner to recover, through facility rate adjustments, any net gains in revenue applied to wage and salary increases for administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-340b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-340b - Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. User fee.

 On or before July 1, 2011, and on or before July first annually or biennially and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall determine the amount of the user fee and promptly notify the commissioner and the intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities of such amount. The user fee shall be (1) the sum of each facility's anticipated net revenue, including, but not limited to, its estimated net revenue from any increases in Medicaid payments during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year, (2) which sum shall be multiplied by a percentage as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, provided, before October 1, 2011, such percentage shall not exceed five and one-half per cent and, on and after October 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2017, such percentage shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed under federal law, and (3) which product shall be divided by the sum of each facility's anticipated resident days during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year. The Commissioner of Social Services, in anticipating facility net revenue and resident days, shall use the most recently available facility net revenue and resident day information. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services may adjust the user fee as necessary to prevent the state from exceeding the maximum amount allowed under federal law.(P.A. 11-6, S. 152; 11-44, S. 162; P.A. 13-139, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 617.)History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-44 added provisions allowing Commissioner of Social Services to determine amount of user fee annually or biennially and to adjust user fee to prevent fee from exceeding maximum allowed under federal law, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-139 substituted “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added “and prior to July 1, 2017”, re determination and percentage of user fee, effective October 31, 2017.See Ch. 211c re intermediate care facility user fee.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-340c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-340c - Advance payments to nursing facilities. Recovery of payments. Execution of security agreements by commissioner.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, upon the request of a nursing facility providing services eligible for payment under the medical assistance program, make a payment to such nursing facility in advance of normal bill payment processing. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, (1) 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, and (2) 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) For a nursing facility appointed a receiver under section 19a-543, the commissioner may waive (1) the advance payment limitation, or (2) the ninety-day deadline for recovery of advance payment prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 11-6, S. 31; P.A. 12-130, S. 1; P.A. 13-234, S. 117.)History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-130 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and reference to Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (b) re waiver of requirements of Subsec. (a) for nursing facility appointed a receiver, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re consultation with Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective June 19, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-340d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-340d - Acuity-based methodology for Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home services. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement an acuity-based methodology for Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home services. In the course of developing such a system, the commissioner shall review the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as other methodologies used nationally, and shall consider recommendations from the nursing home industry.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting the policies as regulations, provided that prior to implementation the policies are posted on the eRegulations System established pursuant to section 4-173b and the Department of Social Services' Internet web site.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 394.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-342a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-342a - Pilot program to provide personal care assistance under the home-care program for the elderly.

 Section 17b-342a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.(P.A. 04-258, S. 40; P.A. 05-209, S. 3; P.A. 06-188, S. 9; P.A. 07-130, S. 9; P.A. 12-119, S. 9; 12-208, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-342b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-342b - Waiver application re pilot program to provide personal care assistance under the home-care program for the elderly.

 Section 17b-342b is repealed, effective July 6, 2005.(P.A. 04-258, S. 41; P.A. 05-209, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-343a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-343a - Payment of claims for home health services provided under Medicare and Medicaid. Liability. Sanctions.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the duration of a demonstration project established pursuant to 42 USC 1395b-1 for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the process for the payment of claims for home health services provided to individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid: (1) No eligible recipient of home health services shall be liable for reimbursement to the state for the cost of those services; and (2) the Commissioner of Social Services may impose upon a provider of home health services a sanction of up to fifty thousand dollars for each failure to file claims or medical records as required under the provisions of the demonstration project. Any sanction imposed pursuant to this section may be recouped from ongoing payments to the provider of the services.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may, pursuant to an agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, waive liability for reimbursement to the state for payment for home health services received by an otherwise liable eligible recipient to whom such services were provided during the interim period from October 1, 1997, to September 30, 2000, inclusive.(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 98.)History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-346. (Formerly Sec. 17-314f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-346. (Formerly Sec. 17-314f) - Chronic and convalescent nursing facility: Title XIX Medicaid program participant. Provider agreement.

 (a) Effective October 1, 1991, every chronic and convalescent nursing home, except those restricted to use by patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, and rest home with nursing supervision, that participates in the medical assistance program provided in Title XIX of the Social Security Act shall, as a condition of participation in said program, if eligible, maintain or execute a provider agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to participate in the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to the same extent that the facility participates in the Title XIX medical assistance program.(b) The commissioner may issue a rate for any facility which fails to comply with the provisions of this section provided such rate may not be lower than the lowest rate paid to a facility for the same level of care.(P.A. 89-325, S. 4, 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 24; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 46.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical corrections and deleted Subsec. (c) which had exempted certain facilities from participating in program; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314f transferred to Sec. 17b-346 in 1995; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for chronic and convalescent nursing home restricted to use by patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and to delete provision allowing facility to seek approval to have a larger portion of facility certified for Title XIX medical assistance program, effective August 15, 2002.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-348. (Formerly Sec. 17-314h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-348. (Formerly Sec. 17-314h) - Demonstration project: Skilled and intermediate nursing home care for persons with AIDS. Rate. Regulations.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the Department of Social Services shall establish rates based on reasonable costs related to patient care for a demonstration project which shall provide skilled and intermediate nursing home care for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex in a facility which is located within the Connecticut metropolitan area which has the highest incidence of AIDS and which is specifically established, equipped and staffed for such purpose.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement the provisions of this section prior to adopting or amending regulations.(P.A. 89-325, S. 11, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314h transferred to Sec. 17b-348 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-350. (Formerly Sec. 17-314n) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-350. (Formerly Sec. 17-314n) - Demonstration program for respite care in nursing homes for self-pay patients.

 The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish a demonstration program for respite care in nursing homes for self-pay patients. The program shall offer a financial incentive for a nursing home to reserve beds for respite care.(P.A. 92-231, S. 7, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314n transferred to Sec. 17b-350 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-354a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-354a - Judicial enforcement.

 The Superior Court on application of the Commissioner of Social Services or the Attorney General, may enforce, by appropriate decree or process any provision of section 17b-352, 17b-353 or 17b-354, respectively, or any act or any order of the commissioner rendered in pursuance of any such provision.(P.A. 94-236, S. 6, 10.)History: P.A. 94-236 effective June 7, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-356 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-356 - Health care facility proposing to expand services by adding nursing home beds. Procedures.

 Any health care facility or institution, as defined in subsection (a) of section 19a-490, except a nursing home, rest home, residential care home or residential facility for persons with intellectual disability licensed pursuant to section 17a-227 and certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, proposing to expand its services by adding nursing home beds shall obtain the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to sections 17b-352, 17b-353 and 17b-354 for a facility, as defined in section 17b-352, prior to obtaining the approval of the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to section 19a-639.(P.A. 93-262, S. 15, 87; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; P.A. 10-179, S. 102; P.A. 13-139, S. 13; P.A. 18-91, S. 73.)History: P.A. 93-262 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-112 replaced “home for the aged” with “residential care home”; P.A. 10-179 replaced “Office of Health Care Access” with “Office of Health Care Access division of the Department of Public Health” and deleted reference to Sec. 19a-638; P.A. 13-139 substituted “persons with intellectual disability” or “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”; P.A. 18-91 replaced reference to Office of Health Care Access with reference to Health Systems Planning Unit, effective May 14, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-361. (Formerly Sec. 17-134hh) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-361. (Formerly Sec. 17-134hh) - Payment for physicians' visits to Medicaid patients in nursing homes.

 The Commissioner of Social Services shall pay for a physician's visit to a patient who is a Medicaid recipient in a nursing home in accordance with federal law and regulation.(P.A. 92-231, S. 6, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134hh transferred to Sec. 17b-361 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-362. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ii) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-362. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ii) - Ten-day limit on first time maintenance drug prescription for Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient. Five-day supply of prescription drug may be requested for Medicaid patient.

 Section 17b-362 is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.(P.A. 92-231, S. 5, 10; P.A. 95-160, S. 27, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 131, 165; P.A. 05-280, S. 104.)