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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-180a. - Expedited application and eligibility determination.

The Department of Social Services shall implement an expedited application and eligibility determination process for the temporary family assistance program to reduce state-administered general assistance program expenditures for those applicants potentially eligible for temporary family assistance.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 24, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 63, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 24 effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced references to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 replaced reference to “general assistance program” with reference to “state-administered general assistance program”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-181 and 17b-182. (Formerly Secs. 17-85a and 17-86a). - Medical assistance for pregnant women. Temporary aid; “dependent child” and “principal earner” defined; weekly employment search.

Sections 17b-181 and 17b-182 are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(1961, P.A. 538, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 536; February, 1965, P.A. 409, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 131, S. 1; 784, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 7; P.A. 75-399, S. 1, 2; 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 76-385, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 2, 6; P.A. 82-43, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-34, S. 1, 7, 8; P.A. 85-505, S. 2, 21; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 8, 41; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-183. (Formerly Sec. 17-86f). - Minor recipients of temporary family assistance allowed to retain assets for future identifiable education expenses.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall allow a minor who is a recipient of temporary family assistance to retain assets for future identifiable education expenses.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 36, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 64, 165.)
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. 17-86f transferred to Sec. 17b-183 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 authorized a minor recipient of temporary family assistance to retain assets for education expenses and replaced aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-184. - Client advisory board. Report.

Section 17b-184 is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 18, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 65, 165; P.A. 21-148, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-185. - Immunizations and health screenings for children; assistance from commissioner.

Upon receipt of an application for benefits under the temporary family assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall assist such applicants in securing age-appropriate and timely immunizations and health screenings for their children. A parent seeking assistance under such program shall be referred to the appropriate health agency where such immunizations and screenings are available.
(P.A. 94-90, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 66, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-190. (Formerly Sec. 17b-111). - State-administered general assistance program.

On and after July 1, 1998, the commissioner shall implement a state-administered general assistance program and on or before April 1, 1997, the commissioner shall implement said program in the fourteen towns in which the regional or district offices of the Department of Social Services are located, subject to the restrictions of section 17b-195. The commissioner may contract for the implementation of such program.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 20, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 6, 41; P.A. 95-194, S. 22, 33; 95-265, S. 3, 7; 95-351, S. 7, 26, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 52, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 12.)
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. 93-418 changed deadline for implementing program from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1996, and made technical change, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-12hh transferred to Sec. 17b-111 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 altered the state general assistance program from a program to be implemented on and after July 1, 1996, for unemployable individuals and families ineligible for certain assistance to a program to be implemented on or before April 1, 1997, for both employable and unemployable persons and families ineligible for certain assistance in the fourteen towns in which a regional office of the department is located and required a town to be responsible for the certification of a medical bill of a recipient of the state general assistance program, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-265 deleted provision requiring the commissioner to establish a schedule for the transfer of employable individuals to the Labor Department for services and assistance, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 required that the state-wide general assistance program begin on and after July 1, 1998, and implementation of such program in the fourteen towns where a regional or district office of the department is located begin on or before April 1, 1997, and added a provision allowing towns with a regional or district office of the department to petition the commissioner to continue operation of its general assistance program, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 subjected the state-administered general assistance program to the restrictions of Sec. 17b-118, deleted a provision requiring towns to be responsible for the certification of medical bills for recipients of the state-administered general assistance program and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 deleted provisions that permitted a town, with a regional or district office of the department and a general assistance office, to petition the commissioner to continue the operation of such town's general assistance program; Sec. 17b-111 transferred to Sec. 17b-190 in 2005.
Annotation to former section 17b-111:
Cited. 233 C. 557.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-192. (Formerly Sec. 17b-257). - Medical assistance component of state-administered general assistance program. Eligibility. Medical services provided. Enrollment in federally qualified community health centers. Pharmacy services. Reimbursement to providers. Amendment to state Medicaid plan. Regulations.

Section 17b-192 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 21, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 93-418, S. 7, 41; P.A. 95-351, S. 8, 30; P.A. 96-268, S. 23, 34; P.A. 97-143, S. 1, 4; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 68, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 59, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 19; P.A. 03-2, S. 18; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 43; P.A. 04-16, S. 5; 04-258, S. 9; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 87; P.A. 05-280, S. 13; P.A. 07-185, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 118; P.A. 09-8, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 55; P.A. 10-3, S. 23; P.A. 11-25, S. 9; 11-44, S. 178; 11-51, S. 134.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-193. - Hearing request re denial, modification or termination of state-administered general assistance cash benefits.

A person whose application for state-administered general assistance cash benefits is denied or whose receipt of such assistance is terminated or modified may request a hearing pursuant to section 17b-60.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 44; P.A. 04-258, S. 38; P.A. 11-44, S. 120.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-258 replaced former Subsecs. (a) to (c), inclusive, with provision permitting persons aggrieved by a decision of the department with respect to state-administered general assistance cash or medical benefits to request a hearing pursuant to Sec. 17b-60, provided recipients of medical benefits who seek a review of denial of specific medical service must first exhaust grievance process set forth in Sec. 17b-192, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 11-44 deleted reference to medical benefits and provision requiring exhaustion of grievance process, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-196. (Formerly Sec. 17b-118a). - Eligibility of persons aged eighteen to twenty-one for state-administered general assistance.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17b-191, a person (1) at least eighteen years of age and under twenty-one years of age, (2) living with his or her family that is receiving benefits under the temporary family assistance program, and (3) who would be an eligible dependent in such program if under the age of eighteen shall be eligible for state-administered general assistance in the amount of assistance such person would be eligible for as a dependent in such family under the temporary family assistance program.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 16, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 56, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 14; P.A. 14-161, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 16 effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced references to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 replaced reference to “general assistance” with reference to “state-administered general assistance”; Sec. 17b-118a transferred to Sec. 17b-196 in 2005; P.A. 14-161 added provision re notwithstanding Sec. 17b-191(c), added “as a dependent in such family” re amount eligible for under temporary family assistance program and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-199. - Authority of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to cancel receivables associated with prior general assistance program.

At the request of the Commissioner of Social Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management is authorized to cancel any receivable that has resulted from an audit against a town, including any receivables associated with the prior general assistance program operated by towns. The secretary may direct the Commissioner of Social Services to estimate any potential receivables from future audits in the former general assistance programs operated by towns and authorize the commissioner to suspend any future audits. If the secretary authorizes the suspension of future audits in the program, the commissioner shall notify the towns of such suspension.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 38.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319t - State-Administered General Assistance › Section 17b-200. - Memorandum of understanding re Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services management of behavioral health managed care program.

Section 17b-200 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 56; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319tt - Nutritional Assistance › Section 17b-790. (Formerly Sec. 17-12d). - Social Services Department required to provide nutrition education program and to inform applicants and participants of their rights and responsibilities.

The department shall provide a program of nutrition education in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as from time to time amended, and shall provide information to participants and applicants on their rights and responsibilities under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-554, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 3, 6; P.A. 88-156, S. 10; P.A. 09-9, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 75-420 allowed substitution of commissioner and department of social services for welfare commissioner and department in P.A. 75-554 which created the section; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner and department with commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5 deleted previous provisions detailing required elements of “full participation” plan to be developed by income maintenance department and requiring commissioner of income maintenance to adopt regulations for implementation of plan after public hearing held and inserted instead generally stated requirement for provision of program of nutrition education and provision of information to participants and applicants of their rights and responsibilities under the food stamp program; P.A. 88-156 deleted provision requiring use of federal food stamp manual as state manual in administering food stamp program; Sec. 17-12d transferred to Sec. 17b-790 in 1995; P.A. 09-9 replaced “Food Stamp Act of 1977” with “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” and replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
Annotation to former section 17-12d:
Cited. 214 C. 256.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319tt - Nutritional Assistance › Section 17b-790b. - Access to food assistance programs.

The Departments of Social Services, Public Health and Education shall collaborate to decrease hunger resulting from the recession by coordinating, within available appropriations, state-wide public access, information and outreach, and promoting, within available appropriations, cross-referral and collocation of entry points and application processes for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, child nutrition programs and the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children and increase federal reimbursements.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319tt - Nutritional Assistance › Section 17b-791. (Formerly Sec. 17-598). - Supplemental nutrition commodities assistance program.

The Department of Social Services shall establish a supplemental nutrition commodities assistance program to provide funds for the purchase of high protein or other nutritionally beneficial supplemental foods, or both, for soup kitchens, food pantries and emergency shelters. Such foods shall be purchased in bulk by the Connecticut Food Bank through in-state wholesalers or brokers, or both, and allotted to existing soup kitchens, food pantries and emergency shelters in accordance with the established policies of the Connecticut Food Bank. Such soup kitchens, food pantries and emergency shelters shall pay a handling charge of five cents per pound in order to cover the costs incurred by the Connecticut Food Bank. The food shall be distributed free of charge by the soup kitchens, food pantries and emergency shelters.
(P.A. 87-424, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 09-9, S. 39; P.A. 10-26, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 17-31ii transferred to Sec. 17-598 in 1991; 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. 17-598 transferred to Sec. 17b-791 in 1995; P.A. 09-9 changed “supplemental nutrition assistance program” to “supplemental nutrition commodities assistance program”, effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 10-26 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319uu - Housing Assistance › Section 17b-807. (Formerly Sec. 17-86d). - Policy re provision of emergency shelter in hotels or motels.

No state funds appropriated for a special needs benefit for emergency housing for recipients of payments under the temporary family assistance program or state-administered general assistance shall be used to pay the costs of emergency shelter in hotels or motels except in cases of natural or man-made disasters or other catastrophic events.
(P.A. 90-257, S. 1, 17; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 86, 165.)
History: Sec. 17-86d transferred to Sec. 17b-807 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319uu - Housing Assistance › Section 17b-809. - Plan for informing landlords of rules concerning direct vendor payment of rent.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall prepare and implement a plan for informing landlords of the department's rules concerning the direct vendor payment of rents for recipients of temporary family assistance and state supplementation and for responding to landlord inquiries about the availability of such payments, including the circumstances under which such payments will be made and the maximum amounts of such payments.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 28, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 88, 165.)
History: P.A. 93-418 effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: P.A. 93-262 and 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319uu - Housing Assistance › Section 17b-811. (Formerly Sec. 17-2f). - Direct payments to landlords.

Section 17b-811 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(1969, P.A. 299, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 808; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 17; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319uu - Housing Assistance › Section 17b-816. - Provision of free menstrual products by domestic violence agencies that receive state funding.

On and after July 1, 2023, each emergency shelter operated by a domestic violence agency, as defined in section 52-146k, that receives state funding shall provide free menstrual products, as defined in section 18-69e, in each restroom of the shelter that is accessible to its residents and in a manner that does not stigmatize any resident seeking such products, pursuant to guidelines established by the Commissioner of Public Health under section 19a-131l. To carry out the provisions of this section, each shelter may (1) accept donations of menstrual products and grants from any source for the purpose of purchasing such products, and (2) partner with a nonprofit or community-based organization.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 87.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-220. (Formerly Sec. 17-292g). - Reimbursement of medical providers.

Section 17b-220 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(P.A. 86-415, S. 4, 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 16, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 12, 41; P.A. 95-351, S. 12, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 67, 165; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-221. (Formerly Sec. 17-292h). - Regulations. Reimbursement of hospitals.

Section 17b-221 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(P.A. 86-415, S. 9, 10; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-221a. - Revenue from Riverview Hospital to be used to pay Medicaid claims.

Section 17b-221a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 12, 85; P.A. 10-179, S. 76; P.A. 12-82, S. 7; 12-119, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-221b. - Federal matching funds for special-education-related services. Portion to be used for Medicaid claims.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, all federal matching funds received by the Department of Social Services for special-education-related services rendered in schools pursuant to section 10-76d shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a nonlapsing account in the Department of Social Services. Sixty per cent of such funds shall be expended by the Department of Social Services for payment of grants to towns pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d, and the remaining funds shall be available for expenditure by the Department of Social Services for the payment of Medicaid claims.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 13, 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 54.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced reference to Sec. 10-76(d)(a)(3) with reference to Sec. 10-76d(a)(5), effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-222. (Formerly Sec. 17-294). - “Humane institution” defined. Daily report.

As used in this section and sections 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-229 and 17b-745, “state humane institution” or “humane institution” means state mental hospitals, community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents, or any other facility or program administered by the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Developmental Services, or Children and Families. The person in charge of each state humane institution shall furnish the Commissioner of Administrative Services with a daily report of changes in the patient roster and the date of formal commitment of each patient.
(1955, S. 1488d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 7; 1959, P.A. 201; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 839, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 530, S. 1; P.A. 75-603, S. 12, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 87-421, S. 6, 13; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 30, 58; P.A. 04-257, S. 32; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)
History: 1959 act required that welfare commissioner be supplied with daily report of changes in patient roster and dates of formal commitment of patients; 1967 acts deleted “tuberculosis facilities in chronic disease hospitals” from the definition and provided that the commissioner of finance and control rather than the welfare commissioner receive the reports of patient rosters; 1971 act included community mental health centers, treatment facilities for children and adolescents and other facilities and programs administered by mental health department in definition of “humane institution”; P.A. 75-603 included reference to programs and facilities administered by children and youth services department; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-421 included facilities or programs administered by the Connecticut state alcohol and drug abuse commission and by the department of mental retardation in the definition of state human institution and excluded state training schools for mentally retarded persons from the definition; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-294 transferred to Sec. 17b-222 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and deleted reference to the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.
Annotations to former section 17-294:
Cited. 183 C. 330.
Cited. 30 CS 118.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-224. (Formerly Sec. 17-295b). - Liability of patient for per capita cost of care.

A patient who is receiving or has received care in a state humane institution, his estate or both shall be liable to reimburse the state for any unpaid portion of per capita cost, subject to the same protection of a surviving spouse or dependent child as is provided in section 17b-95.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 13; P.A. 11-44, S. 72; P.A. 22-118, S. 453.)
History: Sec. 17-295b transferred to Sec. 17b-224 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 added provision making liability of patient subject to rights and limitations provided in Sec. 17b-94 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 22-118 deleted references to limitations on liability pursuant to sections 17b-93, 17b-94 and 17b-95, effective July 1, 2022.
Annotations to former section 17-295b:
Cited. 192 C. 520.
State's claim against estate of deceased recipient or patient depends upon amount due at time of death of such recipient or patient; upon date of death, estate's liability to reimburse state is fixed and cannot be expanded or contracted by subsequent enactments. 34 CS 518.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-226. (Formerly Sec. 17-295d). - Consideration of the costs mandated by collective bargaining agreements.

The state shall take into consideration the costs mandated by collective bargaining agreements with certified collective bargaining agents or other agreements between employers and employees when making grants to or entering into contracts for services with the following: (1) Nonprofit organizations for mental health services pursuant to section 17a-476; (2) nonprofit organizations concerning services for drug-dependent and alcohol-dependent persons pursuant to section 17a-676; (3) residential and educational services pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 17a-17; (4) psychiatric clinics and community mental health facilities pursuant to section 17a-20; (5) day treatment centers pursuant to section 17a-22; (6) youth service bureaus pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-19n; (7) programs for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect and for juvenile diversion pursuant to section 17a-49; (8) community-based service programs pursuant to sections 18-101i and 18-101k; (9) programs for children and adults with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-217; (10) community-based residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-218; and (11) vocational training programs for adults with intellectual disability pursuant to section 17a-226.
(P.A. 87-497, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-209, S. 22; P.A. 91-406, S. 3, 29; P.A. 93-381, S. 13, 39; P.A. 11-129, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 90-209 in Subdiv. (2) substituted “alcohol-dependent” for “alcoholic” and Sec. 17-155gg for repealed Sec. 17-226d and made a technical change; P.A. 91-406 deleted former Subdiv. (11) re diagnostic clinics for mentally retarded persons, renumbering former Subsec. (12) accordingly; P.A. 93-381 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-295d transferred to Sec. 17b-226 in 1995; P.A. 11-129 replaced references to “mentally retarded” with references to “intellectual disability”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-226a. - Provider billing rates for goods and services.

A pharmacy provider enrolled in any medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services, when billing the department for a good or service, shall bill the department the lowest amount accepted from any member of the general public who participates in the pharmacy provider's savings or discount program. For purposes of this section, “savings or discount program” means any program, club or buying group offered by a pharmacy provider to any member of the general public for the purpose of obtaining a lower charge for any good or service than the charge made to any member of the general public who does not participate in such program.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 24; 10-179, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-179 changed “provider” to “pharmacy provider”, rephrased provision requiring that department is billed lowest accepted amount and defined “savings or discount program”, effective May 7, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-227. (Formerly Sec. 17-297). - Payment for services in state humane institutions.

All bills for services provided to Medicaid recipients by state humane institutions, as defined in section 17b-222, may be paid by the Commissioner of Social Services to the state agency that provided the services or oversees the operation of the institution that provided the services.
(1949 Rev., S. 2662; 1951, S. 1497d; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 25.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 17-297 transferred to Sec. 17b-227 in 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 replaced reference to support of inmates in state hospitals with reference to services provided to Medicaid recipients by state humane institutions, and replaced requirement that bills be paid to Commissioner of Administrative Services with requirement that bills be paid by Commissioner of Social Services to state agency that provided or oversees institution that provided services, effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-229. (Formerly Sec. 17-299). - Liability for prior charges.

(a) No relative of a patient in a state humane institution, nor the estate of such relative, shall be liable for any portion of the cost of support of any such patient in such institution for any period prior to July 1, 1955, except unpaid charges billed by the Welfare Commissioner.
(b) The provisions of sections 17a-502, 17b-222, 17b-223, 17b-228, 17b-232, 17b-745, 46b-215 and 53-304 shall not affect or impair the responsibility of any patient or patient's estate for his care in a state humane institution prior to July 1, 1955, and the same may be enforced by any action by which such responsibility would have been enforceable prior to July 1, 1955, but only to the extent of that portion of such estate as is not needed for the support of the spouse, parents and dependent children of such patient.
(1955, S. 1499d; 1957, P.A. 330, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 25; P.A. 76-139, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 91-406, S. 4, 29; P.A. 04-257, S. 33; P.A. 11-16, S. 32.)
History: 1965 act deleted references to Secs. 17-159, 17-168 and 17-323 and added reference to Sec. 17-174a; P.A. 76-139 deleted reference to Secs. 19-122, 19-123 and 19-124 repealed by same act; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 would have replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of income maintenance but for qualifying date reference; P.A. 91-406 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), deleting references to Secs. 17-174a, 17-296 and 17-320 and adding references to Secs. 17a-278 and 46b-215; Sec. 17-299 transferred to Sec. 17b-229 in 1995; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-16 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 17a-278, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-231. (Formerly Sec. 17-301). - Refund for support of persons in state institutions.

Claim for any sum due from the state as a refund for the support of any person in a state institution may be made by the person entitled thereto to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in writing, on forms furnished by said commissioner, who shall decide as to the amount due and, if satisfied that the claimant is entitled to any refund, shall certify the amount due to the comptroller, who shall pay the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 2619; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 17-301 transferred to Sec. 17b-231 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-301:
Cited. 30 CS 118.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-232. (Formerly Sec. 17-306). - Payment for board and care in boarding home, group home, chronic and convalescent hospital or other residential facility.

The state, through the agency of the state-operated facility, as defined in section 17a-458, authorizing the transfer of a resident to a private boarding home for mental patients, group home, chronic and convalescent hospital or other residential facility as provided by section 17a-509, shall pay the cost of the board and care of such mentally ill person, provided such cost shall not be in excess of the rates established under section 17b-340 for such facilities.
(1949 Rev., S. 2685; 1953, 1955, S. 1513d; 1957, P.A. 19; 1959, P.A. 543; P.A. 80-3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39, S. 3, 18; P.A. 10-32, S. 65.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision that state pay costs in addition to those paid in accordance with Sec. 17-295, added that payment is not to exceed rates under Sec. 17-314 and substituted term “mentally retarded” for “mentally deficient”; P.A. 80-3 deleted state hospital reference, included state-operated facilities, regional centers or other facilities for care and training of the mentally retarded and group homes or other residential facilities and updated section reference to reflect transfer of Sec. 17-174 to Sec. 19-569h; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-39 deleted reference to state training schools, regional centers or other facilities for the care and training of the mentally retarded and reference to Sec. 19a-451; Sec. 17-306 transferred to Sec. 17b-232 in 1995; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-233. (Formerly Sec. 17-307). - Care of handicapped and other children at Newington Children's Hospital. Children with drug-related conditions not to be admitted.

Newington Children's Hospital may admit any child who is handicapped or afflicted with any pediatric illness upon application of the selectmen of any town, or the guardian or any relative of such child, or any public health agency, physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, provided, no person shall be admitted primarily for the treatment of any drug-related condition. Said hospital shall admit such child to said hospital if such child is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be suitable for admission, and said hospital shall keep and support such child for such length of time as it deems proper. Said hospital shall not be required to admit any such child unless it can conveniently receive and care for such child at the time application is made and said hospital may return to the town in which such child resides any child so taken who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be unsuitable for retention or who, by reason of improvement in his condition or completion of his treatment or training, ought not to be further retained. The hospital may refuse to admit any child pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said hospital, after examination, to be unsuitable for admission and may refuse to admit any such child when the facilities at the hospital will not, in the judgment of such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, permit the hospital to care for such child adequately and properly.
(1949 Rev., S. 2609; June, 1949, 1955, S. 1440d; 1959, P.A. 610, S. 1; P.A. 80-293, S. 1, 2; P.A. 19-98, S. 16; P.A. 21-196, S. 19.)
History: 1959 act changed name of hospital, substituted affliction with “noncontagious pediatric illness or handicapping physical condition” for “poliomyelitis or cerebral palsy or any uncontagious crippling disease,” deleted statement that child or relatives must be unable to pay and required that child be “suitable” rather than “fit” for admission; P.A. 80-293 changed admission requirement, substituting “handicapped” child for one “of sound mind who is a cripple”, allowing admission for any pediatric illness rather than for “noncontagious” illnesses alone and deleting reference to “handicapping physical condition”, and added proviso prohibiting admission “primarily for the treatment of any drug-related condition”; Sec. 17-307 transferred to Sec. 17b-233 in 1995; P.A. 19-98 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistants.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-234 and 17b-235. (Formerly Secs. 17-308 and 17-308a). - State payment toward support of patients at Newington Children's Hospital. Payment of retroactive claims.

Sections 17b-234 and 17b-235 are repealed, effective May 14, 2018.
(June, 1949, 1951, 1953, S. 1441d; November, 1955, S. N167, N168; 1957, P.A. 550, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 610, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 460, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 20; 73-273, S. 1–3; P.A. 74-182, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 608, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 24, 39; P.A. 81-430, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-91, S. 31, 38; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-32, S. 5, 8; P.A. 84-442, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-281, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 39, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 20, 88; P.A. 10-179, S. 96; P.A. 18-91, S. 80.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-236. (Formerly Sec. 17-309). - Admission of physically disabled children to The Children's Center.

When there is found in any town in this state any child of sound mind who is physically disabled or who is afflicted with poliomyelitis or rheumatic fever, or any uncontagious disabling disease, and who is unable to pay and whose relatives who are legally liable for his support are unable to pay the full cost of treating such disease, if such child and one of such relatives reside in this state, the selectmen of such town, or the guardian or any relative of such child, or any public health agency, physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse in this state, may make application to The Children's Center, located at Hamden, for the admission of such child to said center. Said center shall admit such child if such child is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be fit for admission, and said center shall keep and support such child for such length of time as it deems proper. Said center shall not be required to admit any such child unless it can conveniently receive and care for him at the time such application is made, and said center may return to the town in which such child resides any child so taken who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be unfit for retention, or who, by reason of improvement in his condition or completion of his treatment or training, ought not to be further retained. The center may refuse to admit any child who is pronounced by a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse on the staff of said center, after examination, to be unfit for admission, and may refuse to admit any such child when the facilities at the center will not, in the judgment of such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, permit the center to care for such child adequately and properly.
(1955, S. 1442d; 1969, P.A. 571, S. 7, 9; P.A. 19-98, S. 17; P.A. 21-196, S. 20.)
History: 1969 act changed name of New Haven Orphan Asylum to the Children's Center; Sec. 17-309 transferred to Sec. 17b-236 in 1995; P.A. 19-98 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistants.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-237. (Formerly Sec. 17-310). - State aid toward support of children at center.

The state shall pay annually toward the support of children who have been admitted to the center in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-236 twenty-five per cent of the operating expense of the convalescent hospital for the preceding year ended June thirtieth. Such amount shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services. Upon the determination by said commissioner of such amount, said commissioner shall notify the Comptroller thereof, and the Comptroller shall pay monthly during the ensuing fiscal year one-twelfth of the amount so determined. Such payments by the state shall not abrogate any responsibility for payments by the state or any town or any person for care in said center, except that for care in said convalescent hospital of any child directly supported by the state the charge for such care to the state shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the daily average cost rate for the preceding year ended June thirtieth as such rate shall be determined by said commissioner.
(1955, S. 1443d; 1957, P.A. 541, S. 1; P.A. 73-117, S. 21, 31; P.A. 79-560, S. 25, 39; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 73-117 replaced hospital cost commission with “the committee established under ... section 17-311”; P.A. 79-560 replaced references to committee and incorrect references to its predecessor, the commission, with references to commissioner of income maintenance; 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. 17-310 transferred to Sec. 17b-237 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-239a. - Payments to short-term general hospitals located in certain distressed municipalities and targeted investment communities with enterprise zones.

The Department of Social Services may, within available funds, make payments to all short-term general hospitals located in distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than seventy thousand and to all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand. The payment amount for each hospital shall be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services based upon the ratio that the number of inpatient discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis to the hospital for the most recently filed cost report period bears to the total hospital discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis for all qualifying hospitals. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no payment shall be made to a facility licensed as a children's hospital.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3, S. 4, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 66.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3 effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 removed provision which limited application of section to fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, and added provision re payments to “all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand”, effective August 20, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance › Section 17b-239b. - Chronic disease hospitals. Prior authorization procedures. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish prior authorization procedures under the Medicaid program for admissions and lengths of stay in chronic disease hospitals. The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with an entity for administration of any aspect of such prior authorization or may expand the scope of an existing contract with an entity that performs utilization review services on behalf of the Department of Social Services. The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 05-209, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 132.)
History: P.A. 05-209 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.