Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00296 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 296
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2245
Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 296 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2245

Referred to Committee on Human Services 

Introduced by:

SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR MEDICAID PROVIDERS.

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

That chapter 319v of the general statutes be amended to require a managed care organization that has entered into a contract with the Department of Social Services to reimburse all providers at rates not less than the rates provided in the department's Medicaid fee schedule and that such reimbursement rates are retroactive to July, 2010. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To restore the reimbursable Medicaid floor amounts that were in place prior to the contract entered into between managed care organizations and the Department of Social Services in July, 2010 so that providers are not reimbursed at inadequate rates and discouraged from participating in the Medicaid program.