General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1084
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4307
*04307_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1084
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4307
*04307_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING DELAYS IN MEDICAID APPLICATION PROCESSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-261 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (k) as follows (Effective July 1, 2013):
(NEW) (k) Not later than April 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall utilize technology to ensure that applications for medical assistance under the Medicaid program established pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act are processed with reasonable promptness. The commissioner shall ensure that an eligibility determination is made on non-disability-based eligibility applications for Medicaid not later than forty-five days after the date of receipt by the Department of Social Services and not later than ninety days after the date of receipt of disability-based Medicaid applications.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) Not later than April 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall establish a streamlined, uniform process to determine Medicaid eligibility for applicants who are receiving or requesting to receive home and community-based care. Such process shall include, but not be limited to, development of a prescreening tool to be used by the Department of Social Services or its designee to identify in an initial assessment those applicants who are (1) more likely than not to qualify for Medicaid coverage based on their assets and income, and (2) functionally able to receive care in a home or community-based setting. Whenever such applicant for Medicaid has not received an eligibility determination within ninety days of completing such application, the department shall make a presumptive Medicaid eligibility determination and begin providing such-eligible applicant paid home and community-based care.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 17b-261
Sec. 2 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
17b-261
Sec. 2
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that the Department of Social Services has implemented technology by April 1, 2014, to ensure prompt processing of Medicaid applications.
[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.]