General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5543
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2199
*02199_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5543
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2199
*02199_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING HOME HEALTH CARE REGULATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Public Health shall meet with members of the Connecticut Medicaid home health legislative work group, including representatives of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home, to review and discuss potential changes to the Department of Public Health's regulations concerning home health care. Not later than January 1, 2017, the commissioner and the workgroup shall jointly report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and human services on the results of their discussions. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, recommendations for changes to the department's home health care regulations and a timeline for amending such regulations to implement the recommended changes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Public Health to meet with the Connecticut Medicaid home health legislative work group to discuss potential changes to the Department of Public Health's home care regulations and report to the public health and human services committees on the results of such discussions.
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