Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06189 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6189
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2301
 *02301*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6189 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2301

*02301*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES 

Introduced by:

REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.

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

That section 17b-278i of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Social Services to streamline the process by which it approves and completes wheelchair repairs for medical assistance recipients. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To reduce unnecessary delays in the process by which wheelchairs are repaired for medical assistance recipients.