General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7009
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3492
*03492_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7009
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3492
*03492_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING DETERRING MEDICAID FRAUD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section, "electronic visit verification" means the system required pursuant to the 21st Century Cares Act, P.L. 114-255 that verifies the date, time and site of a provider visit and services offered to a client in a home and community-based service program administered by the Department of Social Services and funded under Medicaid.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17b-99 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Social Services shall not withhold any payments, assess any penalties or extrapolate any overpayments due to errors related to implementation of any electronic visit verification system required by the state that occurred for a period of one hundred twenty days after implementation of such system.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services on the implementation of any electronic visit verification system not later than one year after such system is implemented and annually thereafter until 2022. Such report shall include (1) any problems experienced in implementation of the system, (2) recommendations to resolve identified problems, and (3) cost savings identified as a result of the system.
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 ensure that a federally required electronic visit verification system for home and community-based services funded under Medicaid is implemented with minimum burdens or penalties for providers of home and community-based services.
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