Connecticut 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00242 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 242
22 February Session, 2018 LCO No. 1479
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1212 February Session, 2018
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE OF REGULATORY, POLICY AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES FOR THE CONNECTICUT HOME-CARE PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Subsection (j) of section 17b-342 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):
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3030 (j) [The] Notwithstanding the notice provisions prescribed by subsection (b) of section 17b-10, the Commissioner of Social Services may implement revised [criteria] policies and procedures for the operation of the program, including the state-funded portion of the program, while in the process of adopting such [criteria] policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner [prints] publishes notice of intention to adopt the policies and procedures as regulations [in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementing the policy] on the eRegulations System thirty days prior to adopting such policies and procedures. Such [criteria] policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective. The commissioner shall submit the proposed regulations to the standing legislative regulations review committee for review not later than one hundred eighty days after posting notice of the commissioner's intention to adopt the policies and procedures as regulations on the eRegulations System. The proposed regulations shall include a statement in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17b-10 and shall be submitted and reviewed in accordance with the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 17b-10. A person aggrieved by policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this subsection may appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with subsection (b) of section 4-183.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
3636 Section 1 July 1, 2018 17b-342(j)
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4848 To ensure that participants and providers receive adequate notice concerning regulatory, policy and procedural changes for the Connecticut Home-Care Program for the Elderly.
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5050 [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.]