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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1782 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5619 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1782 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. COOK, 65 | |
| 15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF IN -HOME | |
| 22 | 22 | COUNSELING PROVIDED BY A HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | That section 17b-242 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | Medicaid reimbursement to home health agencies for in -home 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | counseling to Medicaid recipients provided by social workers 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | employed by such agencies. 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To reduce barriers to outpatient behavioral health and other | |
| 32 | 32 | counseling facing persons who lack transportation or who have | |
| 33 | 33 | conditions preventing travel by providing Medicaid reimbursement | |
| 34 | 34 | for in-home counseling provided by social workers employed by home | |
| 35 | 35 | health agencies. |