Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06681 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6681
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1010 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. WILSON PHEANIOUS, 53rd Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING A TELEMEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM IN AN
1919 UNDER SERVED, RURAL DISTRICT.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
2424 Commissioner of Social Services to develop a Medicaid-funded pilot 2
2525 program to test the benefits of telemedicine in an eastern Connecticut 3
2626 rural district where access to service is hampered by inadequate 4
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2828 Statement of Purpose:
2929 To allow the Department of Social Services to pilot the use of
3030 telemedicine in an under served rural district where access to service is
3131 hampered by inadequate transportation resources.