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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6681
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2280
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. WILSON PHEANIOUS, 53rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A TELEMEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM IN AN
UNDER SERVED, RURAL DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Commissioner of Social Services to develop a Medicaid-funded pilot 2
program to test the benefits of telemedicine in an eastern Connecticut 3
rural district where access to service is hampered by inadequate 4
transportation. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Department of Social Services to pilot the use of
telemedicine in an under served rural district where access to service is
hampered by inadequate transportation resources.