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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2694 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 308 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2694 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. LOGAN, 17th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING EQUITABLE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT | |
| 19 | 19 | FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER PRACTITIONERS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That section 17b-245b of the general statutes be amended to require 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | the Commissioner of Social Services, on or before July 1, 2019, to (1) 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | equalize rates paid to primary care or treating practitioners at federally 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | qualified health centers with rates paid to such practitioners at other 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | health centers for electronic consultation services, and (2) pay such 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | rates in addition to the fixed fee patient visit rates at each federally 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | qualified health center. 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To ensure an adequate number of providers at federally qualified | |
| 32 | 32 | health centers by more equitably reimbursing them. |