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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 565
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF NURSING HOME SERVICE S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1
Services shall conduct a study of nursing homes to determine whether (1) 2
there is a sufficient number of nursing homes in the state, and (2) the 3
services offered by such nursing homes meet the state's residents' need for 4
long-term care. 5
(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to, a report on: (1) 6
Decreases or increases in the total nursing home population annually for 7
fiscal years 2013 to 2018, inclusive; (2) state budget expenditures on 8
nursing home care in each of said fiscal years; (3) the projected number of 9
persons who will need nursing home care in fiscal year 2021; and (4) 10
whether any programmatic or legislative changes are needed to better 11
serve adults in need of institutionalized care. 12
(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Services shall 13
report on the results of the study, in accordance with the provisions of 14
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 15 Raised Bill No. 565
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the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and 16
human services. Such report may include the commissioner's 17
recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the provision of 18
services and improving access to such services. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To assure sufficient nursing home services are available to meet needs.
[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.]