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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 565
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1752
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY O F NURSING HOME SERVI CES.
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 2
(1) there is a sufficient number of nursing homes in the state; and (2) 3
the services offered by such nursing homes meet the state's residents' 4
need for long-term care. 5
(b) The study shall include, but need not be limited to, a report on: 6
(1) Decreases or increases in the total nursing home population 7
annually for fiscal years 2013 to 2018, inclusive; (2) state budget 8
expenditures on nursing home care in each of said fiscal years; (3) the 9
projected number of persons who will need nursing home care in fiscal 10
year 2021; and (4) whether any programmatic or legislative changes 11
are needed to better serve adults in need of institutionalized care. 12
(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Services 13
shall report on the results of the study, in accordance with the 14
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 15
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relating to aging and human services. Such report may include the 17
commissioner's recommendations for addressing identified gaps in the 18
provision of 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
AGE Joint Favorable