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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1214 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 609 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1214 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO | |
| 19 | 19 | CHILDREN BY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. | |
| 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 the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | of Children and Families to utilize Ages and Stages assessment tools 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | rather than birth-to-three evaluations in screening children thirty-six 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | months of age and younger who have been substantiated as victims of 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | abuse or neglect or who are being served through the department's 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | family assessment response program, (2) compensate schools and 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | occupational therapists providing services as part of the birth-to-three 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | program at the rate of the independent group fee schedule, (3) require 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | providers to conduct quarterly audits by submitting documentation to 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | the state verifying that clients appeared for treatment and any billing 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | associated with such treatment, (4) provide annual training to 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | providers concerning any new billing requirements, and (5) allow 12 | |
| 35 | 35 | occupational therapists working on a fee schedule to be an 13 | |
| 36 | 36 | independent group for Husky and to bill for self-care management or 14 | |
| 37 | 37 | oral motor skills. 15 Proposed Bill No. 609 | |
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| 40 | 40 | LCO No. 1214 2 of 2 | |
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| 42 | 42 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 43 | 43 | To streamline billing practices and encourage more occupational | |
| 44 | 44 | therapists to provide services to children. |