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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 899
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING CH ILDREN WHO TRANSFER FROM HUSKY A
TO HUSKY B HEALTH CA RE COVERAGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) For purposes of this section, 1
"HUSKY A" and "HUSKY B" have the same meaning as provided in 2
section 17b-290 of the general statutes. The Commissioner of Social 3
Services shall establish a system to ensure a seamless transition for 4
children who transfer from HUSKY A to HUSKY B health care 5
coverage. Such system shall include: (1) Standard documentation 6
required for preauthorization and reauthorization of HUSKY B 7
services, (2) a fixed timeline for decisions by the commissioner on 8
requests for preauthorization and reauthorization of HUSKY B 9
services, (3) immediate notification to a provider including, but not 10
limited to, an occupational therapist or physical therapist, when a child 11
for whom he or she provides health care services transfers from 12
HUSKY A to HUSKY B health care coverage, (4) retroactive payments 13
under HUSKY A for a provider who performs medically necessary 14
services, as defined in section 17b-259b of the general statutes, in good 15
faith for a child who had been enrolled in HUSKY A until the provider 16 Raised Bill No. 899
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receives notice of the child's transfer from HUSKY A to HUSKY B, and 17
(5) timely payments to a provider of services to a child who transitions 18
from HUSKY A health care coverage to HUSKY B health care 19
coverage. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To address challenges faced by occupational therapists, physical
therapists and other providers when a child patient transfers from
HUSKY A to HUSKY B health care coverage.
[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.]