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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5307
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 2059
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING DE PARTMENT OF SOCIAL S ERVICES'
PAYMENT SUSPENSIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17b-99 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2020): 3
(c) The Department of Social Services shall distribute to all vendors 4
who are providers in the medical assistance program a copy of the rules, 5
regulations, standards and laws governing the program. The 6
Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt by regulation in [the 7
manner provided for in] accordance with sections 4-166 to 4-176, 8
inclusive, administrative sanctions against public assistance providers, 9
[in the Medicare program or Medicaid program or aid to families with 10
dependent children program or state-funded child care program or 11
state-administered general assistance program or temporary family 12
assistance program or state supplement to the federal Supplemental 13
Security Income Program] including, but not limited to, suspension 14
from the program, for any violations of the rules, regulations, standards 15 Raised Bill No. 5307
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or law. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the 16
provisions of chapter 54 to provide for the withholding of payments 17
currently due in order to offset money previously obtained as the result 18
of error or fraud provided payments shall not be withheld unless the 19
provider is given the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to regulations 20
adopted by the commissioner under this section for administrative 21
sanctions. No suspension from the program, including a payment 22
suspension pursuant to federal law, that imposes or increases the 23
amount withheld by the commissioner from payments to a provider 24
shall be imposed until after a decision by a hearing officer. The 25
department shall notify the proper professional society and licensing 26
agency of any violations of this section. For purposes of this subsection, 27
"public assistance" means the following programs: Medicare, Medicaid, 28
state-funded child care, state-administered general assistance, 29
temporary family assistance or the state supplement to the federal 30
Supplemental Security Income program. 31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 17b-99(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To give providers of social services due process protections before
payment is suspended by the Department of Social Services.
[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.]