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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6319
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2591
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENT RECOVERIES AND INCENTIVES
UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTA NCE PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4a-16 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
When any person supported or cared for by the state [under] (1) in a 3
program of public assistance, [or] (2) in an institution maintained by the 4
Department of Developmental Services or Department of Mental Health 5
and Addiction Services, [or] (3) when an inmate of the Department of 6
Correction, or [when any] (4) as a child committed to the Commissioner 7
of Social Services or Commissioner of Children and Families dies 8
leaving only personal estate, including personal assets owing and due 9
the estate after death, not exceeding the aggregate value, as described in 10
section 45a-273, the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the 11
commissioner's authorized representative shall, upon [filing with] 12
completing a financial accounting of the estate's assets and debt, make 13
a reasonable effort to inform next of kin of the decedent in writing that 14
the commissioner or the commissioner's designee intends to become the 15 Raised Bill No. 6319
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legal representative of the estate for the purpose of securing partial or 16
full reimbursement of the claim of the state for care or assistance 17
rendered to the decedent. The commissioner, or the commissioner's 18
designee, not later than thirty days after making a reasonable effort to 19
contact next of kin of the decedent, shall file with the probate court 20
having jurisdiction of such estate a certificate that the total estate is 21
under the aggregate value, as described in section 45a-273, and the claim 22
of the state, together with the expense of last illness not exceeding three 23
hundred seventy-five dollars and funeral and burial expenses in 24
accordance with section 17b-84 or section 17b-131, equals or exceeds the 25
amount of such estate. [, be issued a certificate by said court] The court 26
shall issue a certificate to the commissioner, or the commissioner's 27
designee, stating that the commissioner, or the commissioner's 28
designee, is the legal representative of such estate [only for the following 29
purpose. The commissioner shall have authority to] and may claim such 30
estate, the commissioner's receipt for the same to be a valid discharge of 31
the liability of any person turning over the same, and [to] settle the same 32
by payment of the expense of last illness not exceeding three hundred 33
seventy-five dollars, expense of funeral and burial in accordance with 34
section 17b-84 or 17b-131 and the remainder as partial or full 35
reimbursement of the claim of the state for care or assistance rendered 36
to the decedent. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, 37
shall file with said probate court a statement of the settlement of such 38
estate as herein provided. 39
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4-216 of the general statutes is 40
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 41
2021): 42
(c) The secretary shall establish [a pilot] an incentive program for 43
nonprofit providers of human services that shall (1) allow providers 44
who otherwise meet contractual requirements to retain [a percentage of] 45
any savings realized by the providers from the contracted cost for 46
services, and (2) provide that future contracted amounts from the state 47
for the same types of services are not reduced solely to reflect savings 48
achieved in previous contracts by such providers. [The pilot incentive 49 Raised Bill No. 6319
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program shall include eight nonprofit providers of human services with 50
state contracts of the following amounts: (A) Two with contracts of at 51
least fifty million dollars, (B) two with contracts of at least twenty 52
million dollars but less than fifty million dollars, (C) two with contracts 53
of at least five million dollars but less than twenty million dollars, and 54
(D) two with contracts of less than five million dollars.] For purposes of 55
this subsection, "nonprofit providers of human services" includes, but is 56
not limited to, nonprofit providers of services to persons with 57
intellectual, physical or mental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder. 58
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 4a-16
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 4-216(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To notify family members of deceased persons when the state is
claiming their estates for public assistance debt and make permanent a
pilot incentive program for providers who deliver public assistance for
less than the contracted amount of payment.
[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.]