Substitute House Bill No. 6319
Public Act No. 21-65
AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT RECOVERIES AND INCENTIVES
UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 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 Section 4a-16 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):
When any person supported or cared for by the state [under] (1) in a
program of public assistance, [or] (2) in an institution maintained by the
Department of Developmental Services or Department of Mental Health
and Addiction Services, [or] (3) when an inmate of the Department of
Correction, or [when any] (4) as a child committed to the Commissioner
of Social Services or Commissioner of Children and Families dies
leaving only personal estate, including personal assets owing and due
the estate after death, not exceeding the aggregate value, as described in
section 45a-273, the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the
commissioner's authorized representative shall, upon [filing with]
completing a financial accounting of the estate's assets and debt, make
a reasonable effort to inform the next of kin of the decedent in writing
that the commissioner or the commissioner's designee intends to
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assistance rendered to the decedent. The commissioner, or the
commissioner's designee, not later than thirty days after making a
reasonable effort to contact the next of kin of the decedent, shall file with
the [probate court] Probate Court having jurisdiction of such estate a
certificate that the total estate is under the aggregate value, as described
in section 45a-273, and the claim of the state, together with the expense
of last illness not exceeding three hundred seventy-five dollars and
funeral and burial expenses in accordance with section 17b-84 or section
17b-131, equals or exceeds the amount of such estate. [, be issued a
certificate by said court] The court shall issue a certificate to the
commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, stating that the
commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, is the legal
representative of such estate [only for the following purpose. The
commissioner shall have authority to] and may claim such estate, the
commissioner's receipt for the same to be a valid discharge of the
liability of any person turning over the same, and [to] settle the same by
payment of the expense of last illness not exceeding three hundred
seventy-five dollars, expense of funeral and burial in accordance with
section 17b-84 or 17b-131 and the remainder as partial or full
reimbursement of the claim of the state for care or assistance rendered
to the decedent. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee,
shall file with said [probate court] Probate Court a statement of the
settlement of such estate as herein provided.
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4-216 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
1, 2021):
(c) The secretary shall establish [a pilot] an incentive program for
nonprofit providers of human services that shall (1) allow providers
who otherwise meet contractual requirements to retain [a percentage of]
any savings realized by the providers from the contracted cost for
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for the same types of services are not reduced solely to reflect savings
achieved in previous contracts by such providers. [The pilot incentive
program shall include eight nonprofit providers of human services with
state contracts of the following amounts: (A) Two with contracts of at
least fifty million dollars, (B) two with contracts of at least twenty
million dollars but less than fifty million dollars, (C) two with contracts
of at least five million dollars but less than twenty million dollars, and
(D) two with contracts of less than five million dollars.] For purposes of
this subsection, "nonprofit providers of human services" includes, but is
not limited to, nonprofit providers of services to persons with
intellectual, physical or mental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder.