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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6457
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING NU RSING HOME SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1
Services shall conduct a study to determine whether (1) there is a 2
sufficient number of nursing homes in the state, and (2) the services 3
offered by such nursing homes meet the need for long-term care. 4
(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 5
shall include, but need not be limited to, a report on: (1) Decreases or 6
increases in total nursing home population annually for fiscal years 2016 7
to 2020, inclusive; (2) state budget expenditures on nursing home care 8
in each of said fiscal years; and (3) whether any programmatic or 9
legislative changes are needed to better serve adults in need of 10
institutionalized care. 11
(c) Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Social Services 12
shall report on the results of the study done pursuant to subsection (a) 13
of this section, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 14
general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General 15 Raised Bill No. 6457
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Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human 16
services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations 17
for addressing identified gaps in the provision of services and 18
improving access to such services. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study whether there are enough nursing home facilities to provide
institutional care in the future.
[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.]