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| 4 | 4 | LCO No. 4222 1 of 2 | |
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| 6 | 6 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6561 | |
| 7 | 7 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 8 | 8 | LCO No. 4222 | |
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| 11 | 11 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 15 | 15 | (HS) | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING ME DICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR MARITAL | |
| 21 | 21 | AND FAMILY THERAPIST S PERMITTED TO PRACTIC E WITHOUT | |
| 22 | 22 | LICENSES DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENC Y. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | shall, to the extent permissible under federal law, provide Medicaid 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | reimbursement for authorized services provided to a Medicaid recipient 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | by a person authorized to practice without a license as a marital and 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | family therapy associate, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 20-195a 5 | |
| 31 | 31 | of the general statutes, pursuant to Executive Order No. 7V of Governor 6 | |
| 32 | 32 | Ned Lamont. The commissioner shall seek any federal approval 7 | |
| 33 | 33 | necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 8 | |
| 34 | 34 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 35 | 35 | sections: | |
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| 37 | 37 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 38 | 38 | Raised Bill No. 6561 | |
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| 42 | 42 | LCO No. 4222 2 of 2 | |
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| 44 | 44 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 45 | 45 | To require Medicaid reimbursement, to the extent permissible under | |
| 46 | 46 | federal law, for marital and family therapy associates authorized to | |
| 47 | 47 | practice without a license by executive order during the COVID-19 | |
| 48 | 48 | public health emergency. | |
| 49 | 49 | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 50 | 50 | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 51 | 51 | underlined.] | |
| 52 | 52 |