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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6591
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY TO STUDY
HOME HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section: 1
(1) "Office of Health Strategy" means the Office of Health Strategy 2
established under section 19a-754a of the general statutes; and 3
(2) "Veteran" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of 4
the general statutes. 5
(b) The Office of Health Strategy shall, within available 6
appropriations: 7
(1) Study methods to improve home health care for veterans in this 8
state, including, but not limited to, methods to increase access to, 9
provide greater coverage for and improve the quality of home health 10
care for veterans in this state; and 11
(2) Develop recommendations to improve home health care for 12
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Office of Health Strategy shall 14
submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, 15
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 16
cognizance of matters relating to insurance. Such report shall contain 17
the results of the study conducted, and recommendations developed, by 18
the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Office of Health Strategy to: (1) Study methods, and
develop recommendations, to improve home health care for veterans in
this state; and (2) submit a report concerning home health care for
veterans to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to insurance.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]