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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2613 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 898 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2613 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on AGING |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (AGE) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MEDICAID-FUNDED |
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| 20 | 20 | | PROGRAMS. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Social 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Services shall conduct a study of Medicaid-funded state programs 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | administered under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | from time to time. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | a report on: (1) Factors the commissioner deems pertinent to quality of 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | care; (2) whether there are any gaps in access by eligible residents; and 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) whether any Medicaid waivers should be sought to expand access to 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | medical assistance. 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Not later than July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall report the 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | results of the study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | services. Such report may include the commissioner's recommendations 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | for addressing any identified gaps in the provision of Medicaid-funded 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | state services and improving access to such services for senior citizens 15 Raised Bill No. 898 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 2613 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and others. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 46 | 46 | | sections: |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 50 | 50 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 51 | 51 | | To study the efficacy of Medicaid-funded programs. |
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| 52 | 52 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 53 | 53 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 54 | 54 | | underlined.] |
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