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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 981
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENT PARITY FOR HEA LTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES PROVI DERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services, 1
in collaboration with the Commissioners of Mental Health and 2
Addiction Services and Housing, shall study whether state-contracted 3
providers of human services receive disparate payment rates under 4
programs the commissioners administer in different regions of the state. 5
The commissioners shall report, in accordance with the provisions of 6
section 11-4a of the general statutes, on their rate study and any 7
resulting recommendations for rate adjustments not later than 8
November 1, 2021, to the joint standing committees of the General 9
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and 10
the budgets of state agencies, housing, human services and public 11
health. For purposes of this section, "human services" includes, but is 12
not limited to: (1) Physical and behavioral health services, and (2) 13
housing and shelter services provided to homeless persons. 14 Raised Bill No. 981
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To evaluate whether current payment structures lead to payment
inequities for health and human services providers depending on where
the services are provided in the state and implement recommendations
to achieve payment parity.
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