Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00981 Compare Versions

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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 981
8	7		January Session, 2021
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12	11		Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	20		AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENT PARITY FOR HEA LTH AND
21	21		HUMAN SERVICES PROVI DERS.
22	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23		Assembly convened:
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25	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services, 1
26	26		in collaboration with the Commissioners of Mental Health and 2
27	27		Addiction Services and Housing, shall study whether state-contracted 3
28	28		providers of human services receive disparate payment rates under 4
29	29		programs the commissioners administer in different regions of the state. 5
30	30		The commissioners shall report, in accordance with the provisions of 6
31	31		section 11-4a of the general statutes, on their rate study and any 7
32	32		resulting recommendations for rate adjustments not later than 8
33	33		November 1, 2021, to the joint standing committees of the General 9
34	34		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and 10
35	35		the budgets of state agencies, housing, human services and public 11
36	36		health. For purposes of this section, "human services" includes, but is 12
37	37		not limited to: (1) Physical and behavioral health services, and (2) 13
38	38		housing and shelter services provided to homeless persons. 14 Raised Bill No. 981
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45	44		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
46	45		sections:
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48	47		Section 1 from passage New section
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50		-	HS Joint Favorable
	49	+	Statement of Purpose:
	50	+	To evaluate whether current payment structures lead to payment
	51	+	inequities for health and human services providers depending on where
	52	+	the services are provided in the state and implement recommendations
	53	+	to achieve payment parity.
	54	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	55	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	56	+	underlined.]
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