LCO No. 2616 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 342 February Session, 2022 LCO No. 2616 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS Introduced by: (VA) AN ACT CONCERNING FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL PURCHASES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) All federal reimbursements 1 received by this state for expenditures made from the institutional 2 general welfare fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs, established 3 in accordance with sections 4-56 to 4-58, inclusive, of the general 4 statutes, for pharmaceutical and prescription drug purchases, pursuant 5 to a memorandum of understanding between the department and the 6 United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare 7 System, shall be deposited in the institutional general welfare fund. 8 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section LCO No. 2616 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To direct to the Department of Veterans Affairs' institutional general welfare fund, instead of to the General Fund, reimbursements made to the state for certain pharmaceutical purchases made by the department. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]