Connecticut 2022 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00342 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/02/2022

                        
 
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 342  
February Session, 2022 
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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 
   
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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.]