OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-6678
AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME TRANSPARENCY.
As Amended by House "A" (LCO 7123)
House Calendar No.: 71
Senate Calendar No.: 396
Primary Analyst: ES 5/1/23
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $
Social Services, Dept. GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill could result in a revenue gain to the Department of Social
Services (DSS) associated with fines for nursing homes due to
noncompliance with documentation requirements established by the
bill. The bill requires nursing homes to provide narrative summaries of
expenditures in addition to their currently required cost reports. Failure
to comply with the provisions of the bill could result in a fine of not
more than $10,000 for each incident of noncompliance. Fines must be
paid to the General Fund and credited to the Medicaid account.
House “A” removes language allowing DSS to offset payments to a
facility in order to collect penalties, which eliminates the associated
potential cost savings to the agency. The amendment maintains the
potential revenue gain to DSS associated with the collection of penalty
payments.
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The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the rate of noncompliance and the
amount of fines levied.