Connecticut 2023 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01077 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 4429 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1077
6	6	January Session, 2023
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE BY PHYSICIANS OF
20	20	PATIENTS WHO ARE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a 1
25	25	working group to evaluate existing barriers to physicians accepting as a 2
26	26	patient a person who is a Medicaid recipient and recommend methods 3
27	27	to eliminating such barriers. 4
28	28	(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: 5
29	29	(1) A representative of a medical society in the state; 6
30	30	(2) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 7
31	31	designee; 8
32	32	(3) The executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or the 9
33	33	executive director's designee; 10
34	34	(4) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 11
35	35	designee; and 12 Raised Bill No. 1077
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39	39	LCO No. 4429 2 of 3
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41	41	(5) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee. 13
42	42	(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall schedule the first 14
43	43	meeting of the working group, which shall be held not later than sixty 15
44	44	days after the effective date of this section. 16
45	45	(d) The members of the working group shall elect a chairperson from 17
46	46	among the members of the working group. 18
47	47	(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 19
48	48	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 20
49	49	services shall serve as administrative staff of the working group. 21
50	50	(f) Not later than January 1, 2024, the working group shall submit a 22
51	51	report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 23
52	52	committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 24
53	53	relating to human services, insurance and public health, in accordance 25
54	54	with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The working 26
55	55	group shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 27
56	56	1, 2024, whichever is later. 28
57	57	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) A physician licensed pursuant 29
58	58	to chapter 370 of the general statutes who in good faith, and without 30
59	59	gross negligence or wilful or wanton misconduct, provides health care 31
60	60	services to a patient who is a Medicaid recipient shall be immune from 32
61	61	civil and criminal liability, and from any action for suspension, 33
62	62	revocation or surrender of the physician's professional license, that 34
63	63	arises from or relates to the physician's provision of health care services 35
64	64	to such patient. 36
65	65	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
66	66	sections:
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68	68	Section 1 from passage New section
69	69	Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 New section
70	70	Raised Bill No. 1077
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76	76	Statement of Purpose:
77	77	To increase the number of physicians who treat patients who are
78	78	Medicaid recipients.
79	79	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
80	80	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
81	81	underlined.]
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