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