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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 156
February Session, 2024
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY REQUIRING
NURSING HOMES TO SPEND A PERCENTAGE OF MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT OR TOTAL REVENUE ON DIRECT CARE OF
NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home services. The task 2
force shall (1) consider (A) whether to require nursing home facilities to 3
spend not less than a certain percentage of (i) Medicaid funding received 4
from the state, or (ii) total revenue, including payments from Medicaid, 5
Medicare, private insurers, and direct pay, on direct care of residents, 6
and (B) whether to expand transparency requirements relating to how 7
nursing home facilities expend revenue and prioritize resident care; and 8
(2) develop recommendations regarding the considerations described in 9
subdivision (1) of this subsection. 10
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 11
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 12
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 13
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 14
Representatives; 15 Substitute Bill No. 156
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(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 16
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 17
Representatives; 18
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 19
(7) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 20
designee. 21
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 22
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 23
of the General Assembly. 24
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 25
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 26
be filled by the appointing authority. 27
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 28
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 29
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 30
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 31
days after the effective date of this section. 32
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 33
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging shall 34
serve as administrative staff of the task force. 35
(g) Not later than January 1, 2025, the task force shall submit a report 36
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 37
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging 38
and human services, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 39
of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 40
submits such report or January 1, 2025, whichever is later. 41
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Substitute Bill No. 156
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Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
The title was changed for accuracy.
AGE Joint Favorable Subst.