Connecticut 2024 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00367 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 367
8	6		February Session, 2024
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12	10		Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY TO MAXIMIZE MEDICAID
21	20		REIMBURSEMENT FOR UCONN HEALTH CENTER.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
26	25		to study maximizing Medicaid reimbursement for The University of 2
27	26		Connecticut Health Center. 3
28	27		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 4
29	28		(1) The House and Senate chairpersons and ranking members, or 5
30	29		their designees, of the joint standing committees of the General 6
31	30		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and 7
32	31		the budgets of state agencies, human services and higher education; 8
33	32		(2) The president of The University of Connecticut and the chief 9
34	33		executive officer of The University of Connecticut Health Center, or 10
35	34		their designees; 11
36	35		(3) A representative of a labor union representing employees of The 12
37		-	University of Connecticut Health Center, appointed by the House and 13 Bill No. 367
	36	+	University of Connecticut Health Center, appointed by the House and 13 Raised Bill No. 367
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44	42		Senate chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 14
45	43		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services; 15
46	44		(4) A representative of a state-wide organization representing 16
47	45		hospitals, appointed by the House and Senate ranking members of the 17
48	46		joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 18
49	47		matters relating to human services; 19
50	48		(5) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 20
51	49		designee; and 21
52	50		(6) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 22
53	51		secretary's designee. 23
54	52		(c) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 24
55	53		than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 25
56	54		be filled by the appointing authority. 26
57	55		(d) The chairpersons of the task force shall be the House and Senate 27
58	56		chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 28
59	57		having cognizance of matters relating to human services and the 29
60	58		Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or their designees. 30
61	59		Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, 31
62	60		which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of 32
63	61		this section. 33
64	62		(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 34
65	63		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 35
66	64		services shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 36
67	65		(f) Not later than January 1, 2025, the task force shall submit a report 37
68	66		on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 38
69	67		of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 39
70	68		appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and 40
71	69		higher education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 41
72	70		the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 42
73		-	submits such report or January 1, 2025, whichever is later. 43 Bill No. 367
	71	+	submits such report or January 1, 2025, whichever is later. 43 Raised Bill No. 367
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80	77		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
81	78		sections:
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83	80		Section 1 from passage New section
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	82	+	Statement of Purpose:
	83	+	To study ways to maximize Medicaid reimbursement for The University
	84	+	of Connecticut Health Center.
	85	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	86	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	87	+	underlined.]
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