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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5362
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1879
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA V., 86
th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125
th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123
rd Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8
th Dist.
REP. PERILLO J., 113
th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89
th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61
st Dist.
REP. CARNEY, 23
rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING BENCHMARKING MEDICAID PAYMENT
RATES TO EIGHTY PER CENT OF CORRESPONDING MEDICARE
RATES AND ADDING WORK AND TIME LIMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE HUSKY D HEALTH PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to (1) benchmark 1
Medicaid provider rates to eighty per cent of corresponding Medicare 2
rates, and (2) direct the Commissioner of Social Services to apply for a 3
Section 1115 waiver under the Social Security Act for the purpose of 4
adding work and time limit requirements to remain eligible for 5
Medicaid coverage under the HUSKY D health program for 6
nonpregnant, low-income adults who are age eighteen to sixty-four, 7
inclusive. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To increase Medicaid payment rates, reduce state costs and foster
efficacy and better outcomes for the HUSKY D health program.