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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2104 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5438 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2104 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist. |
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| 17 | 17 | | REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE IN |
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| 24 | 24 | | CONNECTICUT. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 26 | 26 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Establish the 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ConnectHealth Program, the ConnectHealth Trust account and the 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ConnectHealth Advisory Board; (2) require the Comptroller, in 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | consultation with the ConnectHealth Advisory Board and the Office of 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Health Strategy, to establish the ConnectHealth Plan; (3) authorize the 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Comptroller to offer coverage to plan participants and beneficiaries in 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | this state under a multiemployer plan, nonprofit employers and their 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | employees and small employers and their employees; and (4) require 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Commissioner of Social Services to seek to amend the federal waiver 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | for the state-wide dental plan that provides for the administration of the 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dental services portion of the department's medical assistance to expand 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | coverage to include additional individuals in this state. 12 Proposed Bill No. 5438 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 2104 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 45 | 45 | | To: (1) Establish the ConnectHealth Program, the ConnectHealth Trust |
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| 46 | 46 | | account and the ConnectHealth Advisory Board; (2) require the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Comptroller, in consultation with the ConnectHealth Advisory Board |
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| 48 | 48 | | and the Office of Health Strategy, to establish the ConnectHealth Plan; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) authorize the Comptroller to offer coverage to plan participants and |
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| 50 | 50 | | beneficiaries in this state under a multiemployer plan, nonprofit |
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| 51 | 51 | | employers and their employees and small employers and their |
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| 52 | 52 | | employees; and (4) require the Commissioner of Social Services to seek |
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| 53 | 53 | | to amend the federal waiver for the state-wide dental plan that provides |
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| 54 | 54 | | for the administration of the dental services portion of the department's |
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| 55 | 55 | | medical assistance to expand coverage to include additional individuals |
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| 56 | 56 | | in this state. |
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