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