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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5724
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2698
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. COMEY, 102nd Dist.
REP. SWEET, 91st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ALLERGY
PREVENTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Commissioner of Social Services to provide Medicaid coverage, to the 2
extent permissible under federal law, for allergen introduction dietary 3
supplements for infants to prevent peanut and egg allergy 4
development. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To invest in food allergy prevention to reduce the long-term health care
costs to the state, families and the health care system for treatment of
and recovery from food allergies.