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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 4766 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7024 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 4766 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (HS) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ALLERGY |
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| 20 | 20 | | PREVENTION. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) To the extent permissible 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | under federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services shall provide 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Medicaid coverage for allergen introduction dietary supplements for 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | infants enrolled in the Medicaid program to help prevent common food 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | allergies, including, but not limited to, allergies to peanuts, eggs and 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | dairy products. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The commissioner shall seek any necessary federal approval, 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | including, but not limited to, a Medicaid waiver or amendment to the 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Medicaid state plan, to provide such coverage. Not later than September 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1, 2026, the commissioner shall file a report, in accordance with the 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, with the joint 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | matters relating to human services on (1) the number of infants 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided such supplements, and (2) an estimate of savings that may 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | accrue to the state from preventing allergies that may later require 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Raised Bill No. 7024 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 4766 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | medical intervention. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 47 | 47 | | sections: |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section |
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| 51 | 51 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 52 | 52 | | To require Medicaid coverage, to the extent permissible under federal |
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| 53 | 53 | | law, for allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants to prevent |
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| 54 | 54 | | common food allergies that may later require costly medical |
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| 55 | 55 | | intervention. |
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| 57 | 57 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 58 | 58 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 59 | 59 | | underlined.] |
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