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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1072 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 390 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1072 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID AND MEDICARE RATE | |
| 19 | 19 | REIMBURSEMENT PARITY. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Increase 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | Medicaid reimbursement rates up to one hundred per cent of the 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | corresponding Medicare rates for covered inpatient and outpatient 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | services, including, but not limited to, services provided by physicians, 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | other health care professionals, dentists, hospitals, health care facilities, 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | emergency medical transportation providers and pharmacies, (2) 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | increase such rates annually for inflation as measured by the consumer 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | price index, (3) amend the Medicaid state plan as necessary to 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | implement such rate increases, (4) review such rates not less frequently 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | than every four years unless otherwise required by state or federal law 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | or more frequently as determined by the Department of Social Services 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | or the legislature, and (5) require the department to submit findings 12 | |
| 35 | 35 | concerning such rate reviews to the joint standing committees of the 13 | |
| 36 | 36 | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 14 | |
| 37 | 37 | appropriations and human services. 15 Proposed Bill No. 390 | |
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| 40 | 40 | LCO No. 1072 2 of 2 | |
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| 43 | 43 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 44 | 44 | To equalize Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates. |