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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 488
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1223
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LONG -TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1
of Public Health to study the regulatory framework of long-term acute 2
care hospitals, including, but not limited to, (A) any regulatory burdens 3
such as duplicative employee fingerprinting requirements, (B) the 4
appropriateness of current oversight mechanisms, and (C) any 5
regulatory inconsistencies and their impact on the ability of such 6
hospitals to delivery timely and effective care, and (2) require equitable 7
reimbursement rates for long-term acute care hospitals under the 8
Medicaid program. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To improve the financial viability, operational efficiency and patient
care of long-term acute care hospitals.