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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1122
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AUDITS OF
MEDICAID-FUNDED PROGRAMS BY THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Not later than December 1, 1
2025, and annually thereafter, the Senate chairperson and the House 2
chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 3
having cognizance of matters relating to human services shall provide 4
to the Auditors of Public Accounts a written list of not less than two 5
Medicaid-funded programs to be subject to performance audits by said 6
auditors in accordance with section 2-90 of the general statutes, as 7
amended by this act. Not later than thirty days after the completion of 8
the performance audits, the Commissioner of Social Services shall post 9
a link to the audit results and recommendations on the Internet web site 10
of the Department of Social Services. 11
Sec. 2. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 12
subsection (j) as follows (Effective January 1, 2026): 13
(NEW) (j) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this 14
section, said auditors shall conduct not less than two performance 15
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audits annually of Medicaid-funded programs from a list of such 16
programs provided to the auditors, in writing, by the Senate 17
chairperson and the House chairperson of the joint standing committee 18
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 19
human services, in accordance with section 1 of this act. Any such 20
program being audited by the auditors shall provide any information 21
the auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. The auditors shall 22
report their findings and recommendations, in accordance with the 23
provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor, the State Comptroller and 24
the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 25
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 26
agencies and human services. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2026 2-90(j)
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure optimum use of Medicaid dollars toward providing human
services through utilization of performance audits conducted by the
Auditors of Public Accounts.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
S.B. 1122