Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01122 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1122
	4	+	LCO No. 4767 1 of 2
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1122
6	7		January Session, 2025
	8	+	LCO No. 4767
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AUDITS OF
13	20		MEDICAID-FUNDED PROGRAMS BY THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC
14	21		ACCOUNTS.
15	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	23		Assembly convened:
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18	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Not later than December 1, 1
19		-	2025, and annually thereafter, the Senate and House ~~chairpersons and~~ 2
20		-	~~ranking members~~ of the joint standing committee of the General 3
21		-	~~Assembly~~ having cognizance of matters relating to human services shall 4
22		-	~~provide~~ to the Auditors of Public Accounts a written list of not less than 5
23		-	~~two~~ Medicaid-funded programs to be subject to performance audits by 6
24		-	~~said~~ auditors in accordance with section 2-90 of the general statutes, as 7
	26	+	2025, and annually thereafter, the Senate chairperson and the House 2
	27	+	chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 3
	28	+	having cognizance of matters relating to human services shall provide 4
	29	+	to the Auditors of Public Accounts a written list of not less than two 5
	30	+	Medicaid-funded programs to be subject to performance audits by said 6
	31	+	auditors in accordance with section 2-90 of the general statutes, as 7
25	32		amended by this act. Not later than thirty days after the completion of 8
26	33		the performance audits, the Commissioner of Social Services shall post 9
27	34		a link to the audit results and recommendations on the Internet web site 10
28	35		of the Department of Social Services. 11
29	36		Sec. 2. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 12
30	37		subsection (j) as follows (Effective January 1, 2026): 13
31	38		(NEW) (j) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this 14
32	39		section, said auditors shall conduct not less than two performance 15
33		-	audits annually of Medicaid-funded programs from a list of such 16
34		-	programs provided to the auditors, in writing, by the Senate and House 17 Substitute Bill No. 1122
	40	+	Committee Bill No. 1122
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	43	+	LCO No. 4767 2 of 2
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39		-	chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of 18
40		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 19
41		-	services, in accordance with section 1 of this act. Administrators of any 20
42		-	such program being audited by the auditors shall provide any 21
43		-	information the auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. The 22
44		-	auditors shall report their findings and recommendations, in accordance 23
45		-	with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor, the State 24
46		-	Comptroller and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 25
47		-	having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets 26
48		-	of state agencies and human services. 27
	45	+	audits annually of Medicaid-funded programs from a list of such 16
	46	+	programs provided to the auditors, in writing, by the Senate 17
	47	+	chairperson and the House chairperson of the joint standing committee 18
	48	+	of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 19
	49	+	human services, in accordance with section 1 of this act. Any such 20
	50	+	program being audited by the auditors shall provide any information 21
	51	+	the auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. The auditors shall 22
	52	+	report their findings and recommendations, in accordance with the 23
	53	+	provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor, the State Comptroller and 24
	54	+	the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 25
	55	+	cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 26
	56	+	agencies and human services. 27
49	57		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
50	58		sections:
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52	60		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
53	61		Sec. 2 January 1, 2026 2-90(j)
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55		-	HS Joint Favorable Subst.
	63	+	Statement of Purpose:
	64	+	To ensure optimum use of Medicaid dollars toward providing human
	65	+	services through utilization of performance audits conducted by the
	66	+	Auditors of Public Accounts.
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	68	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	69	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	70	+	underlined.]
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	72	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
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	74	+	S.B. 1122
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