| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 4227 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1301 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 4227 | |
| 8 | + | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (HS) | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID RATES FOR COMMUNITY | |
| 11 | 20 | HOSPITALS IN RURAL AREAS. | |
| 12 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 13 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
| 14 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 24 | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) As used in this section, "community 1 | |
| 16 | 25 | hospital in a rural area" means a nonfederal acute care hospital (1) 2 | |
| 17 | 26 | designated by the Connecticut State Office of Rural Health as a rural 3 | |
| 18 | 27 | hospital, (2) open to the general public, and (3) located in an area of the 4 | |
| 19 | 28 | state that is not designated as a metropolitan area by the United States 5 | |
| 20 | - | Office of Management and Budget and the | |
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| 22 | - | ||
| 23 | - | ||
| 24 | - | ||
| 29 | + | Office of Management and Budget and the Census Bureau. The 6 | |
| 30 | + | Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to 7 | |
| 31 | + | increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for a community hospital in a 8 | |
| 32 | + | rural area of the state to Medicare rates for the same services at such 9 | |
| 33 | + | hospitals. 10 | |
| 25 | 34 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 26 | 35 | sections: | |
| 27 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 37 | Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section | |
| 29 | 38 | ||
| 30 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 31 | - | In Subdiv. (3), "United States" was added before "Census Bureau" for | |
| 32 | - | clarity. | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1301 | |
| 33 | 40 | ||
| 34 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | LCO No. 4227 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 46 | + | To increase Medicaid rates for community hospitals in rural areas to | |
| 47 | + | equal Medicare rates for the same services. | |
| 48 | + | ||
| 49 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 50 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 51 | + | underlined.] | |
| 35 | 52 |