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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1358
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR STATE -
CONTRACTED NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 1
section 2 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 2
nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 3
human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 4
Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 5
with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 6
not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 7
services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 8
the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes, 9
as amended by this act. 10
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the 11
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 12
with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 13
review of a portion of the state's purchase of service contracts and 14
personal service agreements with nonprofit human services providers 15
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to determine whether the rates such providers are paid to deliver health 16
and human services pursuant to such contracts or agreements 17
adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 18
services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 19
For purposes of such review, the secretary shall examine the contracts 20
and agreements for such services of not less than two state agencies each 21
year. 22
(c) Not later than February 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, 23
the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 24
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 25
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 26
services, government administration and appropriations and the 27
budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include (1) a summary of the 28
results of the review conducted under subsection (b) of this section, (2) 29
any applicable recommendations concerning requiring contracting state 30
agencies to reduce contractual expectations if those expectations are not 31
adequately funded by the contract or agreement, and (3) any 32
recommended legislation necessary to implement such 33
recommendations. 34
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, 35
and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 36
Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 37
human services providers are required to file with various state 38
agencies. Such review shall include, but not be limited to, looking at the 39
number of reports that are required to be filed, the amount of 40
overlapping information in such reports, the time and resources needed 41
for providers to prepare and file the reports, the reasons for requiring 42
such reports and an analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state 43
agency receiving such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human 44
services providers shall provide any information requested by the 45
secretary for purposes of such review. 46
(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 47
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required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 48
(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 49
reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 50
prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 51
or (3) required under any provision of state law. 52
(c) Not later than February 1, 2026, and triennially thereafter, the 53
secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 54
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 55
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 56
services, government administration and appropriations and the 57
budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include a summary of the 58
results of the review conducted under subsection (a) of this section, any 59
reporting eliminated or consolidated under subsection (b) of this section 60
and any recommendations for any legislation necessary to eliminate 61
burdensome or duplicative reporting requirements required under state 62
law. 63
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 64
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 65
2025): 66
(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 67
obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 68
of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 69
organization or municipality. Such policies and procedures shall 70
include, but need not be limited to, a requirement that a private provider 71
organization receive payment for any services provided pursuant to a 72
purchase of service contract not later than thirty days after delivery of 73
such services. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 74
purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 75
and procedures. 76
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 4-70b(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To provide equitable compensation for state-contracted nonprofit
human services providers.
[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.]