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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1358
January Session, 2025
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, (1) 1
"nonprofit human services provider" means a nonprofit provider that 2
contracts with the state to provide human services that may include, but 3
need not be limited to: (A) Services for persons with a physical 4
disability, (B) services for persons with intellectual disability or 5
developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, autism 6
spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health services; and (2) "state 7
agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 4-37e of the 8
general statutes. 9
(b) On July first annually, a state agency contracting with a nonprofit 10
human services provider shall increase rates for recurring contracts by 11
the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban 12
consumers in the northeast region in the previous calendar year. If such 13
consumer price index decreases, a state agency shall not decrease rates 14
for such provider. 15
(c) On July first annually, the Commissioner of Social Services shall 16
adjust Medicaid rates for nonprofit human services providers 17
contracting with the Department of Social Services by the percentage 18 Substitute Bill No. 1358
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rate increase, if any, for state agency contracts pursuant to subsection 19
(b) of this section, unless such adjustment is not permissible under 20
federal law governing the Medicaid program. 21
(d) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter, 22
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall file a report, 23
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 24
with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 25
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 26
agencies, human services and public health on state agency contracts 27
with nonprofit human services providers. The report shall include, but 28
need not be limited to, any appropriations needed to ensure that rates 29
for all such contracts in subsequent fiscal years include any increase in 30
the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the northeast 31
region in the previous calendar year. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
HS Joint Favorable Subst.