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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1472
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID -FUNDED SERVICES IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES' REGIONAL
CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section, 1
"regional center" means a congregate living facility administered by the 2
Department of Developmental Services and certified by the Department 3
of Public Health to provide Medicaid-eligible care and services to a 4
person with an intellectual disability. 5
(b) Within available resources, the Commissioner of Developmental 6
Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall 7
open regional centers to new applicants not later than January 1, 2026. 8
(c) Not later than July 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Developmental 9
Services shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 10
11-4a of the general statutes, with the joint standing committees of the 11
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 12
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and 13
public health on the (1) number of new applicants at the regional 14
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centers, (2) number of such applicants accepted, (3) cost to the state for 15
accepted applicants, and (4) state appropriations needed to 16
accommodate all interested applicants. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Developmental Services to reopen
applications for Medicaid-funded services at regional centers by
January 1, 2026.
[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.]