Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01477 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1477
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 5694
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10	10		Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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13	13		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING A COVERED CONNECTICUT TRUST FUND.
19	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
20	21		Assembly convened:
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22	23		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) There is established an 1
23	24		account to be known as the "Covered Connecticut Trust Fund" which 2
24	25		shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the Grants and Restricted 3
25	26		Accounts Fund established pursuant to section 4-31c of the general 4
26	27		statutes. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 5
27	28		deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended to 6
28	29		promote the sustainability of health care provided in the state through 7
29	30		the Covered Connecticut program, established pursuant to section 19a-8
30	31		754c of the general statutes, the HUSKY Health program, as defined in 9
31	32		section 17b-290 of the general statutes, and health care subsidies offered 10
32	33		through the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, established 11
33	34		pursuant to section 38a-1081 of the general statutes. 12
34	35		(b) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, in consultation with the 13
35	36		Commissioner of Social Services and the Insurance Commissioner, shall 14
36	37		develop a strategic plan to use moneys in the fund to sustain health care 15
37		-	services offered through said programs and the Connecticut Health 16 Raised Bill No. 1477
	38	+	services offered through said programs and the Connecticut Health 16
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1477
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	43	+	LCO No. 5694 2 of 2
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42	45		Insurance Exchange in the event federal Medicaid funding or health 17
43	46		care subsidies decrease. 18
44	47		(c) Not later than September 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Health 19
45	48		Strategy shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 20
46	49		11-4a of the general statutes, with the joint standing committees of the 21
47	50		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 22
48	51		appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and 23
49	52		insurance and real estate on the strategic plan and recommendations for 24
50	53		state appropriations needed to sustain the fund and said health care 25
51	54		programs and subsidies. 26
52	55		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
53	56		sections:
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55	58		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
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57		-	HS Joint Favorable
	60	+	Statement of Purpose:
	61	+	To establish a separate, nonlapsing account to promote sustainability of
	62	+	health care services in the state.
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	64	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	65	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	66	+	underlined.]
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