| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5656 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1483 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5656 | |
| 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 THE PATIENT -CENTERED MEDICAL HOME - | |
| 11 | 20 | PLUS PROGRAM. | |
| 12 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 13 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
| 14 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 24 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1 | |
| 16 | 25 | "federally qualified health center" has the same meaning as provided in 2 | |
| 17 | 26 | 42 USC 1395x(aa)(4), as amended from time to time, and (2) "Patient-3 | |
| 18 | 27 | Centered Medical Home-Plus program" means a person-centered 4 | |
| 19 | - | medical program, administered by the Department of Social Services, 5 | |
| 20 | - | that provides comprehensive and coordinated care to HUSKY Health 6 | |
| 21 | - | program members under a shared savings model that provides half of 7 | |
| 22 | - | savings achieved to health care providers who provide quality care at 8 | |
| 23 | - | reduced costs. 9 | |
| 24 | - | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall pay to a federally 10 | |
| 25 | - | qualified health center participating in the Patient-Centered Medical 11 | |
| 26 | - | Home-Plus program an amount equal to the amount such center was 12 | |
| 27 | - | due under the program in November 2024 and December 2024. The 13 | |
| 28 | - | commissioner shall not make shared savings payments under the 14 | |
| 29 | - | Patient-Centered Medical Home-Plus program until such time as the 15 | |
| 30 | - | arrearage of such payments to a federally qualified health center is 16 | |
| 31 | - | rectified. 17 Substitute Bill No. 1483 | |
| 28 | + | medical program that provides comprehensive and coordinated care to 5 | |
| 29 | + | HUSKY Health program members under a shared savings model that 6 | |
| 30 | + | allows health care providers who provide quality care at reduced costs 7 | |
| 31 | + | to receive half of any savings. 8 | |
| 32 | + | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall pay to a federally 9 | |
| 33 | + | qualified health center participating in the Patient-Centered Medical 10 | |
| 34 | + | Home-Plus program an amount equal to the amount such center was 11 | |
| 35 | + | due under the program in November 2024 and December 2024. The 12 | |
| 36 | + | commissioner shall not make shared savings payments under the 13 | |
| 37 | + | Patient-Centered Medical Home-Plus program until such time as the 14 | |
| 38 | + | arrearage of such payments to a federally qualified health center is 15 | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1483 | |
| 32 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 41 | ||
| 34 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 35 | 42 | ||
| 43 | + | LCO No. 5656 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | rectified. 16 | |
| 36 | 46 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 37 | 47 | sections: | |
| 38 | 48 | ||
| 39 | 49 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 40 | 50 | ||
| 41 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 42 | - | Subsec. (a)(2) was redrafted for clarity. | |
| 51 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 52 | + | To require the Department of Social Services to provide overdue | |
| 53 | + | incentive payments to federally qualified health centers under the | |
| 54 | + | Patient-Centered Medical Home-Plus program. | |
| 43 | 55 | ||
| 44 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 56 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 57 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 58 | + | underlined.] | |
| 45 | 59 |