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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1547
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
(APP)
AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS.
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 salary or payment rates for the 11
employees of such providers for a recurring contract with such 12
nonprofit human services provider by the average percentage increase 13
in wages paid to state employees pursuant to the most recent ratified 14
SEBAC agreement, between the state and the State Employees 15
Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), and approved pursuant to 16
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subsection (f) of section 5-278 of the general statutes. 17
(c) On July first annually, the Commissioner of Social Services shall 18
adjust Medicaid rates for nonprofit human services providers 19
contracting with the Department of Social Services by the percentage 20
rate increase, if any, for state agency contracts pursuant to subsection 21
(b) of this section, unless such adjustment is not permissible under 22
federal law governing the Medicaid program. 23
(d) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every two years thereafter, the 24
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall file a report, in 25
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 26
with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 27
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 28
agencies, human services and public health on state agency contracts 29
with nonprofit human services providers. The report shall include, but 30
need not be limited to, an analysis of appropriations needed to ensure 31
that rates for all such contracts in subsequent fiscal years include the 32
increases described in subsection (b) of this section. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require increases to rates for employees of nonprofit 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.]