Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 319y · 52 active provisions
(a) There shall be established a Long-Term Care Planning Committee for the purpose of exchanging information on long-term care issues, coordinating policy development and establishing a long-term care plan for all persons in need of long-term care. Such policy and plan shall provide that individuals with long-term care…
(a) There is established a Long-Term Care Advisory Council which shall consist of the following: (1) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee; (2) the State Nursing Home Ombudsman, or the ombudsman's designee; (3) the president of…
(a) There is established a Nursing Home Financial Advisory Committee to examine the financial solvency of nursing homes on an ongoing basis and to support the Departments of Social Services and Public Health in their mission to provide oversight to the nursing home industry on issues concerning the financial solvency o…
(a) For purposes of this subsection, (1) a “related party” includes, but is not limited to, any company related to a chronic and convalescent nursing home through family association, common ownership, control or business association with any of the owners, operators or officials of such nursing home; (2) “company” mean…
(a) For purposes of this section and section 17b-340b: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services; (2) “Department” means the Department of Revenue Services; (3) “Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities” or “intermediate care facility” means a residential facility fo…
On or before July 1, 2011, and on or before July first annually or biennially and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall determine the amount of the user fee and promptly notify the commissioner and the intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities of such amount.…
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, upon the request of a nursing facility providing services eligible for payment under the medical assistance program, make a payment to such nursing facility in advance of normal bill payment processing. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, (1) such advance s…
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement an acuity-based methodology for Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home services effective July 1, 2022. Notwithstanding section 17b-340, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services shall establish Medicaid…
(a) In addition to any applicable recoupment or rate decrease pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes, a nursing home facility that receives a rate increase for wage enhancements for facility employees may also be assessed a civil penalty if the facility fails to use the rate increase for that purpose.…
(a) Beginning with the cost report year ending on September 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, each nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-490, shall submit to the Commissioner of Social Services narrative summaries of expenditures in addition to the cost reports required pursuant to section 17b-340. The summ…
The Commissioner of Social Services shall develop a guidebook that includes, but need not be limited to, a glossary and plain language explanation of the terms relating to and a description of the Medicaid nursing home rate setting process. Not later than July 1, 2024, the commissioner shall post the guidebook in a con…
(a)(1) As used in this section, “self-pay patient” means a patient who is not receiving state or municipal assistance to pay for the cost of care. (2) The Commissioner of Social Services shall determine annually, after a public hearing, the rates to be charged to self-pay patients in any of the following licensed facil…
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall administer the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly state-wide in order to prevent the institutionalization of elderly persons who (1) are recipients of medical assistance, (2) are eligible for such assistance, (3) would be eligible for medical assistance if residi…
Section 17b-342a is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
Section 17b-342b is repealed, effective July 6, 2005.
The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish annually the maximum allowable rate to be paid by agencies for homemaker services, chore person services, companion services, respite care, meals on wheels, adult day care services, case management and assessment services, transportation, mental health counseling and…
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the duration of a demonstration project established pursuant to 42 USC 1395b-1 for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the process for the payment of claims for home health services provided to individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid: (1)…
(a) Effective October 1, 1991, every chronic and convalescent nursing home, except those restricted to use by patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, and rest home with nursing supervision, that participates in the medical assi…
(a) Any nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, which intends to decrease its services to persons who receive medical assistance benefits from the state by terminating its Medicaid provider agreement shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services in writing and shall transfer all patients who receive su…
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Housing and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, shall maintain a demonstration project to provide subsidized assisted living services, as defined in section 19-13-D105 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, for persons…
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the Department of Social Services shall establish rates based on reasonable costs related to patient care for a demonstration project which shall provide skilled and intermediate nursing home care for persons wit…
(a) The rates paid by the state to community health centers participating in the Medicaid program may be adjusted annually on the basis of the cost reports submitted to the Commissioner of Social Services. The Department of Social Services may develop an alternative payment methodology to replace the encounter-based re…
The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish a demonstration program for respite care in nursing homes for self-pay patients. The program shall offer a financial incentive for a nursing home to reserve beds for respite care.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17b-8 or 17b-9, any nursing home participating in the Title XVIII and Title XIX programs may, on a one-time basis, increase its licensed bed capacity and implement a capital construction project to accomplish such an increase without being required to request or obtain app…
(a) For the purposes of this section and section 17b-353, “facility” means a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability licensed pursuant to section 17a-277 and certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities,…