Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 368dd · 11 active provisions
(a) There is established an Office of Health Strategy, which shall be within the Department of Public Health for administrative purposes only. The department head of said office shall be the Commissioner of Health Strategy, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8,…
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Accelerated approval” has the same meaning as provided in 21 USC 356, as amended from time to time; (2) “Biologics license application” means an application filed pursuant to Section 601.2 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time; (3) “Break…
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Affordable Care Act” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1080; (2) “Covered Connecticut program” means the program established under subsection (b) of this section; (3) “Exchange” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1080; (4) “Health carrier” has the sa…
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any state agency, board or commission that directly, or by contract with another entity, collects demographic data concerning the ancestry or ethnic origin, ethnicity, race or primary language of residents of the state in the context of health care or for the provision or receipt of he…
(a) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Social Services, the Connecticut Insurance Department and the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange established pursuant to section 38a-1081, shall study the feasibility of offering health care coverage…
For the purposes of this section and sections 19a-754g to 19a-754k, inclusive: (1) “Drug manufacturer” means the manufacturer of a drug that is: (A) Included in the information and data submitted by a health carrier pursuant to section 38a-479qqq, (B) studied or listed pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of section 19a-7…
(a) Not later than July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall publish (1) the health care cost growth benchmarks and annual primary care spending targets as a percentage of total medical expenses for the calendar years 2021 to 2025, inclusive, and (2) the annual health care quality benchmarks for the calendar years 2022 to 2…
(a) Not later than August 15, 2022, and annually thereafter, each payer shall report to the commissioner, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, for the preceding or prior years, if the commissioner so requests based on material changes to data previously submitted, aggregated data, including aggregated s…
(a)(1) For each calendar year, beginning on January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall, if the payer or provider entity subject to the cost growth benchmark or primary care spending target so requests, meet with such payer or provider entity to review and validate the total medical expenses data collected pursuant to sect…
(a)(1) Not later than June 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall hold an informational public hearing to compare the growth in total health care expenditures in the performance year to the health care cost growth benchmark established pursuant to section 19a-754g for such year. Such hearing shall in…
The Commissioner of Health Strategy may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of section 19a-754a and sections 19a-754f to 19a-754j, inclusive.