SB 909 — AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE HUSKY B PROGRAM.

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90921-123 Senate,AN MarchACT 24,CONCERNING 2021CHANGES TheTO CommitteeTHE onHUSKY HumanB ServicesPROGRAM. reported through SEN.

MOORE of the 22nd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE HUSKY B PROGRAM.

(1) The commissioner may increase the maximum annual aggregate SB909cost-sharing /requirements, Fileprovided No.such cost-sharing requirements shall not exceed five per cent of the household's gross annual income.

129(2) 1In SB909accordance Filewith federal law, the commissioner may impose a Senate Bill No.

129909 cost-sharingpremium requirements,requirement providedon suchhouseholds cost-sharingwhose requirementsincome shallexceeds nottwo exceedhundred fiveforty-nine per cent of the federal poverty level as a component of the household's grosscost-sharing annualresponsibility income.and, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, inclusive, may annually increase the premium requirement based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for medical care services;

(2) In accordance with federal law, the commissioner may impose a premium requirement on households whose income exceeds two hundred forty-nine per cent of the federal poverty level as a component of the household's cost-sharing responsibility and, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, inclusive, may annually increase the premium requirement based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for medical care services;

(3) other consortia of providers of health care SB909services /established Filefor No.the purposes of this subsection;

129or 2(4) SB909an FilePublic Act No.

12921-123 services2 establishedof for8 theSenate purposesBill ofNo. this subsection;

or909 (4) an integrated service network providing care management and comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis to elderly and disabled recipients of Medicaid who may also be eligible for Medicare.

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Section 17b-290 of the general statutes is repealed and the SB909following /is Filesubstituted No.in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

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129 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(9) "Durable medical equipment" means equipment that meets all of thePublic followingAct requirements:No.

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909 the following requirements:

SB909(B) /Is Fileprimarily No.and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;

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129 (B) Is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;

(13) "HUSKY A" means Medicaid provided to children, caretaker relatives and pregnant and postpartum women pursuant to section 17b- 261 or 17b-277;

(16) "HUSKY D" or "Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program" means Medicaid provided to nonpregnant low- income adults who are age eighteen to sixty-four, as authorized pursuantPublic toAct sectionNo. 17b-8a;

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909 pursuant to section 17b-8a;

SB909[(18) /"HUSKY FilePlus" No.means the supplemental health program established pursuant to section 17b-294a for medically eligible members of HUSKY B whose medical needs cannot be accommodated within the basic benefit package offered to members.

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129 [(18) "HUSKY Plus" means the supplemental health program established pursuant to section 17b-294a for medically eligible members of HUSKY B whose medical needs cannot be accommodated within the basic benefit package offered to members.

[(23)] (22) "WIC" means the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Department of Public HealthAct pursuantNo. to section 19a-59c.

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909 [(23)] (22) "WIC" means the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-59c.

TheCommissionerofSocialServicesshallimplementthepoliciesand procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 17b-292, [17b-294a,] 17b-295, as amended by this act, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b- SB909while /in Filethe No.process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published on the Department of Social Services' Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation.

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129 300 while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published on the Department of Social Services' Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation.

(b) The amount of credit allowed shall be equal to fifty-five dollars multiplied by the sum of the number of persons provided health care coverage by the taxpayer under the HUSKY Health program, [or the HUSKY Plus program, each] as defined in section 17b-290, as amended by this act, on the first day of each month of the income year for which thePublic creditAct isNo. taken, divided by twelve.

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