SB 34 — AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE COVERED CONNECTICUT PROGRAM.

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SEN.(APP) AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE COVERED CONNECTICUT PROGRAM.

LESSER, 9th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE COVERED CONNECTICUT PROGRAM.

ThatSection the1. sum of ____ dollars be appropriated to the Office of Health Strategy, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the purpose of expanding the Covered Connecticut program to families earning up to three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level.

Statement(Effective July 1, 2022) The sum of Purpose:___ dollars is appropriated to theOffice of Health Strategy from theGeneral Fund,for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the purpose of expanding the Covered Connecticut program to families earning up to three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level.

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Subsection (b) of section 19a-754c of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022):

(b) There is established within the Office of Health Strategy the Covered Connecticut program for the purpose of reducing the state's uninsured rate.

The Office of Health Strategy shall administer said program in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, Insurance Commissioner and exchange, and, as part of said program, the Office of Health Strategy shall:

(1) Provide premium and cost-sharing subsidies that are sufficient to LCO No.

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(A) On and after July 1, [2021] 2023, for parents and needy caretaker relatives, and their tax dependents not older than twenty-six years of age, who (i) are eligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for a qualified health plan, (ii) are ineligible for Medicaid because their income exceeds the Medicaid income limits under chapter 319v, (iii) havehouseholdincomeupto[onehundredseventy-five]threehundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (iv) are receiving coverage under the benchmark qualified health plan offered through the exchange in the individual market at a silver level of coverage;

and (B) On and after July 1, [2022] 2023, for all parents, needy caretaker relatives and nonpregnant low-income adults who (i) are between eighteen and sixty-four years of age, (ii) are eligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for a qualified health plan, (iii) are ineligible for Medicaid because their income exceeds the Medicaid income limits under chapter 319v, (iv) have household income up to [one hundred seventy-five] three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (v) are receiving coverage under the benchmark qualified health plan offered through the exchange in the individual market at a silver level of coverage;

(2) [Not earlier than July 1, 2022] On and after July 1, 2023, provide dental and nonemergency medical transportation services, as provided under chapter 319v, to all parents, needy caretaker relatives and nonpregnant low-income adults who (A) are between eighteen and sixty-four years of age, (B) are eligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for a qualified health plan, (C) are ineligible for Medicaid because their income exceeds the Medicaid income limits under chapter 319v, (D) have household income up to [one hundred seventy-five] three hundred per cent of thefederal poverty level, and (E) are receiving coverage under the benchmark qualified health plan offered through the exchange in the individual market at a silver level of coverage;

(3) Establish procedures to, on a quarterly basis, pay in LCO No.

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and (4) Consult with the Commissioner of Social Services and Insurance Commissioner for the purposes set forth in section 17b-312.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section Sec.

2 July 1, 2022 19a-754c(b) Statement of Purpose:

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861Proposed 1additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of 1a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

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