HB 6587 — AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MEDICAID COVERAGE OF DIAPERS AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS.

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6587323) Substitute House ofBill Representatives,No. March 30, 2023 The Committee on Human Services reported through REP.

GILCHREST6587 ofAs theAmended 18thby Dist.,House ChairpersonAmendment ofSchedule the"A" CommitteeApproved onby the partLegislative ofCommissioner theMay House,5, that2023 theAN substituteACT billCONCERNING oughtA toTASK pass.FORCE TO STUDY MEDICAID COVERAGE OF DIAPERS AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS.

AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MEDICAID COVERAGE OF DIAPERS AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS.

(Effective Julyfrom 1,passage) 2023) (a) There is established a task force to study Medicaid coverage of health-related social needs to the maximum extent permissible under federallaw.Thefederal tasklaw. force shall developaplan that:

(1)The Includestask optionsforce toshall usedevelop Medicaida funding to support the development of public and private sector administrative infrastructure necessary to enable coverage and payment for services to ameliorate health-related social needs, (2) specifies the process to seek federal approval for services that address health-related social needs including, but not limited to, any necessary state plan amendmentsthat: or federal waivers from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and (3) describes how the proposed coverage will impact performance on prevention and clinical outcome measures recommended by the Advisory Board for Transparency on Medicaid Cost and Quality established pursuant to Executive Order No.

6(1) Includes options to use Medicaid funding to support the development of Governorpublic Nedand private sector administrative infrastructure necessary to enable coverage and payment for services to ameliorate health-related social needs, (2) specifies the process to seek federal approval for services that address health-related social needs including, but not limited to, any necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and (3) describes how the proposed coverage will impact performance on prevention and clinical outcome measures recommended by the Advisory Board for Transparency on Medicaid sHB6587 / File No.

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323726 Lamont.Cost and Quality established pursuant to Executive Order No.

6 of Governor Ned Lamont.

(1) ThreeTwo appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, whoone shallbeonerepresentativeof eachfromanorganizationthatwhom providesshall diapersbe toa needyrepresentative individualsfrom inan the state, a state organization representingthat hospitalsprovides anddiapers ato hospitalneedy participatingindividuals in athe state-widestate diaperand distributionone modelof programwhom thatshall includesbe distributiona representative of diapersa instate hospitalorganization settings;representing hospitals;

(2) ThreeTwo appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, whoone of whom shall be onea representative eachof from an organization addressing homelessness and housing instability state-wide,state awide communityand actionone agencyof andwhom anshall organizationbe providinga nonemergencyrepresentative medicalof transportationa services;community action agency;

(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a representative from an organization providing housing transition navigation services and one sHB6587of /whom Fileshall No.be a representative from a local housing agency or public housing authority;

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323726 ofsHB6587 whomFile shallNo. be a representative from a local housing agency or public housing authority;

726 (6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a representative from the United Way 2-1-1 Infoline system and one of whom shall be a representative from an organization focused on health equity;

(7)The(7) directorOne oftheMedicaidprogramfortheDepartmentofSocialappointed Services;by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, who shall be a representative of a hospital participating in a state-wide diaper distribution model program that includes distribution of diapers in hospital settings;

(8)(8)OneappointedbytheHouserankingmemberofthejoint Thestanding Commissionercommittee of Housing,the orGeneral theAssembly commissioner'shaving designee;cognizance of matters relating to human services, who shall be a representative of an organization providing nonemergency medical transportation services;

(9)(9)The Thedirector CommissioneroftheMedicaidprogramfortheDepartmentofSocial ofServices; Public Health, or the commissioner's designee;

and (10) The LaborCommissioner Commissioner,of Housing, or the commissioner's designee.designee;

(c)(11) AnyThe memberCommissioner of thePublic taskHealth, forceor appointed under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the Generalcommissioner's Assembly.designee;

and (12) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivisions (1) to (8), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

Such chairpersons shall schedule thefirst meeting ofthe task force, whichshall beheld not later thansixty dayssHB6587 after/ theFile effectiveNo. date of this section.

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(g)Not later thanJanuary 15,2024,thetask force shall submit areport on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to sHB6587human /services Fileand No.public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.

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323 human services and public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.

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HS726 JointThe Favorablefollowing Subst.Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

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323 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

House "A" strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal impact resulting in the impact described above.

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323726 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 6587 (as amended by House "A") AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MEDICAID COVERAGE OF DIAPERS AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS.

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