Connecticut 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 1478 — AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO STREAMLINE MUNICIPAL MEDICAID BILLING.

Last action — FILE NO. 442

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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What changed in the latest version

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34 line(s) added, 35 removed.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
1478 January Session, 2025 LCO No.
442 January Session, 2025 Substitute Senate Bill No.
5689 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES Introduced by:
1478 Senate, April 2, 2025 The Committee on Human Services reported through SEN.
(HS) AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID BILLING BY SCHOOL NURSES AND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
LESSER of the 9th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO STREAMLINE MUNICIPAL MEDICAID BILLING.
(NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established an interagency task force to streamline municipal Medicaid billing procedures for school-based health services that are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
(Effective from passage) (a) There is established an interagency task force to streamline municipal Medicaid billing procedures for school-based health services that are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
(b) The task force shall convene not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section and shall meet monthly.
(b) The task force shall consist of:
The task force shall consist of:
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1478 (c) The chairpersons of the task force shall be the Commissioners of Educationand SocialServices.Not later thanSeptember 1,2026,the task force shall develop a strategic plan to streamline Medicaid billing by municipalities for Medicaid-eligible school-based health services.
442 (c) The chairpersons of the task force shall be the Commissioners of Education and Social Services, or their designees.
Not later than October 1, 2025, the task force shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the strategic plan with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and human services.
The chairpersons of the task force shall convene the first meeting of the task force not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
Thereafter, the chairpersons shall schedule monthly meetings of the task force.
Not later than September 1, 2026, the task force shall develop a strategic plan to streamline Medicaid billing by municipalities for Medicaid-eligible school-based health services.
Not later than October 1, 2026, the task force shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11- 4a of the general statutes, on the strategic plan with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and human services.
Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose:
Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
To establish an interagency task force to streamline municipal billing for Medicaid-funded school-based health services.
The title was changed, "(NEW)" was removed in the introductory language, for consistency with standard drafting conventions, provisions relating to the meetings of the task force were rewritten and moved from subsection (b) to subsection (c) for clarity and the phrase "or their designees" was added to the first sentence in subsection (c) for consistency.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
HS Joint Favorable Subst.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except underlined.]e entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not LCO No.
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442 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.
In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The bill establishes a task force to streamline municipal Medicaid billing procedures for certain school-based health services resulting in no fiscal impact to the state or municipalities as the task force has the expertise to meet the requirements of the bill.
The Out Years State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
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442 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 1478 AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO STREAMLINE MUNICIPAL MEDICAID BILLING.
SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.
COMMITTEE ACTION Human Services Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/13/2025) sSB1478 / File No.
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Action History

  1. FILE NO. 442

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 265

  3. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. PUBLIC HEARING 0311

  9. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services

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