Connecticut § 17b-239a Payments to short-term general hospitals located in certain distressed municipalities and targeted investment communities with enterprise zones.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 17b-239a — Payments to short-term general hospitals located in certain distressed municipalities and targeted investment communities with enterprise zones.

Connecticut § 17b-239a

Title 17bSocial Services

Ch. 319vMedical Assistance

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-239a (2026).

Text

The Department of Social Services may, within available funds, make payments to all short-term general hospitals located in distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than seventy thousand and to all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand. The payment amount for each hospital shall be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services based upon the ratio that the number of inpatient discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis to the hospital for the most recently filed cost report period bears to the total hospital discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis for all qualifying hospitals. Notwith

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The Department of Social Services may, within available funds, make payments to all short-term general hospitals located in distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than seventy thousand and to all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand. The payment amount for each hospital shall be determined by the Commissioner of Social Services based upon the ratio that the number of inpatient discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis to the hospital for the most recently filed cost report period bears to the total hospital discharges paid by Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis for all qualifying hospitals. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no payment shall be made to a facility licensed as a children's hospital.

Legislative History

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3, S. 4, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 66.) History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-3 effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 removed provision which limited application of section to fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, and added provision re payments to “all short-term general hospitals located in targeted investment communities with enterprise zones, as defined in section 32-70, with a population greater than one hundred thousand”, effective August 20, 2003.