§ 17b-262 — (Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing home facilities.

Connecticut § 17b-262

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 17b: Social Services
• Ch. 319v: Medical Assistance

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The Commissioner of Social Services may make such regulations as are necessary to administer the medical assistance program. Such regulations shall include provisions requiring the Department of Social Services (1) to monitor admissions to nursing home facilities, as defined in section 19a-521, and (2) to prohibit the admission by such facilities of persons with primary psychiatric diagnoses if such admission would jeopardize federal reimbursements.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(d); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 87-113; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.) History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-113 added requirements for the regulations in Subdivs. (1) and (2); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134d transferred to Sec. 17b-262 in 1995. Annotations to former section 17-134d: Cited. 168 C. 336. Since disclaimer is invalid, state may reassess eligibility for assistance. 179 C. 463. Cited. 191 C. 384; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85; 226 C. 818. Cited. 40 CS 394. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 567. Annotations to present section: Cited. 233 C. 557. Provision in Regs., Conn. State Agencies Sec. 17-134d-33(e)(1)(C) that entitles individual to nonemergency medical transportation to and from a medical provider only if services provided are “medical services covered by Medicaid” means services for which Medicaid program will actually pay, not services of a type covered by Medicaid; transportation costs that are eligible for Medicaid payment only if such medical services are provided in “a clinic or hospital setting” are not of same type as transportation costs for services provided by an independent psychologist in a private office setting, which are ineligible for Medicaid payment. 276 C. 618.