§ 17b-295 — Cost-sharing requirements under HUSKY B.

Connecticut § 17b-295

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

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(a) The commissioner shall impose cost-sharing requirements, including the payment of a premium or copayment, in connection with services provided under HUSKY B, to the extent permitted by federal law. Copayments under HUSKY B shall not exceed those in effect for active state employees enrolled in a point-of-enrollment health care plan, provided the household's annual combined premiums and copayments do not exceed the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirement. The cost-sharing requirements imposed by the commissioner shall be in accordance with the following limitations: (1) The commissioner may increase the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirements, provided such cost-sharing requirements shall not exceed five per cent of the household's gross annual income. (2) In accordance with federal law, the commissioner may impose a premium requirement on households whose income exceeds two hundred forty-nine per cent of the federal poverty level as a component of the household's cost-sharing responsibility and, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, inclusive, may annually increase the premium requirement based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for medical care services; and (3) The commissioner shall monitor copayments and premiums under the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection. (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner may impose limitations on the amount, duration and scope of benefits under HUSKY B. (2) The limitations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not preclude coverage of any item of durable medical equipment or service that is medically necessary. See Sec. 17b-10a re implementation of policies and procedures while in the process of adopting as regulation.

Legislative History

(Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 7, 23; P.A. 98-8, S. 2, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 55; P.A. 05-280, S. 7; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 1; P.A. 06-196, S. 135; P.A. 07-185, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 44; P.A. 10-3, S. 8; 10-179, S. 22; P.A. 11-44, S. 109; P.A. 15-69, S. 27; P.A. 21-123, S. 1.) History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; P.A. 98-8 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to require each managed care plan, rather than its health care providers, to monitor copayments and premiums, effective April 7, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to impose cost-sharing requirements in connection with services provided under the HUSKY Plan, Part B to the extent permitted by federal law, to delete “may require” re payment of premiums and copayments, to delete former Subdivs. (1) and (2) re maximum annual cost-sharing for families and add new Subdiv. (1) providing that on and after October 1, 2003, commissioner may increase maximum annual cost-sharing for families in an amount not to exceed 5% of the family's gross annual income, and authorizing commissioner to impose a premium on families with income exceeding 185% of the federal poverty level as a component of the family's cost-sharing responsibility provided family's combined premiums and copayments do not exceed the maximum annual cost-sharing requirement, and to redesignate former Subdiv. (3) redesignated as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by substituting July 1, 2005, for October 1, 2003, and changing “may” to “shall” re commissioner increasing maximum annual cost-sharing requirements, by requiring the commissioner to impose a premium requirement that does not exceed the maximum annual aggregate cost-sharing requirement on families whose income exceeds 185% of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 235% of the federal poverty level and by increasing the premium requirement on families whose income exceeds 235% of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by changing “shall” to “may” re commissioner's authority to increase maximum annual cost-sharing requirements, by providing that commissioner shall not impose premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 185% but does not exceed 235% of federal poverty level, by removing provision that required commissioner to increase premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 235% but does not exceed 300% of federal poverty level, and by providing that commissioner may impose premium requirements on families whose income exceeds 235% of federal poverty level, not exceeding $30 per month per child, with a maximum of $50 per month per family, effective November 3, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-185 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by deleting “On and after July 1, 2005, the”, by specifying that Subpara. (B) applies to “a family with income that exceeds two hundred thirty-five per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level” and by adding new Subpara. (C) specifying that “premium requirements for a family with income that exceeds three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who does not have any access to employer-sponsored health insurance coverage shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars per child, with a maximum premium of seventy-five dollars per month”, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 deleted new language in Subsec. (a)(1)(B) and new Subsec. (a)(1)(C) added by P.A. 07-185, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring that copayments be the same as for active state employees enrolled in point-of-enrollment health care plan provided the family's premiums and copayments do not exceed maximum annual cost-sharing requirement, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by dividing existing Subdiv. (1) into Subdivs. (1) and (2) and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), by changing the maximum premium requirements for families with 1 child from $30 to $38 per month and maximum premium per family from $50 to $60 per month in redesignated Subdiv. (2)(B) and by deleting reference to managed care plan in redesignated Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding provision re premium requirement to be in accordance with federal law, deleting premium requirement provisos and exception, and adding provision re increase in premiums for fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2016, effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 15-69 changed income threshold for premium requirement from 235 per cent to 249 per cent of federal poverty level in Subsec. (a)(2), changed “HUSKY Plan, Part B” to “HUSKY B” and changed “family's” to “household's”, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 21-123 amended Subsec. (a) by changing requirement that copayments be the same as those for state employees to requirement that copayments not exceed those of state employees, effective July 6, 2021.