2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-28a. Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit.
Sec. 17b-28a. Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver
unit. (a) There is established a Waiver Application Development Council that shall be
composed of the following members: The chairpersons and ranking members of the
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating
to appropriations, or their designees; the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
human services, or their designees; the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
public health, or their designees; the Commissioner of Social Services, or his designee;
the Commissioner of Public Health, or his designee; the Commissioner of Mental Health
and Addiction Services, or his designee; the Commissioner of Mental Retardation, or
his designee; the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee; the
State Comptroller, or his designee; a representative of advocacy for mental retardation to
be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; a representative of advocacy
for the elderly to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; a representative
of the nursing home industry to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; a
representative of the home health care industry, independent of the nursing home industry, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; a representative of
the mental health profession to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives; a representative of the substance abuse profession to be appointed by
the minority leader of the House of Representatives; a health care provider to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; two elderly consumers of Medicaid
services who are also eligible for Medicare, to be appointed by the speaker of the House
of Representatives; a representative of the managed care industry, to be appointed by
the president pro tempore of the Senate; a social services care provider, to be appointed
by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; a family support care provider,
to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; two persons with disabilities who
are consumers of Medicaid services, one to be appointed by the president pro tempore
of the Senate and one to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; a representative of legal advocacy for Medicaid clients, to be appointed by the
minority leader of the Senate; and six members of the General Assembly, one member
appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; one member appointed by the
majority leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the minority leader of the
Senate; one member appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; one
member appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; and one
member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The council
shall be responsible for advising the Department of Social Services, which shall be the
lead agency in the development of a Medicaid Research and Demonstration Waiver
under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act for application to the Office of State
Health Reform of the United States Department of Health and Human Services by May
1, 1996. The council shall advise the department with respect to specific provisions
within the waiver application, including but not limited to, the identification of populations to be included in a managed care program, a timetable for inclusion of distinct
populations, expansion of access to care, quality assurance and grievance procedures
for consumers and providers. The council shall also advise the department with respect
to the goals of the waiver, including but not limited to, the expansion of access and
coverage, making state health spending more efficient and to the reduction of uncompensated care.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 7, 58; P.A. 96-268, S. 30, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 114, 165; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 29, 88.)
History: P.A. 95-257, S. 7 effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: A reference in Subsec. (b)(7) to "Department of Insurance" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Insurance Department" for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 96-268 added the chairpersons and ranking members of the committee having cognizance of matters relating to human services, or their designees, to the Waiver Application Development Council, effective July 1, 1996; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, or their designees, the Commissioner of Social Services, or his designee, the Commissioner of Public Health, or his designee, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or his designee, the Commissioner of Mental Retardation, or his designee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee, the State Comptroller, or his designee, a representative of advocacy for mental retardation to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, a representative of advocacy for the elderly to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, a representative of the nursing home industry to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, a representative of the home health care industry, independent of the nursing home industry, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, a representative of the mental health profession to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, a representative of the substance abuse profession to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, a health care provider to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, two elderly consumers of Medicaid services who are also eligible for Medicare, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, a representative of the managed care industry, to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, a social services care provider, to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, a family support care provider to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, two person with disabilities who are consumers of Medicaid services, one to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and one to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and a representative of legal advocacy for Medicaid clients, to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate to the Waiver Application Development Council and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 deleted Subdiv. (6) in Subsec. (b) re provision of data to Connecticut Health Care Data Institute, renumbering remaining Subdivs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1997.
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