2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-297. Outreach program for HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B.

      Sec. 17b-297. Outreach program for HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Children's Health Council, the Medicaid Managed Care Council and Infoline of Connecticut, shall develop mechanisms for outreach for the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B, including, but not limited to, development of mail-in applications and appropriate outreach materials through the Department of Revenue Services, the Labor Department, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and Families and the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.

      (b) The commissioner shall include in such outreach efforts information on the Medicaid program for the purpose of maximizing enrollment of eligible children and the use of federal funds.

      (c) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, contract with severe need schools and community-based organizations for purposes of public education, outreach and recruitment of eligible children, including the distribution of applications and information regarding enrollment in the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. In awarding such contracts, the commissioner shall consider the marketing, outreach and recruitment efforts of organizations. For the purposes of this subsection, (1) "community-based organizations" shall include, but not be limited to, day care centers, schools, school-based health clinics, community-based diagnostic and treatment centers and hospitals, and (2) "severe need school" means a school in which forty per cent or more of the lunches served are served to students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches.

      (d) All outreach materials shall be approved by the commissioner pursuant to Subtitle J of Public Law 105-33.

      (e) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of and the results of the community-based outreach program specified in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section.

      (October 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 9, 23; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 57.)

      History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision that permitted commissioner to contract with "qualified entities authorized to grant presumptive eligibility", effective August 20, 2003.