2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-262. (Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing home facilities.
Sec. 17b-262. (Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing
home facilities. 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.
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, 470. Cited. 191 C. 384, 405. Cited. 204 C. 17, 19, 20. Cited. 216 C. 85-87, 90. Cited. 226 C. 818, 824.
Cited. 40 CS 394, 415.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 567.
Annotation to present section:
Cited as "17b-260 et seq. (providing for supplemental medical assistance)". 233 C. 557, 565.
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