There is a newer version of the Connecticut General Statutes
2009 Connecticut Code
Title 17b Social Services
Chapter 319v Medical Assistance
Sec. 17b-281. (Formerly Sec. 17-134cc). Payment of oxygen products and services under medical assistance program.
Sec. 17b-281. (Formerly Sec. 17-134cc). Payment of oxygen products and services under medical assistance program. Notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, effective July 1, 1989, the state shall pay for oxygen
products and services for Medicaid recipients when such recipients meet the medical
criteria for coverage under the Medicare program, except that payment for oxygen products and services via oxygen concentrators in rest homes with nursing supervision and
in chronic and convalescent homes shall be included in the per diem reimbursement
rate established by the Commissioner of Social Services. Reimbursement for alternative
oxygen products and services in such facilities may be made if substantiated by medical
necessity.(P.A. 89-296, S. 3, 9; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 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. 17-134cc transferred to Sec. 17b-281 in 1995.
Cited as "17b-260 et seq. (providing for supplemental medical assistance)". 233 C. 557.
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