2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families
Section 17a-22o - Behavioral Health Partnership rate setting. Review by Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council.

The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall submit all proposals for initial rates, reductions to existing rates and changes in rate methodology within the Behavioral Health Partnership to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council for review. If the council does not recommend acceptance, it may forward its recommendation to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. In the event the council forwards its recommendation to said joint standing committees: (1) The committees shall hold a joint public hearing on the subject of the proposed rates, to receive the partnership’s rationale for making such a rate change; and (2) not later than ninety days after the date of submission of rates by the departments to the council, the committees of cognizance shall make recommendations to the departments regarding the proposed rates. The departments shall make every effort to incorporate recommendations of both the council and the committees of cognizance when setting rates.

(P.A. 05-280, S. 100; P.A. 10-119, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-119 deleted former Subsec. (a) re establishment of initial rates, deleted Subsec. designator from existing Subsec. (b) and amended same to provide that Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall submit all proposals re rates to Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council for review and to make conforming and technical changes, effective June 7, 2010.