2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-261i - Administrative services for Medicaid recipients. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall contract with one or more entities, on a risk or non-risk basis, to provide administrative services to elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients, including those who are also eligible for Medicare and those enrolled in a dually eligible special needs plan. Services provided pursuant to such a contract may include, but not be limited to, care coordination, utilization management, disease management, provider network management, quality management, and customer service.

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.

(c) The commissioner shall submit a report to the Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight, not later than thirty days after making any policy change pursuant to this section.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 60; P.A. 10-179, S. 77; P.A. 11-44, S. 170.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing reference to Medicaid Managed Care Council with reference to Council on Medicaid Care Management Oversight, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “Council on Medicaid Care Management Oversight” with “Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight”, effective July 1, 2011.