2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-276c - Payment for medically necessary mode of transportation service. Stretcher vans. Regulations.
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall only authorize payment for the mode of transportation service that is medically necessary for a recipient of assistance under a medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter and chapter 368d, a recipient who requires nonemergency transportation and must be transported in a prone position but who does not require medical services during transport may be transported in a stretcher van. The commissioner shall establish rates for nonemergency transportation provided by stretcher van.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 368d, the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish oversight of stretcher vans as a livery service for which a permit is required. Such regulations shall prescribe safety standards for stretcher vans, including, but not limited to, a requirement that an attendant, in addition to the driver, accompany any person transported in a stretcher van.
(Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 25.)
History: Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective December 21, 2012.
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