2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance
Section 17b-103 - (Formerly Sec. 17-83p). Refunds by vendors to persons eligible for medical assistance. Penalty.
(a) Any payment made by or on behalf of an individual who is subsequently found eligible for the Title XIX Medicaid program shall be refunded to the payor (1) to the extent that eligibility under the program overlaps the period for which payment was made, and (2) goods and services for which payment was made are covered by Medicaid. Any vendor who is a provider of goods or services in the medical assistance program shall, upon receiving notice of an individual’s eligibility for the Title XIX Medicaid program, refund any such sums received or accepted. The Department of Social Services shall reimburse the vendor at the state rate of payment.
(b) Any vendor who wilfully refuses to refund payments under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalties for violation of subsection (a) of section 17b-99.
(P.A. 87-379; 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. 17-83p transferred to Sec. 17b-103 in 1995.
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