(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, when the commissioner finds it to be in the public interest, fund part or all of the cost of benefits to any recipient under sections 17b-260 to 17b-262, inclusive, 17b-264 to 17b-285, inclusive, 17b-357 to 17b-361, inclusive, 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300 through the purchase of insurance from any organization authorized to do a health insurance business in this state or from any organization specified in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may require recipients of Medicaid or other public assistance to receive medical care on a prepayment or per capita basis, in accordance with federal law and regulations, if such prepayment is anticipated to result in lower medical assistance costs to the state. The commissioner may enter into contracts for the provision of comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis in accordance with federal law and regulations, with the following: (1) A health care center subject to the provisions of chapter 698a; (2) a consortium of federally qualified community health centers and other community-based providers of health services which are funded by the state; (3) other consortia of providers of health care services established for the purposes of this subsection; or (4) an integrated service network providing care management and comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis to elderly and disabled recipients of Medicaid who may also be eligible for Medicare.

(c) Providers of comprehensive health care services as described in subdivisions (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of this section shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 698a or, in the case of an integrated service network, sections 17b-239 to 17b-245, inclusive, 17b-281, 17b-340, 17b-342 and 17b-343. Any such provider shall be certified by the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, minimum reserve fund requirements.

(d) The commissioner shall pay all capitation claims which would otherwise be reimbursed to the health plans described in subsection (b) of this section in May, 2010, no later than June 30, 2010. Each subsequent payment made by the commissioner to such health plans for capitation claims due shall be made in the second month following the month to which the capitation applies.

(e) On or after May 1, 2000, the payment to the Commissioner of Social Services of (1) any monetary sanction imposed by the commissioner on a managed care organization under the provisions of a contract between the commissioner and such organization entered into pursuant to this section or sections 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300, or (2) any sum agreed upon by the commissioner and such an organization as settlement of a claim brought by the commissioner or the state against such an organization for failure to comply with the terms of a contract with the commissioner or fraud affecting the Department of Social Services shall be deposited in an account designated for use by the department for expenditures for children's health programs and services.

(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(g); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-51; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 27, 30; P.A. 95-160, S. 26, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 112, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 23, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 19, 53; P.A. 02-89, S. 31; P.A 03-278, S. 62; P.A. 05-280, S. 24; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 65; P.A. 10-3, S. 10; P.A. 15-69, S. 44.)

History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-51 added Subsec. (b) allowing the commissioner to enter into contracts for comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis and allowing recipients to receive medical care on such basis; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 specified with whom the commissioner may contract for the provision of comprehensive health care, allowed comprehensive health care providers not to be subject to chapter 698a and required the health care providers to be certified by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-134g transferred to Sec. 17b-266 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 added Subsec. (d) requiring the commissioner to pay all capitation claims to be reimbursed to health plans in June, 1997, no later than July 31, 1997, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 authorized the commissioner to enter into comprehensive health care contracts with integrated service networks and exempted such networks from the provisions of chapter 698a or sections 17b-239 to 17b-245, inclusive, 17b-281, 17b-340 or 17b-342 to 17b-344, inclusive, effective July 1, 1997; (Revisor's note: New Subsec. (e) added by vetoed P.A. 97-240 and reprinted in Sec. 112 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 is void and was therefore not codified); P.A. 98-239 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the Commissioner of Social Services to fund part or all of the health care insurance costs for recipients of the HUSKY Plan, Part B through the purchase of insurance from any organization authorized to conduct a health insurance business in this state or from any organization specified in Subsec. (b), effective June 8, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 added Subsec. (e) re payments made to the commissioner of certain monetary sanctions or settlements deposited in account designated for use for expenditures for children's health programs and services, effective June 21, 2000; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to Sec. 17b-344 with reference to Sec. 17b-343, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 17b-344 by the same public act; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and substituting reference to Sec. 17b-361 for reference to repealed Sec. 17b-362, effective July 1, 2005; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing June, 1997, with June, 2011, and replacing July 31, 1997, with July 31, 2011, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing June, 2011, with May, 2010, replacing July 31, 2011, with June 30, 2010, and adding provision requiring commissioner to make subsequent payments for capitation claims in second month following month to which capitation applies, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 15-69 replaced references to Secs. 17b-289 to 17b-303 and Sec. 16 of Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 in Subsec. (a), and Secs. 17b-289 to 17b-304 in Subsec. (e), with references to Secs. 17b-290, 17b-292, 17b-294a, 17b-295, 17b-297a, 17b-297b and 17b-300, effective June 19, 2015.

See Sec. 17b-10a re implementation of policies and procedures while in the process of adopting as regulation.

Annotations to former section 17-134g:

Cited. 168 C. 336; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 233 C. 557.