l9n/ Connecticut

2002 Regular Session

House Bill 5559

AN ACT INCREASING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOME HEALTH CARE AND CREATING A DISTRESS FUND FOR HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 20, 2002. The 2002 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To increase the Medicaid reimbursement for home health care, provide a Distress Fund for home health care and homemaker-home health aide agencies which care for a high number of Medicaid patients, and allocate to the Distress Fund a portion of any settlement or judgment between the state and the federal government over payments for home health care services for dually eligible residents under Medicare and Medicaid.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Gary D. LeBeau

    Its course

    February 27 to March 20, 2002, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action7 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Mar 20 · stopped21 days

    Human Services CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 1213 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 20 · stopped8 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Mar 12

    1. Feb 27Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
    2. Mar 1Heard in Human Services Committee
    3. Mar 12Human Services Committee recommended it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 1PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 12Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 19RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 19FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    7. Mar 20FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate