(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, if required, seek a waiver from federal law for the purpose of enhancing the enrollment of HUSKY A recipients, as defined in subdivision (13) of § 17b-290, in available employer-sponsored private health insurance. Such a waiver shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions that: (1) Require the enrollment of HUSKY A parents, needy caretaker relatives and dependents in any available employer-sponsored health insurance to the maximum extent of available coverage as a condition of eligibility when determined to be cost effective by the Department of Social Services; (2) require a subsidy to be paid directly to the HUSKY A caretaker relatives in an amount equal to the premium payment requirements of any available employer-sponsored health insurance paid by way of payroll deduction; and (3) assure HUSKY A coverage requirements for medical assistance not covered by any available employer-sponsored health insurance.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any provision established in a contract between an employer and a health insurance carrier, no HUSKY A recipient, required to enroll in available employer-sponsored health insurance under this section, shall be prohibited from enrollment in employer-sponsored health insurance due to limitations on enrollment of employees in employer-sponsored health insurance to open enrollment periods.

(c) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to § 17b-10, 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 publishes notice of the intent to adopt the regulation on the department’s Internet web site and the eRegulations System 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.