(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-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.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17b-266

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

(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-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.

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