Connecticut HB 5357: AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL SEWER ASSESSMENT APPEALS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5357
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME RATES, FAIR
RENT AND ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 17b-340 of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, any residential care home 4
with an operating cost component of its rate in excess of one hundred 5
thirty per cent of the median of operating cost components of rates in 6
effect January 1, 1992, shall not receive an operating cost component 7
increase. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, any residential care 8
home with an operating cost component of its rate that is less than one 9
hundred thirty per cent of the median of operating cost components of 10
rates in effect January 1, 1992, shall have an allowance for real wage 11
growth equal to sixty-five per cent of the increase determined in 12
accordance with subsection (q) of section 17-311-52 of the regulations of 13
Connecticut state agencies, provided such operating cost component 14
shall not exceed one hundred thirty per cent of the median of operating 15
cost components in effect January 1, 1992. Beginning with the fiscal year 16
ending June 30, 1993, for the purpose of determining allowable fair rent, 17
a residential care home with allowable fair rent less than the twenty-18
fifth percentile of the state-wide allowable fair rent shall be reimbursed 19

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as having allowable fair rent equal to the twenty-fifth percentile of the 20
state-wide allowable fair rent. Beginning with the fiscal year ending 21
June 30, 1997, a residential care home with allowable fair rent less than 22
three dollars and ten cents per day shall be reimbursed as having 23
allowable fair rent equal to three dollars and ten cents per day. Property 24
additions placed in service during the cost year ending September 30, 25
1996, or any succeeding cost year shall receive a fair rent allowance for 26
such additions as an addition to three dollars and ten cents per day if 27
the fair rent for the facility for property placed in service prior to 28
September 30, 1995, is less than or equal to three dollars and ten cents 29
per day. Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, a 30
residential care home shall be reimbursed the greater of the allowable 31
accumulated fair rent reimbursement associated with real property 32
additions and land as calculated on a per day basis or three dollars and 33
ten cents per day if the allowable reimbursement associated with real 34
property additions and land is less than three dollars and ten cents per 35
day. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and any succeeding fiscal 36
year, the allowance for real wage growth, as determined in accordance 37
with subsection (q) of section 17-311-52 of the regulations of Connecticut 38
state agencies, shall not be applied. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 39
1996, and any succeeding fiscal year, the inflation adjustment made in 40
accordance with subsection (p) of section 17-311-52 of the regulations of 41
Connecticut state agencies shall not be applied to real property costs. 42
Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, minimum allowable 43
patient days for rate computation purposes for a residential care home 44
with twenty-five beds or less shall be eighty-five per cent of licensed 45
capacity. Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, for the 46
purposes of determining the allowable salary of an administrator of a 47
residential care home with sixty beds or less the department shall revise 48
the allowable base salary to thirty-seven thousand dollars to be annually 49
inflated thereafter in accordance with section 17-311-52 of the 50
regulations of Connecticut state agencies. The rates for the fiscal year 51
ending June 30, 2002, shall be based upon the increased allowable salary 52
of an administrator, regardless of whether such amount was expended 53
in the 2000 cost report period upon which the rates are based. Beginning 54

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with the cost report year commencing on October 1, 2025, for the 55
purposes of determining the allowable salary of an administrator of a 56
residential care home with sixty beds or less, the department shall revise 57
the allowable base salary to seventy-five thousand dollars to be annually 58
inflated thereafter in accordance with section 17-311-52 of the 59
regulations of Connecticut state agencies. Beginning with the fiscal year 60
ending [June 30, 2000, and until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, 61
inclusive, the inflation adjustment for rates made in accordance with 62
subsection (p) of section 17-311-52 of the regulations of Connecticut state 63
agencies shall be increased by