Connecticut HB 5358: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5358
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REBASING OF RATES OF
REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 17b-244 of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(a) The room and board component of the rates to be paid by the state 4
to private facilities and facilities operated by regional education service 5
centers which are licensed to provide residential care pursuant to 6
section 17a-227, but not certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid 7
program as intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual 8
disabilities, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social 9
Services, except that rates effective April 30, 1989, shall remain in effect 10
through October 31, 1989. Any facility with real property other than 11
land placed in service prior to July 1, 1991, shall, for the fiscal year 12
ending June 30, 1995, receive a rate of return on real property equal to 13
the average of the rates of return applied to real property other than land 14
placed in service for the five years preceding July 1, 1993. For the fiscal 15
year ending June 30, 1996, and any succeeding fiscal year, the rate of 16
return on real property for property items shall be revised every five 17
years. The commissioner shall, upon submission of a request by such 18
facility, allow actual debt service, comprised of principal and interest, 19

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on the loan or loans in lieu of property costs allowed pursuant to section 20
17-313b-5 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, whether 21
actual debt service is higher or lower than such allowed property costs, 22
provided such debt service terms and amounts are reasonable in 23
relation to the useful life and the base value of the property. In the case 24
of facilities financed through the Connecticut Housing Finance 25
Authority, the commissioner shall allow actual debt service, comprised 26
of principal, interest and a reasonable repair and replacement reserve 27
on the loan or loans in lieu of property costs allowed pursuant to section 28
17-313b-5 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, whether 29
actual debt service is higher or lower than such allowed property costs, 30
provided such debt service terms and amounts are determined by the 31
commissioner at the time the loan is entered into to be reasonable in 32
relation to the useful life and base value of the property. The 33
commissioner may allow fees associated with mortgage refinancing 34
provided such refinancing will result in state reimbursement savings, 35
after comparing costs over the terms of the existing proposed loans. For 36
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, the inflation factor used to 37
determine rates shall be one-half of the gross national product 38
percentage increase for the period between the midpoint of the cost year 39
through the midpoint of the rate year. For fiscal year ending June 30, 40
1993, the inflation factor used to determine rates shall be two-thirds of 41
the gross national product percentage increase from the midpoint of the 42
cost year to the midpoint of the rate year. For the fiscal years ending 43
June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, no inflation factor shall be applied in 44
determining rates. The Commissioner of Social Services shall prescribe 45
uniform forms on which such facilities shall report their costs. Such rates 46
shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for necessary 47
services. Any increase in grants, gifts, fund-raising or endowment 48
income used for the payment of operating costs by a private facility in 49
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, shall be excluded by the 50
commissioner from the income of the facility in determining the rates to 51
be paid to the facility for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, provided 52
any operating costs funded by such increase shall not obligate the state 53
to increase expenditures in subsequent fiscal years. Nothing contained 54

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in this section shall authorize a payment by the state to any such facility 55
in excess of the charges made by the facility for comparable services to 56
the general public. The service component of the rates to be paid by the 57
state to private facilities and facilities operated by regional education 58
service centers which are licensed to provide residential care pursuant 59
to section 17a-227, but not certified to participate in the Title XIX 60
Medicaid programs as intermediate care facilities for individuals with 61
intellectual disabilities, shall be determined annually by the 62
Commissioner of Developmental Services in accordance with section 63
17b-244a. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 20