Connecticut SB 482: AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 482
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2957

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID
WAIVERS, MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHER
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 17b-8 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an application 3
for a federal waiver or renewal of such waiver of any assistance program 4
requirements, except such application pertaining to routine operational 5
issues, and any proposed amendment to the Medicaid state plan to 6
make a change in program requirements that would have required a 7
waiver were it not for the passage of the Patient Protection and 8
Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, and the Health Care and Education 9
Reconciliation Act of 2010, P.L. 111-152 to the joint standing committees 10
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 11
human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, 12
and, for the waiver application required under section 17b-312, the joint 13
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 14

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matters relating to insurance, prior to the submission of such application 15
or proposed amendment to the federal government. Not later than thirty 16
days after the date of their receipt of such application or proposed 17
amendment, the joint standing committees shall: (1) Hold a public 18
hearing on the waiver application, or (2) in the case of a proposed 19
amendment to the Medicaid state plan, notify the Commissioner of 20
Social Services whether or not said joint standing committees intend to 21
hold a public hearing. Any notice to the commissioner indicating that 22
the joint standing committees intend to hold a public hearing on a 23
proposed amendment to the Medicaid state plan shall state the date on 24
which the joint standing committees intend to hold such public hearing, 25
which shall not be later than sixty days after the joint standing 26
committees' receipt of the proposed amendment. At the conclusion of a 27
public hearing held in accordance with the provisions of this section, the 28
joint standing committees shall advise the commissioner of their 29
approval, denial or modifications, if any, of the commissioner's waiver 30
application or proposed amendment. If the joint standing committees 31
advise the commissioner of their denial of the commissioner's waiver 32
application or proposed amendment, the commissioner shall not submit 33
the application for a federal waiver or proposed amendment to the 34
federal government. If such committees do not concur, the committee 35
chairpersons shall appoint a committee of conference which shall be 36
composed of three members from each joint standing committee. At 37
least one member appointed from each joint standing committee shall 38
be a member of the minority party. The report of the committee of 39
conference shall be made to each joint standing committee, which shall 40
vote to accept or reject the report. The report of the committee of 41
conference may not be amended. If a joint standing committee rejects 42
the report of the committee of conference, that joint standing committee 43
shall notify the commissioner of the rejection and the commissioner's 44
waiver application or proposed amendment shall be deemed approved. 45
If the joint standing committees accept the report, the committee having 46
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state 47
agencies shall advise the commissioner of their approval, denial or 48
modifications, if any, of the commissioner's waiver application or 49

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proposed amendment. If the joint standing committees do not so advise 50
the commissioner during the thirty-day period, the waiver application 51
or proposed amendment shall be deemed approved. Any application 52
for a federal waiver, waiver renewal or proposed amendment submitted 53
to the federal government by the commissioner, pursuant to this section, 54
shall be in accordance with the approval or modifications, if any, of the 55
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 56
of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the 57
budgets of state agencies, and, for the waiver application required under 58
section 17b-312, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 59
having cognizance of matters relating to insurance. 60
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall annually, not later than 61
December fifteenth, notify the joint standing committee of the General 62
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and 63
the budgets of state agencies and