Connecticut SB 327: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT NUCLEAR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 327
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1089

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT EXPANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAID COVERAGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
"emergency medical condition" means a medical condition, including 2
emergency labor and delivery, manifesting itself by acute symptoms of 3
sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of 4
immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in 5
(A) placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy, (B) serious 6
impairment to bodily functions, or (C) serious dysfunction of any bodily 7
organ or part; and (2) "emergency Medicaid coverage" means Medicaid 8
coverage for treatment of an emergency medical condition. 9
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall expand emergency 10
Medicaid coverage consistent with federal law for treatment of 11
emergency medical conditions, including, but not limited to, emergency 12
medical conditions related to (1) a high-risk pregnancy, (2) diabetes type 13
1 in persons under the age of twenty-one, (3) diabetic emergencies, 14
including, but not limited to, diabetic ketoacidosis, (4) renal failure 15
requiring ongoing dialysis, (5) fracture of a bone in the skull, arm, neck, 16

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leg, spine or pelvis occurring in the two-month period prior to a request 17
for emergency Medicaid coverage, (6) hypertensive emergencies 18
involving persons presenting with signs or symptoms of end organ 19
damage and systolic blood pressure equaling or exceeding one hundred 20
eighty or diastolic blood pressure equaling or exceeding one hundred 21
twenty, (7) unstable seizure disorder characterized by at least five 22
minutes of uncontrollable seizures or at least two discrete seizures 23
between which the person does not regain consciousness, (8) active 24
treatment for cancer related to a current diagnosis, (9) ventilator 25
dependency, (10) labor and delivery, and (11) acute inpatient or 26
outpatient psychiatric treatment. 27
(c) Not later than July 1, 2027, the commissioner shall establish an 28
administrative system for persons to apply in advance for emergency 29
Medicaid coverage for emergency medical conditions that can be 30
treated in outpatient settings rather than in hospital emergency 31
departments. The commissioner shall include a prominent link to the 32
application and a list of covered emergency medical conditions on the 33
Internet web site of the Department of Social Services. The 34
commissioner shall also include information about advance 35
applications for emergency Medicaid coverage and a list of covered 36
emergency medical conditions in department forms and policy 37
manuals. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section

HS Joint Favorable