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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 495
February Session, 2026

AN ACT EXPANDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND STUDY FOCUS OF
THE LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 17b-337 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
(a) There shall be established a Long-Term Care Planning Committee 3
for the purpose of exchanging information on long-term care issues, 4
coordinating policy development and establishing a long-term care plan 5
for all persons in need of long-term care. Such policy and plan shall 6
provide that individuals with long-term care needs have the option to 7
choose and receive long-term care and support in the least restrictive, 8
appropriate setting. Such plan shall integrate the three components of a 9
long-term care system including home and community-based services, 10
supportive housing arrangements and nursing facilities. Such plan shall 11
include: (1) A vision and mission statement for a long-term care system; 12
(2) the current number of persons receiving services; (3) the current 13
number of persons receiving long-term care supports and services in the 14
community and the number receiving such supports and services in 15
institutions; (4) demographic data concerning such persons by service 16
type; (5) the current aggregate cost of such system of services; (6) 17
forecasts of future demand for services; (7) the type of services available 18
and the amount of funds necessary to meet the demand; (8) projected 19

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costs for programs associated with such system; (9) strategies to 20
promote the partnership for long-term care program; (10) resources 21
necessary to accomplish goals for the future; (11) funding sources 22
available; and (12) the number and types of providers needed to deliver 23
services. The plan shall address how changes in one component of such 24
long-term care system impact other components of such system. 25
(b) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall, within available 26
appropriations, study issues relative to long-term care including, but 27
not limited to: [, the] (1) State models for financing of long-term care, 28
including, but not limited to, payroll deductions for long-term care, (2) 29
best practices for workforce retention, workforce wages and workforce 30
standards, (3) projected federal support for long-term care and solutions 31
for insufficient federal funding, (4) the case-mix system of Medicaid 32
reimbursement, (5) community-based service options, (6) access to long-33
term care and geriatric psychiatric services, [. The committee shall 34
evaluate issues relative to] (7) long-term care in light of the United States 35
Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), 36
requiring states to place persons with disabilities in community settings 37
rather than in institutions when such placement is appropriate, the 38
transfer to a less restrictive setting is not opposed by such persons and 39
such placement can be reasonably accommodated, [. The committee, 40
within available appropriations, shall evaluate] and (8) available data 41
on the average net actual Medicaid expenditures for nursing homes, in 42
comparison to average net actual Medicaid expenditures for home and 43
community-based services waiver participants who require a nursing 44
home level of care. [, including the number of individuals served, to 45
assist in short-term and long-term Medicaid expenditure forecasting.] 46
(c) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall consist of: (1) The 47
chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of 48
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 49
services, public health [, elderly services and long-term care] and aging; 50
(2) the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee; 51
(3) [one member of the Office of Policy and Management appointed by] 52
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's 53

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designee, who shall serve as a chairperson; (4) [one member from the 54
Department of Public Health appointed by] the Commissioner of Public 55
Health, or the commissioner's designee; (5) [one member from the 56
Department of Housing appointed by] the Commissioner of Housing, 57
or the commissioner's designee; (6) [one member from the Department 58
of Developmental Services appointed by] the Commissioner of 59
Developmental Services, or the commissioner's designee; (7) [one 60
member from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 61
appointed by] the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction 62
Services, or the commissioner's designee; (8) [one member from the 63
Department of Transportation appointed by] the Commissioner of 64
Transportation, or the commissioner's designee; (9) [on