Sec. 17b-239b. Chronic disease hospitals. Prior authorization procedures. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-239b. Chronic disease hospitals. Prior authorization procedures.
Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish prior authorization
procedures under the Medicaid program for admissions and lengths of stay in chronic
disease hospitals. The Commissioner of Social Services may contract with an entity for
administration of any aspect of such prior authorization or may expand the scope of an
existing contract with an entity that performs utilization review services on behalf of
the Department of Social Services. The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may
implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section
while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided
the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law
Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations
are adopted.
(P.A. 05-209, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 132.)
History: P.A. 05-209 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.