Sec. 17b-257c. Payments to long-term care facilities for care of illegal immigrants admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospitals. Eligibility. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-257c. Payments to long-term care facilities for care of illegal immigrants admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospitals. Eligibility. Regulations. (a)
The Commissioner of Social Services, after consultation with the Commissioner of
Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, may provide, within available appropriations, payments to long-term care
facilities for the care of certain illegal immigrants. Payments may be made to cover the
costs of care, as well as other incidentals as determined by the Commissioner of Social
Services, for illegal immigrants who have been admitted to an acute care or psychiatric
hospital and for whom services available in a long-term care facility are an appropriate
and cost-effective alternative. Such individuals must be otherwise eligible for Medicaid,
have resided in this state for at least five years and be unable to return to their country
of origin due to medical illness or regulations barring reentry of persons who are ill or
disabled or based upon a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service not
to proceed with deportation.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while in the
process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice
of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within
twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the
time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 7, 35; P.A. 99-279, S. 15, 45.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that payments may cover the
costs of other incidentals as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services for illegal immigrants, effective June
29, 1999.