Sec. 17b-265c. Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible pilot program.
Sec. 17b-265c. Medicaid and Medicare dually eligible pilot program. The
Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall amend
the Medicaid state plan to establish a pilot program serving not more than five hundred
elderly or disabled state medical assistance recipients who are also eligible for Medicare
and who voluntarily opt to participate in the program. Such program shall demonstrate
the feasibility and cost effectiveness of delivering comprehensive health insurance coverage in a managed care setting to such recipients. The commissioner may include medical assistance services in the pilot program not presently covered in the state medical
assistance program or other modifications to the state medical assistance program to
encourage voluntary participation in the pilot program.
(P.A. 04-258, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 04-258 effective June 1, 2004.